When We Pray …. Saturday 10th March

If you know me, then you may want to plug into long suffering now because this is my favorite topic; you may have heard me talk about it again and again - Prayer. When things get tough or our enemies seem too strong for us, it is time to turn to our Big and Mighty God in whose name we not only find safety, but who also does all to ensure we enjoy the benefits to us of Christ victory. With all we hear today that goes on in our world, there’s no doubt that it is time to turn to our Big God. If you live in my part of the world, it is even more compelling to do so; not because it is the worst but because God is our only Helper. There is no doubt that there are other things one needs to do beyond praying but what better place to get and who better than God to receive instructions and/or directions from as to what other things need to be done? It is time, now more than ever before, to tarry in the place of prayer for our lives and nation. Whilst we commune with God at all times, it is another level of prayer to tarry; to wait on Him in the place of prayer. We have come into that season when we must do so. Believer or not, people are drawing strength like never before from whatever they believe, we must draw strength from our Mighty God.

 

Daniel 11: 32bamp “but the people who are spiritually mature and know their God will display strength and take action to resist.”

 

Luke 18: 1 “One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.”

 

This is about a deeper level of prayer: that prayer where you hold onto God until you have a confident assurance that it is okay to leave the place of prayer. It is waiting on God, albeit, in prayer. To pray at this level, one must sincerely and seriously desire to see God move to alter a circumstance or challenge. We don’t just rush in and rush out. I have heard believers say we don’t need that depth of prayer for God to hear us, maybe true; some others even joke about it: but this and many more are some of the reasons our prayers seem ineffective and incapable of producing results. It is so bad now that evil and unbelieving people laugh when we say we are going to pray about a situation: but in this same Country there once lived a man amongst several others, Archbishop Idahosa, whose prayers even the witches feared. They feared the effectiveness of his prayers because of God’s consistent response. His God is the same God we worship who is just as powerful today as He was then. This is that season when we must shut out everything else more often than we would normally, to call on our God until He answers.

 

2 Corinthians 10: 4 “We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.” 

 

As we tarry in the place of prayer The Holy Spirit guides us such that we pray exactly as we should, remaining insistent as we take hold of all we desire, facilitating its physical manifestation. Unless and until we learn to tarry in the place of prayer, we may not fully enjoy dominion as God originally mandated. In these times, paying lip service to prayer “wont’ cut it.” Negative spiritual activity is risen significantly, we cannot continue like babes and the silliness of carnality is becoming more obvious. Today, many believers very quickly take their battles to the flesh because it seems easier; but the truth is, it is the worst turf for us because the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. Moreover, when we fight in the place of prayer, we deal at the very level where all things originate before they manifest in the physical and God is able to join forces with us to enforce the victory His son won, something He always wants to do. In truth, He does the enforcing and we are only instruments through whom He does it.  

 

2 Corinthians 10: 3 “We are humans but we don’t wage war as humans do.”
 

We must make time for this level of prayer despite the efforts of our age old enemy to stop us from doing so which is why every step forward for us is a victory step. There is no doubt that various things contend for our time but believe me please, it is more often a trick of the enemy to distract us from true prayer. Indeed, it is often in the place of prayer that one remembers everything undone which all seem like they must be done immediately or something terrible will happen. The truth is nothing will happen; the enemy just wants to frustrate your desire to tarry in prayer. If you were “tarrying in gossip” he won’t have reminded you. Just remember even at such times that you are in control and can stop him. When believers sincerely and deeply commune with God, heaven cannot remain unmoved. So, you are invited to our WCO prayer conference. The secret is, men do sneak in too. Time is 9am prompt, Saturday 10th March at God’s Favourite House, Lekki – Epe Expressway, Opposite Oluwanisola Estate, by Chevron Toll gate.