One Hour That Can Change the World
A Call to Christ’s Prayer-Force for the Unevangelized
“Please… if you are honestly concerned about making Christ known to literally every creature—give God one hour every day.”
Those words are not merely a request. They are a summons.
Across mountains and deserts, hidden villages and crowded cities, billions have never heard the name of Jesus Christ proclaimed in truth. Entire peoples remain unreached. Souls are born, live, and die without ever hearing the Gospel.
And yet heaven has not left them without hope.
God has called a prayer-force.
Not everyone can cross oceans.
Not everyone can preach in hostile lands.
Not everyone can translate Scripture or plant churches.
But every believer can pray.
The Forgotten Frontline
Prayer is not preparation for the battle.
Prayer is the battle.
Before every great movement of God, there was intercession.
Before revival—prayer.
Before missions breakthroughs—prayer.
Before strongholds fell—prayer.
The unreached fields of the world are not opened first by strategy, but by spiritual warfare.
As the Lord asked His disciples in Bible:
“What, could you not watch with me one hour?”
— Matthew 26:40
That question still echoes.
Can we not give one hour?
One Hour Daily for the Nations
Imagine if believers everywhere covenanted to offer one focused hour each day for:
- The totally unevangelized peoples
- Protection and boldness for missionaries
- Bible translation among hidden language groups
- Open doors in closed nations
- Revival in resistant regions
- Laborers sent into the harvest
One hour.
Not spare time.
Not leftovers.
Consecrated time.
An offering.
A sacrifice.
A weapon.
Do You Love Them Enough to Pray?
There are mothers who have never heard of Christ.
Children growing up without the Gospel.
Villages untouched by the cross.
People for whom no one may be praying.
Unless you do.
Love is proven in sacrifice.
Do we love the unreached enough to carry them before God?
Do we “pay the price” of hidden spiritual battle?
Because prayer costs something:
- Time
- Discipline
- Perseverance
- Self-denial
But what is one hour compared to eternity?
The Hour That Moves Heaven
One praying saint can shake nations.
Prayer opens prison doors.
Prayer breaks demonic resistance.
Prayer prepares hearts before missionaries arrive.
History proves it.
The great missionary awakenings were birthed on praying knees.
And perhaps the final great harvest before Christ’s return will be also.
Could your one hour help open a tribe in the mountains of Asia?
Could your intercession protect a worker in Africa?
Could your hidden prayers help bring the Gospel where no witness yet stands?
Yes.
Because God works through praying people.
How to Give God One Hour
Bishop Fulton J Sheen
Fulton J. Sheen teaches that meditation is not mainly about asking God for things, but about surrendering ourselves to God so He can shape us.
Summary:
According to Bishop Sheen, meditation is:
- Entering God’s presence by quieting distractions and shutting out the noise of the world.
- Surrendering our will to God’s will, letting Him guide our thoughts, words, and actions.
- Seeing ourselves truthfully, allowing Divine truth to expose self-deception, pride, and selfishness.
- Silencing the ego so we can hear the desires of God’s heart rather than our own restless demands.
- Training the soul, using our mind and faculties not for idle speculation but to conform more fully to God.
- Purifying our perspective, freeing us from bias, wishful thinking, and attachments that hinder union with God.
- Remembering our dependence on God, recognizing Him as the source of our existence and salvation.
- Offering ourselves to God, not primarily petitioning Him to serve our wishes, but asking Him to use us for His glory.
Core idea:
For Sheen, meditation is a loving act of self-surrender and transformation, where we move from self-centeredness to God-centeredness. It is less “Lord, give me what I want,” and more “Lord, make me what You want.”
A beautiful line that captures his meaning might be: Meditation is not using God, but allowing God to use us.
Faithful.
Powerful.
Join God’s Prayer-Force
The world does not need more spectators.
It needs intercessors.
Hidden warriors.
Watchmen on the walls.
Those willing to answer Christ:
Yes, Lord—
I will watch with You one hour.
One hour a day.
For souls.
For nations.
For the glory of God among every people.
Will you give Him that hour?
Will you love them enough to pray?
Prayer Commitment
Lord Jesus, enlist me in Your prayer-force. Teach me to watch with You one hour each day. Burden my heart for those who have never heard. Use my prayers to prepare the nations for Your Gospel and Your glory. Amen.
“Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations…” — Psalm 2:8
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Rick Herring
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