Sunday, 20 September 2015
WHY YOU NEED TO PRAY
SCRIPTURE: And he spake a parable unto them to this end that men ought always to pray and not to faith. – Luke 18:1
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Watchfulness in prayer prevents a life from descending into sudden inexplicable battles.
When the purpose or value of a thing is not known, a person would be grudgingly and unenthusiastically involved in it. So it is with prayer; those who do not know the value of prayer pray with much reluctance and struggle. But when the purpose is known it becomes a delight.
Now why is prayer necessary? What is the purpose of prayer?
1. Prayer is a key to courage, determination and resilience: Luke 18:1 (The Amplified Version) says: “Men ought always to pray and not to turn cowards.” That is to say, men ought always to pray and not to give up; they ought always to pray and not to lose heart.
To be wakeful and watchful in prayer is to avert surprise attack from the enemy. It prevents a person from being taken by surprise by the enemy. Matthew 13:24-25 says that when men slept the enemy sowed tares. Watchfulness in prayer prevents a life from descending into sudden inexplicable battles.
2. Prayerfulness impacts the consciousness of Divinity: In 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah said, “Before God whom I stand, there shall be no rain or dew…” He was a man of prayer and so he had a stand with God. Prayerfulness makes a person to live in the consciousness of the nearness of God.
Remember this: Watchfulness in prayer prevents a life from descending into sudden inexplicable battles.
ASSIGNMENT(S):
1. Deliberately learn and imbibe the act of prayer.
2. Avoid the disaster of prayerlessness because refusing to pray is accepting to perish.
PRAYER: Lord, I demand for the grace to enjoy my prayer time and never to see prayer as a burden, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER - PART 2.
PROPHETIC PARENTAL BLESSING: By the Oil of God upon this Commission, every evil pronouncement that has been made on your life is reversed today. Every satanic planting in your family is removed. The blessing of the Lord overtakes the curse in your life. You shall fulfil your days in Jesus’ Name. – Dr. Becky Enenche
QUOTE: God Almighty does not manufacture great things in a hurry – culled from, GO IN THIS THY MIGHT by Dr Paul Enenche
DAILY READING: Isaiah 33:10 to 36:22, Galatians 5:13 to 26, Psalm 64:1 to 10, Proverbs 23: 23
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