Pleading with God

The following is an excerpt from a wonderful book called Meet the Puritans by Joel Beeke. The book gives a concise overview of the Puritans followed by short biographical sketches. One of the Puritans covered in the book is Christopher Love. Here is an section of his biography:

Christopher Love was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1618. At the age of fourteen, he went to hear William Erbury [preach]...His wife later wrote how Love reacted to that sermon: “God met with him and gave him such a sight of his sins and his undone condition that he returned home with a hell in his conscience.” His father noticed his son’s depression and locked him in a room on the second floor of the house to prevent him from attending church the next Sabbath. Love tied a cord to the window, slid down it, and went to church. His earlier convictions deepened and he was soon converted.

The primary purpose for the writing of this post is not to introduce you to Christopher Love. He was a great, godly pastor and I would love for you to read some of his work, but his testimony is what I want you to hear. Oh how I long for God to bring this kind of repentance to our church and community! This kind of repentance only comes, however, to those who pray for it.

Would you join us on Thursday nights at Reaching the Valley as we plead with God to work in the hearts of our people and those in the community?

"We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work (John 9:4)."