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The Power Of Walking In Redemption

Psalm 65:3, Isaiah 53:6

“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.” ~ Romans 6:14

Sin is the greatest barrier between men and God. God cannot hear you when there is sin in your life. When iniquities prevail against you, in the New Testament it shows that you have not learnt to walk in the redemption that belongs to you. The atonement God provided for our transgressions is our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Even under the old covenant, David knew the blessedness of the grace of God. He says in Psalm 32:1 “Blessed is he whose transgressions is forgiven whose sin is covered.” David walked in the consciousness of that. As long as you walk with the remembrance of your sin, you can never grow in grace and stand before God. The righteousness that God gives to you is an ability; the ability to stand in the presence of God as though you had never sinned.

As a son has a consciousness of his sonship, always. It is an in-born thing. He does not keep reminding the father or himself of that fact, he simply take the place of the son with confidence. You did not make yourself righteous. You do not have to feel righteous. Many people feel condemned and cannot deal with problems if they fail to pray in the morning. The fact that a son does not greet his father in the morning does not stop him from remaining his son.

Prayer is not what makes you righteous! Righteousness and your understanding of it, make you able to pray more effectively. A righteous man is, simply put, the man who knows he is a son of God and walk in prayers like it is so. That is what the redemption of Christ brought. Read more in Romans 3:21-26.

LET US PRAY:
Lord, I receive grace to walk in the victory I have obtained in Christ Jesus. I take authority over every form of fear and condemnation in Jesus name. Amen.

God Confirms His Word Not Your Opinion

“Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.” ~ Jeremiah 1:12

Last Sunday, I told that unless your prayer is covered by scripture, you will not receive. The Bible says he who does not work should not eat. Have you seen a preacher asking God to follow his preaching with signs and wonders while all he does is share testimonies and traditions? There is no amount of prayers and fasting that can get signs and wonders to follow such. The Bible says in Jeremiah 1:12 that God is watching His word not the preacher. God confirms His word and not your opinion. Acts 14:3 says God gave witness to the word of His GRACE by signs and wonders not to Paul and Barnabas.

The amount of the correct knowledge of God you have when you pray determine the level of your breakthrough. Romans 10:17 says faith comes by hearing the word of God. This means that for you to have faith when you pray, you need to stock your spirit with the word. The word of God gives birth to faith in God. Ephesians 5:27 says the way by which the Lord Jesus purifies His church is through the washing of water by the word. The word of God is the thing that purifies your heart. This clearly shows the importance of the Word.

Earlier, I had told you that two major things cause prayer breakdown, namely ignorance and wrong thinking. Ignorance gives birth to all kind of wrong prayers while accurate knowledge of the Word removes ignorance. Deep and constant meditation on the Word will cause your mind to renewed to the truths of the New Testament. A renewed mind is the best aid to faith and prayer. It take time and effort to do this, but if you pay the price you will enjoy the rewards.

LET US PRAY :
Lord, open my eyes to where my Word is! I receive divine sensitivity and the wisdom to wage war correctly with the Word in Jesus name. Amen.

Three Anchors For A Prayer That God Answers

“O thou hast hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.”~Psalm 65:2

Now comes the prayer. Note that God cannot answer prayer unless it fulfils the following:
(a). It is in faith – Hebrews 11:6
(b). It is according to the will of God – 1John 5:14-15
(c). It is from the holy heart – Psalm 66:18

In fact, Once you ascertain that God will hear you, it is as good as saying you have the answer – John 5:13-14. The problem with many is that they are never sure of God’s will about them and situation they are praying about. That is why you need to get into His word. The word of God is the will of God revealed, so to find His will about anything, go to His word.

God never promise anything too good to be true neither has He promised to give you what is not in the Bible. When you see any promise in the Bible, it belongs to only one person! He that believe! That is YOU! If you dare to believe it. You are to boldly stand on His word.

Isaiah 45:19 “I publicly proclaim bold promises; I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner that no one can know whI mean. And i didn’t tell Israel to ask me for what I didn’t plan to give! No, for I Jehovah speak only truth and righteousness that’s God.”

