Any christian leader or minister will agree with me that prayer is of course the driving force behind an individual or a church that is alive and vibrant in ministry. However we will run into trouble the moment we discuss how much time, money and effort we are investing into prayer! Making statements that our actions and lifestyle doesn’t support is hypocrisy! Let’s admit it, we have lost the focus when it comes to the area of prayer.
Just want to bring to your attention that we have more worship concerts, evangelistic ventures and conferences than we have prayer meetings. That was not the case of the first century church. For them, prayer was an integral part of their everyday agenda. (Acts 2:42) If only we will come down to living and practicing everything that the first century church did, we would be shaking nations and turning cities upside down like they did!
Prayer and Prophecy
Do you remember how Daniel prayed? When he was going through the prophecies of Jeremiah, he understood that they would be released from the captivity at the end of the 70 years. It says, he fasted and prayed till he received a word from God! How would we respond if we were in a similar situation? Please remember that, Daniel was in a very high and comfortable position in Babylon. He was honored by almost every king and his kingdom. But Daniel’s heart was set wholly on Jerusalem. How often, we get super comfortable with the positions and titles the world gives us and forget the true purpose for which we have been called? Since Daniel was in such a high position in the kingdom, he could have appealed to the king for the release of the Jews! He could have entered into the politics behind making things happen, Instead he chose to pray! The scripture is filled with examples of people who chose to pray over unfulfilled prophecies! The praying Nehemiah, The Prophetess Anna, The Apostles and the first century church! How often we miss out on the fulfillment of prophetic utterances because we decided to act upon it rather than to pray over it!!
Need Prayer Warriors
We have many people today who prophecy revival over our nation! The need of the hour is people who will claim this prophetic words and seek God till all heaven shows up! We are so often caught up with sending out missionaries and mission funds! Well, it is not wrong to do that! However, more important is that we will pray to the Lord of harvest to send forth laborers. Gone are the days when we used to think praying for souls is the duty of the pastors and the evangelists. It is the responsibility of every born again Christian who is in the spiritual battlefield to seek God for a revival fire over our lost world. Prayer is like the oil that keeps the lamp burning! Remember the story of the Ten Virgins? We can either be lazy and foolish, saying we have a prayer team in the church who are doing the job or we could be wise and prayerful and take upon ourselves the job of standing in the gap.
Authoritative Prayer
God expects us to pray with authority. When we pray, we not only move the hand of God, but also tear down the powers of the darkness. Remember that one of the element in Lord’s prayer is the phrase “Deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13) In prayer we have the authority to bind and loose things in the heavenlies. (Matthew 16:19) How often people continue to live in depression, oppression and bondage of the enemy because there was lack of Authoritative Christian Prayers! If you are really interested in the area of spiritual warfare I would like to recommend to you a book Possessing the Gates of the Enemy by Cindy Jacobs.
The voice of God resounds through the ages “if MY people who are called by MY name humble themselves, and pray and seek MY face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land” 2 Chronicles 7:14 I pray that we wil be the generation that will positively respond and take up the challenge to bring to fulfillment the promise in that verse. Watch a video below of a prayer movement in Africa. Let us do so and more, let us meet up for prayer in small groups, as churches, as cities and as nations to intercede and to exercise our authority!!
Prayer is the key to open the door of revival!!!!!!!Prayer changes us,changes others,changes churches and even nations!!!The importance of prayer cannot be explained by words!!!Great post Pastor!!!!!Rock on for JESUS!!!!!!
Praise God! Amen!!!!
Start Using Your Measure Of FaithRomans 12:3
3… God has dealt to each one
a measure of faith.As children of God, we should never say, “I don’t have any
faith.” To say this is to say that God is a liar because His Word already tells
us that “God has dealt to each one a measure of faith”.Why then does the faith
of some seem to be stronger than others? Well, faith is like muscles. We are all
born with a measure of muscles. But some of us develop our muscles better than
others. Bodybuilders, for example, exercise their muscles very regularly to make
them grow bigger and stronger.Likewise, your measure of faith grows when you
feed and use it. Each time you hear or read God’s Word, you are feeding your
faith. When you confess God’s Word and expect good things to happen to you, you
are using it. And the more you use it, the more your faith grows.So use your
faith. You could start with headaches, for example. When you have a headache,
instead of always running straight for your painkillers, use your faith. Ask God
for healing, and trust and thank Him for the healing.Now, don’t get me wrong,
there is nothing wrong with taking medicine. And if you have to go to the
doctor, don’t feel condemned either. Just start using your faith at a level you
are comfortable with. If you need to go to the doctor, then go in faith,
praying, “Abba Father, I am going to the doctor. I am asking You in Jesus’ name
to give the doctor wisdom to give me an accurate diagnosis. My trust is not in
him but in You.”And when you take your medicine, don’t just pop in the pills. In
faith, say, “Lord, sanctify this medicine,” then take it. This is because some
medicines have negative side effects. So when you ask God to sanctify it, He
blesses that medicine. And what will be developing in you, growing bigger and
possessing your body until it is too widespread, is divine health!Beloved, you
have been given a measure of faith. Start using it, believing that it is this
measure of your faith that causes you to draw from the inexhaustible power of a
faithful and loving God!
( A World-Wide Ministry for Jesus Christ. )
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please pray for my kids that they will do good in the school work.
also pray for my lovely husband that he will spend more time in god.
thank you God bless you all.
Praise the lord….Amen 🙂
Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray.
Is anyone happy? Let him
sing songs of
praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call
the elders
of the church to pray over him and
anoint him with oil in the name of the
Lord.
For; The prayer of a righteous man is powerful
and effective.
(
James 5:13; 14 & 16 *NIV )
Dear Friends,
One of the most powerful
things on this Earth is “The Power
Of Prayer!” For, The eyes of the Lord are
on the
righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry;
The righteous
cry out, and the Lord hears them;
he delivers them from all their
troubles.
( Psalms 34:15 & 17 )
So let us not forget to speak to God
in prayer today, and
thank Him for all He has done for each of us! Let us
also pray
for those who are suffering, or are going through trials
and
tribulations in their lives! Let us pray for each other as well,
and
ask God to fill us with His Love, Hope, and Faith!
Therefore, Friends; I kneel before the Father, I pray that out of His
glorious riches He maystrengthen you with power through His Spirit
inyour inner being, so that Christ may dwell in yourhearts through
faith. And I pray that you, beingrooted and established in love, may have
power,together with all the saints, to grasp how wideand long and high
and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses
knowledgethat you may be filled to the measure of all thefullness of
God. ( Ephesians 3:14; 16; 18-19 )Have a great day my friend, and remember
that God smilesevery time He thinks about you! Amen.( A World-Wide Ministry
for Jesus Christ. )
Amen, thank you for sharing this scriptures!
I hope they have been doing well now!