Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone
a miracle of salvation; we were “agreeing as touching anything”! In a few days, he attended the revival and received Christ. I began to comprehend how important this type of special miracle was. I realized that there are many times a person will not attend church or for physical limitations cannot attend and be prayed over or ministered to. Here we were in a live church service, receiving the Word and giving an opportunity for personal ministry, and yet many were unable to be present and desired the same touch of God we were experiencing. This is one of the other reasons for the special prayer cloth ministry. One young man was struggling with heavy addictions and mental attacks from Satan. His parents were at “wits’ end” (Ps. 107:27) and were stuck in a spiritual battle, concerned for their son. The family contacted a major youth group that continually prayed and interceded for the lost. The dad requested that the youths pray over prayer clothes that could be placed in the mattress and in other places in the young man’s room. Prayer was offered for hours, and the cloths were sent and scattered in his room without the knowledge of the young man. After years of his parents praying and believing for his salvation, within ten days the young man asked for prayer —and change occurred. He had literally been sleeping on the prayers and faith of a group of young people who believed God for his deliverance! It is important to understand that this is not some
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