The great preacher D. L. Moody died fifteen years before the invention of traffic lights, so he wouldn’t have understood this analogy, but he certainly knew all about waiting and persevering in prayer. In fact, he carried a list of one hundred non-Christians for whom he prayed daily. Over the years, whenever one of them gave their life to Christ, Moody would cross their name off the list. By the time of his death, no fewer than 96 of those 100 people had become followers of Jesus. What an amazing testimony to the power of perseverance. Even more remarkably, the remaining four surrendered their
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