Family Prayers Hindered

A godly man said this to me: “We live in the country, and we have family prayers every day; but try as I will to guard that time, you would be surprised at what a task it is to keep it free. Something is always happening to prevent us from praying, or to shorten the prayer time, or to make it difficult to pray when we get down to it.”

I replied that I was not surprised at all, but that probably it was the work of the devil.

“It is something,” he rejoined, “and I expect that’s it, for if I had not experienced it, I would scarcely have believed it.”

That experience could be confirmed by a multitude, but the degree of interference would largely be regulated by the vitality of the prayers, i.e., how far they affect the devil’s kingdom.