There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

The spiritual parallel Christ was an outdoor evangelistic preacher who taught and ministered to thousands each time His team (His disciples) prepared for a crusade. Jesus loved the people and refused no one who came to see Him. However, He knew when the physical man had reached its limit, and He took time to call His team aside and rest (Mark 6:31). Notice also that in the four Gospels much of Christ’s personal prayer time was when He was “alone” (Matt. 14:23). Thus there was a time to be alone with God, alone with just His disciples, and then the time to appear before the multitude. If Christ required rest, then we too require rest. This was one of the serious blunders made in the days of what was called the Healing Revival, a dynamic season in America from 1948 to 1955 when large tent cathedrals dotted the countryside and inner cities, bringing the message of salvation, healing, and deliverance to attendees, often with as many as fifteen thousand in attendance. It was common to keep the tent in one location for ten days up to three weeks at a time, with two and sometimes three services a day. On average, the night services would convene at 7:00 p.m. and continue until 11:00 p.m. or at times later into the night. After the service the evangelist would return to his motor home or a hotel and at times be unable to sleep at night, but he had to arise in the morning to be in the next service. This lifestyle opened the door to three negative outcomes. First, because of the inability to sleep and the fact that there were no herbal vitamins and other nonnarcotic substances to enhance sleep (such as melatonin), some of the men, who were