It’s impossible to grow to our full potential without prayer.
But ye brethren build up yourselves on the most Holy Faith. Praying in the Holy Ghost {Jude 1:20}
This is a call for genuine and responsible Discipline and Sacrifice.
o Prevailing is a kind of prayer that has power to influence and produce results.
o It can bring change and transformation to people’s life’s and bring glory to God.
o It’s a prayer in line with the perfect will of God.
o The prevailing prayer is praying until victory manifests.
2Timothy 3:1-5 But know this, that in the last days [a]perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, [b]unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
Brethren, We are a church living in the last days.
These are the days of great confusion and for the church to breakthrough to its full potential must stay and engage in prevailing prayers.
According to the scripture above Paul is saying that there are enemies that have been noted in the last days church.
Moral corruption -A high degree of decline in ethical standards
Religious corruption- Misuse of power and being lovers of self-more than God
Social pressures- peer pressure to conform to certain behaviors or appearances can lead to risky in decision making, this affects even the adults in terms of lifestyle and social status.
Hypocrisy- people claiming to have beliefs of which their behavior does not confirm.
For the believer to rise above this, we must pray real to address this kind of issue and penetrate to realize our divine appointment and mandate.
LUKE 18:1-8 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, 2 saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor [a]regard
man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, [b]‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ 4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because this widow troubles me I will [c]avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”
6 Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. 7 And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? 8 I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”
Prevailing prayers means opening our mouth wide until something happens. To realize results our prayer must rise above temporal needs and address eternal realities.
The situation of this window was worse than we are reading in the Bible. God can use any situation in your life to bring you into partnership with him.
The failure of catching fish the whole night was their appointment for success and destiny to them in the morning John21:3-6
Prevailing prayer requires a spirit of staying power, dwelling grace and not visiting. Take time in investing in the presence of God. This is where we grow to become spiritual believers
This is where we are made to become like Jesus Christ, by being transformed by the word and spirit of God.
Luke 24:49 Behold I send the promise of my father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Jesus is telling the Disciples before you go out for a crusade go to prayer.
You must be a spiritual man to participate in prevailing prayers, this is a man who judges his current situations and occurrences from eternal scale.
1 Cor 16:8-9 But I will Tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries This is a man who can pray Hallowed be to your name O Lord at any cost in their lives.
Prevailing prayers are made by men who have conceived properly the burden of Heaven.
Song:
something more than Gold, I’ve got something more than Gold x2
If all I got is Jesus, I’ve got something more than Goldx2
I will tell it to this world, Jesus is more than Goldx2
Colossians 4:2 Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving
There are a group of brothers who are historically known to have prayed for 100 years for revival called Moravian Brethren, specifically the community in Herrnhut, who started a continuous prayer watch that lasted for over a century beginning in 1727.
Revival answers to prevailing prayer.
This is a place of pressure, 1 king 18:1 After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.”
Prevailing prayer gives birth to supernatural speed.
· Brethren, the speed of prayer can overtake any speed of money.
· Our staying in prayer is not a vein repetition, it’s a testament of faith
· Prayer rises men up
James 5:13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
Do not allow contemporary society to make it look like it doesn’t work.
Prayer opens doors in the spiritual realms and creates opportunities in your life. Coll 4:2-6
Prayer is a weapon for warfare and prophetic intercession.
Ephesians 6:18 Prayer is also a system of establishing the word of God over territories.
A London pts. by the name Charles Spurgeon of the 19th century said,
Our seasons of prayer and fasting at the Tabernacle have been high days indeed, never has heaven’s gate stood wider, never have our hearts been nearer to the central glory.
People of God you cannot separate prayer and fasting,
It’s in fasting we realize he is more than Gold; this is where he breaks us to a position of total obedience and brokenness.
It’s in fasting we crucify the flesh as we perfect the body.
God does not use a man he has not broken
Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God thou will not despise.
Great manifestation happens in the secret place, at the wee hours of travail and vigil in the places of brokenness.
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