Prayer been the mark of the church Prayer been the mark of a christian A church has been known for a church that prays Thats speaks with God that has fellowship with God The Christian today, his mark, he is known to be a Christian by his profound life of prayer! The great truth is that the modern church, is a church that does not pray! If you take heed in meetings, church services the meetings and church services that very few attend, are the prayer meetings.
Wouldn't that be the reason for so much scandal within the church? Wouldn't that be the motive of no longer having signs and wonders in the church? Wouldn't that be the motive of the youth of the church to be - contaminated, corrupt, shallow carnal, natural, materialistic, rational, logical!
Wouldn't that be the motive, that the growth is no longer like the church in acts? ". .
. and the LORD was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved" Acts 2:47 There can be no success in the life of any biblical man there could be no success in the life of any Christians of the past centuries There can be no success in the life of a Christian in this century, without a deep life of Prayer! it cannot be, there couldn't be.
Modernism may advance, science may, but this principle shall never be neglected. Its the Aroma of the Church, the Fuel that moves the church ! It's Prayer.
I don't see the leaders, the 'Apostles' of this era, the prophets and its missionaries, lodged, that stay in the most luxurious hotels, that makes conferences and spend fortunes I don't see the prayers being mentioned, I don't see calluses on the knees, I don't see the dark circles around the eyes of so much weeping and praying, and interceding for the lost souls. but the Apostles, "but we will not neglect the ministry of Prayer" Acts 6:4 There is no record of anything, and nothing that is made today, that can be compared to these men. The church of today sleeps, the church of today is human, miserable, materialistic!
Their children are carnal, natural, logical, and do not have the Anointing! because they do not preach, nor do they live the Power of Prayer. The biography talks about 'Susanna Wesley' The mother of John and Charles Wesley A woman who had nineteen children!
nineteen children! and she would say "I can still lock myself in the closet for 1 hour everyday in prayer, with GOD! " How many mothers that only have 1 or 2 children that cannot do the same!
? How many women of this era, that cannot even pray for 10 minutes at all! How many women this night will spend 1, 2, 3 hours in front of the television watching novels!
? Instead of consecrating themselves that's why they are weak and are in defeat! What is the secret of the evangelists?
Why so many today do not win souls? Why can we win souls? Win Cities?
Preach to the co-worker Team colleague? Classmate? Neighbor?
Because of Intercession! The deep prayers is that attracts the sinner to the church! Your boss will only convert through a lot of prayer and groaning!
Your family will only come to Christ when you decide to pray for days and days for her! Sinners will only be raptured from Hell, through days and nights, groaning and weeping for them! That's Prayer!
John Knox, The Scottish reformer One of the most fabulous biographies ever written. He was from Scotland. The Christian gospel was corrupted in Scotland , dominated by the Roman church.
and in those times, in the 1550 more or less, 1555-1559 there was a war and the Scotland's main enemy was England ruled by the Monarchy Empire. The biography says that the Queen of Scotland declared and said "I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe. ” Such was intensity of that man The biography says that he departed from Scotland, and when he came back in 1559, he returns to Scotland and all Scotland had been dominated by the Roman Catholicism, by the Roman Church.
History shows that a year later, in 1560 the Parliament declared that the religion of the country: PROTESTANTISM! By the influential/fervent prayer of John Knox! Look what prayer can do!
Look what a man can do! The biography says that his wife would call him to eat and he would say "How can I eat with my nation being lost? " "How can I have hunger?
I must pray! " and he also said "Lord, give me the souls of Scotland, or I die" George Muller The great missionary of the orphanages. Who doesn't know George Muller!
History says, the comment [people] made about George Muller? "When this man prays, heaven is silent. " How many of us could have such a title like that?
"When someone prays, the sky stops to hear their prayer. " Pray! Spend your time in prayer!
Prayer changes everything! Prayer gives you health! Prayer gives you peace!
Prayer heals all wounds! Prayer takes you from the pharmaceutical addiction! Prayer gives you a new heart!
Prayer gives you joy, pleasure and reason to Live! "Why Pastor? " because prayer is not simply screaming and talking!
Prayer is contact with God! Prayer is not monologue, It's dialogue! Prayer is entering the presence of someone When you pray, you enter into the presence of God!
and God heals! and God sets you free! God transforms!
God penetrates the core of your being God takes your heart and heals all the trauma and every wound! God takes the chemicals out of your blood! God gives health to your bones!
God heals you during Prayer! If you think a medical pill is effective If you think an injection is effective If you think that a therapeutic treatment or psychological is effective You have not yet experienced the power of Prayer The effectiveness of spending hours and hours in the PRESENCE OF GOD! Prayer is to have contact/fellowship with God!
When you pray, God comes to you He intertwines, unites, unifies with you. You are a human being with sin, sickness, anger, pain, trauma, with many problems. Then a perfect being, Good, Just and Holy.
When HE unites with you, it's not your wickedness that is transfer to HIM, HIS moral attributes, Heath, Justice, Love and His Peace are transferred to you. All the evil that is in you, is taken away! All the agony ceases!
All pharmaceutical addiction has to come out! All the depression is taken! because you are having contact with God's Divine Nature!
That is Prayer.
