WE NEED GOD'S GUIDANCE & WISDOM & POWER & STRENGTH & PROTECTION & PROVISIONS & COMFORT & PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES. WE NEED GOD. (JEREMIAH 10:21 ; 23)
WE ARE IN A SPIRITUAL BATTLE AGAINST EVIL FORCES; WE WILL LOSE THE BATTLE IF WE FIGHT IN OUR OWN POWER BECAUSE SATAN IS MORE POWERFUL THAN WE ARE. BUT GOD WILL GIVE US VICTORY DAILY --- IF WE PRAY & GIVE THE BATTLES TO HIM. (I PETER 5:8) (DANIEL 10:12,13)
- "FOR OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH & BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE POWERS OF THIS DARK WORLD AND AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS. ... AND PRAY IN THE SPIRIT ON ALL OCCASIONS WITH ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS & REQUESTS. WITH THIS IN MIND, BE ALERT AND ALWAYS KEEP ON PRAYING FOR ALL THE SAINTS.
- EPHESIANS 6:12,18
"VICTORY RESTS WITH THE LORD." - PROVERBS 21:31
Lee Thomas, author of "Praying Effectively for the Lost" : "Nobody gets saved unless someone prays. God has given us the ministry of reconciliation. We have one weapon- the Word of God. The lost are prisoners of war that don't know they are lost. Prayer can do what nothing else can do. When we pray, we break demonic strongholds. We must give ourselves to prayer-passionately, fervently, and consistently."
BECAUSE
OUR CHILDREN NEED OUR PRAYERS; HOW DO WE KNOW HOW THEY'LL TURN OUT ? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL LOVE GOD AND DECIDE TO SERVE HIM ?
BECAUSE WE HAVE MUCH TO ACCOMPLISH AND DO; WE WILL ACCOMPLISH FAR MORE FOR GOD IN OUR SERVICE, FAR MORE AT HOME, FAR MORE AT WORK,... IF WE
TURN IT OVER TO GOD FIRST & LET HIM LEAD THE WAY AND LET HIM WORK THROUGH YOU.* YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH FAR GREATER THINGS BY SUBMISSION & PRAYER THAN BYYOUR OWN EFFORTS (ISAIAH 26:12)
- "THE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN IS POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE." - JAMES 5:16b
- " I CAN DO EVERYTHING THROUGH HIM WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH.
- PHILIPPIANS 4:13 (Also See John 15:5)
* Individual Christians and Churches today need to see the vital need to humble themselves before God, and to fervently pray & hungrily seek His face, and to turn wholeheartedly back to Him, or there will be no power in what they do. We need to learn what the early church in Acts (see Acts 1:14, 2:42-47, 4:23-33, 6:4,...) knew -- that there is a direct connection between prayer and God's Holy Spirit filling and empowering them. The more they prayed, the more God did in and through them. They prayed for 10 days straight, then Peter preached for 10 minutes, and 3000 people were saved (see Acts 1:12-2:41).
- "The supernatural power of God can accomplish far more than the combined fleshly efforts of sincere Christians."
- "When we try to do the work of God in our own ways, we will never see the mighty power of God in what we do."
