The Bible states in James 5:16 that the prayers of the righteous are powerful & effective. Knowing this, we must constantly remind ourselves that the more prayers we pour on top of our strongholds, the sooner they will eventually break from the weight.
I am a child of the 70's & I remember a game we had actually called 'The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back' (don't worry you're too young to remember it). Anyway it was fairly simple - the plastic camel was in two pieces (front end & back end) held together by a simple rubber band. On each side of the camel was an open saddle bag.
All you had to do was take turns putting a plastic stick (the straw) into one of the saddle bags making sure your straw wasn't the one that broke it's back. Too many straws & the camel would start to sway & the middle would bend toward the table. All of the straws would eventually break its back & it would snap in two (still held together by the rubber band).
I think you know where I'm going with this - our strongholds are like that camel. Our prayers like those straws. By themselves they may not seem like much. But piled high one on top of the other, coupled with spoken scripture, fasting, psalms, hymns, praises, & spiritual songs, they (just like the camel's back) eventually break.
My friend, keep piling them up high one after the other & I guarantee the Master will eventually break those strongholds in two. After all, they are only held together by a simple rubber band.
Originally Shared with my home church on May 15, 2010.
