March 2019 Bulletin

The Spirit of prayer

Matthew 6:5-8 KJV
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. [6] But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. [7] But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. [8] Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Its time to march into another realm of our walk with Jesus. We thank God for the 49 days of fasting and prayers he took us through. I believe you prayed! I believe you connected and not just prayed? I also want to believe that something has changed in you as fasting is God’s way of changing man. May we walk worthy of Him always in Jesus’ name. Amen.

After the fasting exercise, the Lord is demanding us to enter the realm of PRAYERS. When I say prayers, I didn’t mean prayer meeting or the ones we are used to in using prayer sheets and booklets. The Lord would want us to shift gear permanently from periodic praying style to a system of ceaseless prayers. Its going to be a lifestyle and no more and action. This is what Paul meant in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV: “Pray without ceasing” and 2 Timothy 1:3 KJV: “I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;”
The heavens are eagerly ready to pour out revival fire upon our lands, lives, homes, congregations, ministries, marriages, departments, etc. But there is a singular requirement to usher in the fire of revival that will scoop off the works of darkness in our days and usher in the love, wonders, grace and power of God for today.

The burden of prayers does not fall on a periodic or circumstantial prayer warrior. In fact, if I may shock you, God is not interested in prayer warriors. He needs people of prayers. He needs hearts that can bear burdens of prayers for the end time. He needs people who will make prayer their oxygen.
Some of us have made prayer circumstantial and periodic. We only pray when we have issues, maybe at home, at work or we see a scary dream or a prophet saw a vision about us or a child is sick or the husband lost his job or junior is becoming wayward or tour neighbors are becoming over bearing or car breaks are suddenly not working etc. No. These are not the hearts to receive the burden of prayers for the expected revival. God wants those who will be driving from Lagos to Ibadan and will pray in tongues all through in deep fellowship with the Holy Spirit as the intercede in divers tongues. I was traveling one day from camp to Abeokuta and suddenly the people I gave lift started praying in the back seat and it was then I realised I was the initiator of that as they noticed I’ve been blasting silently in tongues since they entered.

Kenneth E. Hagin (of blessed memory) was just about leaving home one morning and the Holy Spirit flashed a burden to pray on him. He swiftly started praying heavily in tongues till the burden lifted and his spirit was back to rest. Later that evening, a friend of his who was also a member of the church he pastored came sharing a testimony in the evening service. He said at so so time, he was taking care of his bulls and suddenly one of them just got angry and used his head and horns to carry him but after few minutes it gently dropped him down again without any injury nor wounds. That was the exact time the Holy Spirit prompted Brother Hagin to start praying. That is an example of a heart on fire for God in prayers. These are examples of lives God wants to carry his burdens for this time.

A life of prayer is a total shift from the norm to the life of Jesus as He purported. Jesus said Luke 18:1 KJV “…that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;” It must come to a time in our walk with God that the spirit of prayer will posses us as believers. Your Christian walk will sure take a definite turn when this spirit falls on you and possesses you completely.

There is need for groaners.
There is need for power bearers.
God needs fire carriers
Oh my God, heaven is looking for silent prayer vessels.
We need hearts that are ready for the fire of God in our days.

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Oh Lord,
Set my life on fire for you
For you
Oh Lord,
Set my life in order for you
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Jesus! Our world is in chaos because sons and daughters of light are lazy in prayers. All they ask are personal needs, crying bless me bless me prayers all around. They can fast for bless me prayers like Jesus fasted for kingdom matters. They can do prayer walk all night just to win a contract that will allow him buy that new Jeep he saw last week online. It all good but brother, when will you leave that level called “me level”? When will you pray all night just to cry for your life and your walk with God? Thank God you even pray. Some of us don’t even pray apart the morning devotion prayers, and church prayer times.

Oh my God. We have made prayer a secondary affair whereas it is actually the primary adventure.
Jesus prayed ceaselessly. Moses prayed till he saw God in flesh, and God could trust him with the accounts of creation up till his birth (oh my God). Elijah prayed till he moved God’s hand in his days. Paul prayed and even his enemies were saved in ship wreck. John prayed and we have the book of revelation now. Esther prayed and a generation was saved from annihilation. Joshua prayed till he knew the sun and moon could stop counting and time all over the earth stopped until he was done with Gods enemies. When last did you pray and saw Jesus discussing with you issues of the kingdom, even the issues in your home?

How can you come to lead us in praise and worship when you have not spent hours in prayers, communicating with Jesus?

What do you want to come teach us in the sunday school when you have not even spoken with God and caught a fresh revelation of the issue to discuss in your class as the teacher?

How on earth can you come preach the word to us (even if just 15mins) and you have not tarried in his presence for pure and fresh word from the throne? What are you preaching? Your word or his word? Little wonder the current messages all around is empty of grace and power and light weight in the hearts of men. People even sleep, some hissing as you speak. Some pressing phone as you rant up and down, sweating on stale message you are preaching to us.

Ah. How can you come to lead us in prayers and you didn’t even deem it fit to spend at least an hour with God or even a day? Can’t cancer go in that 5 mins opening prayers? Can’t age long migraine die as you lead us in just 10minutes prayers?

Usher, you can’t just stand carrying offering basket and leading people to their seats with empty spirit. An usher sent a beautiful sister back in a fellowship in Offapoly some years ago that she should go back and come inside as a normal human being. Little did others knew that the sister was walking upside down originally but physically normal. She was sent to that service for a demonic assignment, but for that prayerful usher.

My God my God, we are experiencing scanty miracles in our lives and ministry because our lives have not touched the realm of wonders on our knees. Jesus saw Lazarus rose from the dead in his prayer time, that was why he said in John 11:41-43 KJV “…and Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. [42] And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. [43] And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.”
Did you see that? All are settled in the place of prayers.
Lastly, we saw Hannah. She had been barren of a child for years, yet praying “God please gibe me a child too. I want to bear children. Don’t let my enemy mock me again. I can not just continue like this, etc” Not knowing her womb was purposed to carry Samuel, the first king maker in Israel. Until she prayed to the point she touched God’s need, then heaven opened for her. Her womb received the touch of heaven. What needs are your prayers meeting for God? What solutions are your prayers brewing for the kingdom of God on earth?
Maybe your list of prayer items would have all cleared off and turned to testimonies by now but you have been praying off point. There is nothing heaven has seen as a reason for them to release answers to your prayers.
Would heaven find serious reasons to deliver answers to your next prayers?
Let us pray!

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