Excerpt from Rees Howells, Intercessor
"But before He can lead a chosen vessel into such a life of intercession, He first has to deal to the bottom with all that is natural, love of money, personal ambition, natural affection for parents and loved ones, the appetites of the body, the love of life itself, all that makes even a converted man live unto himself, for his own comfort or advantage, for his own advancement, even for his own array of friends, has to go to the cross…the self must be released from itself tobecome the agent of the Holy Ghost."
–From Rees Howells, Intercessor