There is no language strong enough to put this truth, that we <i>must</i>, each of us, whether here or there, carry our own atmosphere with us, and have continual uninterrupted connection with the upper air. And that "<i>must</i>" cannot be too strongly underscored. Blessed Holy Spirit, breath of God, and breath of my life, help me to let Thee have full sweep within me, that so my life may be kept sweet and full; and so Jesus can get freely and fully out of me to the great hungry crowd. Prayer The Greatest Doing Is Praying. At the Other End. A Weekly Journey Round the World. Prayer a Habit. A Praying Bent Of Mind. The Man Is The Prayer. Unseen Changes Going On. Prayer <u>The Greatest Doing Is Praying.</u> The greatest of all things we can <i>do</i> is to <i>pray</i>. Jesus lived a life of prayer. All that He did and said grew out of His prayer. There is no way of knowing exactly how far it was so. But the more I study His life the stronger grows the impression that His teaching and activity, which form the greater part of these Gospel pages, were actually less than His praying. He seems to have put prayer first. All the rest was an outgrowth of it. He was on a world-winning errand. And this was what He thought of prayer. <i>The emphasis of Jesus' personal habit was laid upon prayer.</i> The Holy Spirit is a prayer-spirit. He is the Master-Intercessor. He breathes into us the spirit of prayer, and makes it glow into a passion. He teaches us how to pray. It is a lifelong teaching. You who are teachers know that patience and skill are more in a good teacher than the knowledge taught. With greatest skill, and loving, tactful patience the Spirit teaches us to pray. And then He does more: He uses each of us as His praying-room, praying in us with yearnings beyond utterance the prayer to which we have not yet reached up, but which needs to be prayed down on the earth. All the power needed in this great winning work is in the Holy Spirit and comes from Him. <i>And the chief thing He emphasizes is prayer.</i> The greatest thing each one of us can do is to pray. If we can go personally to some distant land, still we have gone to only one place. But our field is the world. It is impossible for us to reach our whole field personally. But it can be reached, and reached effectually, by prayer. The place where you and I are sent, whether at home or abroad, is simply our <i>base of action</i>. It is our field for <i>personal</i> touch. And that means very much. But it is more than that. It is only a small part of our field of activity. It is most significant as our <i>base of action,</i> from which we send out our secret messengers of prayer to all parts of the field.