Potent Prayer by Aimee Semple McPherson
"The other morning I was engaged in prayer in my study. Suddenly the roof seemed to melt away and I looked into the heavens. I saw a great golden bowl, as large as the ...
'I am waiting', came the answer, 'for the hand of prayer, which moves the hand of God to exert the needful pressure. I have irrevocably bound Myself to the petitions of the Church. Rise and bid men everywhere to pray.'"
From: Has God Said – page 7