Especially should men pray that the Lord will choose His agents, and baptize His missionaries with the Holy Spirit. For ten days the disciples prayed before the Pentecostal blessing came. It required all that time to bring them to an understanding of what it meant to offer effectual prayer, drawing nearer and nearer to God, confessing their sins, humbling their hearts before God, and by faith beholding Jesus, and becoming changed into His image. When the blessing did come, it filled all the place where they were assembled, and, endowed with power, they went forth to do effectual work for the Master. {TM 170.1}

Mennesker skulle især bede om at Herren vil udvælge sine repræsentanter, og døbe hans missionærer med Helligånden. I ti dage bad disciplene før pinsens velsignelse kom. Det behøvede hele den tid for at bringe dem til en forståelse af hvad det betød at ofre en hengiven bøn, der drager nærmere og nærmere til Gud, og ydmyger deres hjerter for Gud, og ved tro betragter Jesus, og bliver forvandlet til hans billede. når velsignelsen kom, fyldte den hele stedet hvor de var forsamlet, og, udrustet med kraft, gik de frem for at gøre et betydningsfuldt arbejde for Mesteren.