OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-FRIDAY-23/09/2016-THE SURE SOLUTION-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
THE SURE SOLUTION
Memorise
Pray
without ceasing. 1st Thessalonians 5:17
Read
James
5:13-16,
13 Is
any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.
14 Is
any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them
pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And
the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and
if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray
one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.
KJV
MESSAGE
Prayer is a
means of communicating with God, it is primarily offered by addressing God
directly in the name of Jesus. Prayer may include petition, entreaty,
supplication, thanksgiving, praise, hymns, and lament. The Bible stresses the
importance of prayer and commends a life of prayer that is characterized by
simplicity of expression, sincerity of heart and trust in God’s ability. It is
important to note that prayer plays a vital role in our quest to access more of
God’s glory. It is a ladder we can climb to enter into God’s presence. The more
you pray, the more of His presence you will encounter, leading you into more of
His glory. At the mount of Transfiguration, when the Lord moved His prayer gear
to a higher level, He saw Himself in the presence of His Father and His clothes
shone with God’s glory (Luke 9:29).
After this
experience, Jesus returned to the domains of men, empowered to gain victory
over men, demons and challenges that came His way. Prayer is the sure answer
and the ultimate solution to all problems and challenges of life. God commanded
us to pray in Jeremiah 33:3 by
saying:
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee
great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
Through the
instrumentality of prayer, there is no problem too big that cannot be solved;
the issue is: many people are too lazy to pray their way into God’s presence to
enable them access the level of glory they require to reign over Satan,
situations, circumstances and their fears. Wake up! Rise up in prayer and begin
to pray your way into His presence today! Bear in mind the evil judgment and
all manners of calamities always befall those that do not pray. God wants His
children to develop the habit of praying always, 1st Thessalonians 5:17 says: “Pray without ceasing”; Romans 12:12 talks about “…Continuing
instant in prayer”; and Luke 18:1
says, “….men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” Children of God have no
excuse for operating a prayer-less life.
James 4:2 says:
“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have,
and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
The Word of
God makes it very clear that the failure of many among the people of God is not
due to laziness, lack of ambition, or poor preparation, but to a lack of prayer.
According to 2nd Chronicles
7:14
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall
humble themselves, and pray…”
Many personal
problems of individual Christians and some corporate challenges in the Body of
Christ will turn to testimonies if any God’s people will pray.
Prayer Point
Father, please rekindle the fire of prayer in my
life in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year
Ezekiel 7-9, Psalms 66:10-20
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