Reviewed by Brian Carr

Prayer is an exercise that most Christians struggle with. A few years ago I had doubt about the effectiveness of my personal prayers when praying for the nation, but I received confidence for prayer in a unique way through a dream. The first and only time it has happened to me. The result was that I had an assurance in prayer that, yes, my prayer could affect the goings on in these islands. The dream occurred on a Saturday night, next ay in church the message was taken from Ezekiel 22. God was looking for people to and in the gap. Why, you may wonder, am I sharing this? Well, recently my heart has sense stirred to look at this passage again and to be more earnest in praying for Britain, /hat should drop onto my doormat but this compilation CD "Keep On Praying". Let me quote from the liner notes, "In Revelation chapter 5 we see the powerful dynamic when worship and intercession are joined together. Here are 13 tracks by Britain's leading worship leaders that will inspire you in intercession as you cry out to God for him to how his power, to heal nations and to send revival." The record company have drafted in some of the country's leading lights to encourage the listener through a logical sequence of tracks establishing at the outset "He Is Lord", performed by the Stoneleigh land; the state of the land as perceived by Noel Richards, "Great Is The Darkness". A lantern for prayer with "Our Father In Heaven" and that's Bryn Haworth getting a little reggae-ish and so it goes through the various themes of calling on God. The aforementioned artists are reinforced by other such luminaries as Mal Pope, Ian White, Caroline Bonnett, Sue Rinaldi and the guy with the name I love, Wayne Drain. All the racks are from previously released albums and are tried and tested, The album's merits ire not as entertainment, but rather as the aid to prayer that it is clearly intended to be, and as somebody who finds worship albums a help in private prayer times, I am certain his collection will be invaluable in keeping a focus on prayer.

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