Inter-faith Prayer - a Dilemma?

Recently our president called on the nation to observe a day of prayer, which included all faiths represented in our country. This posed a moral problem for many Christians: should we, or shouldn’t we participate? I have no problem kneeling down amongst people of different faiths like Hindus, Muslims, New Agers, Buddhists, and others, and praying.

Why?

Because of what the Bible teaches me about Elijah and the 850 priests in 1 Kings 18. No matter how hard those priests worshipping false gods prayed, only the prayers to the One True Living God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, were answered. And please note the overwhelming number of pagan priests and therefore the number of prayers offered to those false gods, remembering also that they tried all day long, going to extreme measures like cutting themselves, against the ONE man praying ONE prayer to the true God.

The spiritual principles involved are a) altars and b) authority.

Altars are erected in the spirit wherever people regularly pray and worship. There is no neutral ground in the spirit. If no one establishes and services an altar of prayer to God in an area, then Satan will be worshipped there. By default.

But here’s the thing. The altar that has the highest authority attached to it, always supersedes the others. Prayers to our God will always trump all other prayers, because He is the Highest Authority in Heaven and on earth!

So my call to my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ is: please start praying! For even if you are the only Christian in your entire city, your prayers are the only ones that have the power behind them to cancel the effect of all the others!

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