My Favorite “Sleeper” Book on Hearing God’s Voice
In the middle of my keynote speech to the Mt. Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference in Santa Cruz, California, I quoted from one of my favorite books, Rees Howells Intercessor–a book written by my “spiritual grandpa,” Norman Grubb. The book is about a Welsh coal miner whose prayers quite evidently changed the course of the world–starting with prayers about how he spent every penny in his possession to his being given millions to steward. He prayed in provisions as diverse as life-saving stipends for the starving widows of India to his praying in every false move that historians say Hitler made that cost him World War II.
When mentioning in my speech that Rees Howells’ claimed he could hear the Lord’s voice just like his own mother’s voice, I was suddenly interrupted by Winnie Wirt, the wife of Sherwood Wirt, Editor Emeritus of Billy Graham’s “Decision Magazine”: “Ken, that book, Rees Howells Intercessor, has had a greater influence on my husband’s life than any other book except the Bible!”
Using the interruption as the occasion to poll the audience, we were all amazed to find out that Rees Howells Intercessor was the single greatest book (also excluding the Bible) in the lives of those hundreds of publishers, editors and authors! Yet, you seldom hear about it, as to my knowledge, it has received very little or no publicity. So, I called the publisher of the book and asked them how many copies of Rees Howells Intercessor they had sold. They said, “Twelve million copies!” Once people read it, they buy Rees Howells Intercessor by the case to give out to friends! Rees Howells Intercessor is truly a “sleeper book”–by its content and by its very means of distribution illustrating how the kingdom of God really works. And it’s cheap! To order it for yourself, click here.