People get into all kinds of deception because they do not get into the word of God and find what He says for them. Unless your prayer is covered by scripture, you will not receive. It is just like someone who does not pay tithe and believing God to rebuke the devourer from his labour. That is not answerable. He is not fulfilling the scripture. Likewise, a brother not doing any work and asking God to bless him is not scriptural. What would God bless?

LET US PRAY:
Lord, I receive the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of you. Help me to pray according to Your own will in Jesus name. Amen.

How Vows Affect Your Prayer Life (3)

Psalm 66;13-14

“It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, after vows to make enquiry”~Proverbs 20:25

A lot of you made vows when in desperate situation but after God brought you out, you forgot all about your vows, that is why you donot have breakthrough in prayers. Repent and pay your vows! Check Psalm 66:13-14.

FACTS ABOUT VOWS

They must be voluntary – Deuteronomy 23:21-22
They must be voice audibly before God – Deuteronomy 23:23, 5:2-6
Once made, they are binding – Psalm 56-12
Unfaithfulness with vows is regarded as sin – Ecclesiastes 5:6

When you vow, you declare before God what you want Him to do for you. That is, you actually get God to move by presenting a vow before Him. He permits Himself to be committed to the terms of the vow!

You need to know the scripture well to make a meaningful and not a rash vow. They are things already yours in Christ. When making vows-
(a) Declare plainly the help you require from God. (b) Claim that help by faith from the beginning. (c) State clearly what you will do when God does His part. (d) Begin to do your own part because God will never fail to do His.

God always takes a man’s vow very seriously. You will never see God disappoint a man’s! Don’t be frivolous with your vows! God can see your heart. Remember, vows also include promises you made to someone or God and not necessary only what you uttered when on trouble.

LET US PRAY:
God, I repent of every vow that I have broken. I pray for divine wisdom and guidance to fulfil them in Jesus name. Amen.

How Vows Affect Your Prayer Life (2)

Ecclesiastes 5:2-6

“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, given honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”~1 Peter 3:7

Some of you are married and are making your partner unhappy. That is a breach of marriage vows. When you fail to honour your wife as it is due and you make her unhappy, it amounts to a breach of the marriage vows and your prayer become hindered. Submission on the part of the wife has to be done in the light of the Bible. It is no slavish bondage and the Bible does not say the husband is the head of the spirit of the wife. So, if the husband is not born again he cannot give rules that are against the dictates of God and ask his wife to submit to such. Submission is a thing of beauty for a wife. A breach here leads to hindered prayer on the part of the wife.

Whenever you make a promise to God or people and you break it, you get break-down in prayer. Psalm 15:4 “…who swears to his own hurt and does not change;” That is a mark of the man that can stand before God and receive blessings from His hands. Now take this advice: do not run from making vows because you are afraid you might not keep them.

Vows locate where your commitment is, just like your voice locates your faith. Vows dictates your actions. If you know the solemnity of vows, you won’t run from making them. God encourage you to make vows.

The mark of the spiritual pilgrims is the making and payment of vows! Abraham in Genesis 14:22 and Jacob in Genesis 28:20-22; Jephthah in Judges 11:29-40, though he made a rash vow, he kept it and God honour him. His name entered the roll of honour in Hebrews 11. Men have been known to make vows when in tight corner and God always honours such.

LET US PRAY :

Lord, I pray for divine sensitivity to critical moments when making a vow is a key to victory and success in Jesus name. Amen.

How Vows Affect Your Prayer Life (1)

Psalm 65:1, Ecclesiastes 5:2-6

“My vows to you, O God, are binding upon me. I will pay thank offering to you.”~Psalm 56:12

One of the keys that gives birth to breakthrough in the place of prayer is performing your vows. Not fulfilling your vow can lead to failure in your prayer life. I want to show you secrets about your vows.

A vow is a promise deed. Covenants and vows are very similar and yet different. Both have been from old and not limited to Bible characters. Men from time immemorial have been cutting covenants and making vows! The two are binding on the two parties involved. Both bring men unto an entirely new relationship altogether as far as the parties are concerned. A covenant is not initiated by a man, rather God initiates it and presents it to the man. On the contrary, a vow is initiated by the man and he presents it to God.

A vow can range from a tithe to quiet time or a fast and so on. A vow will then mean any promise you have made to or before God to perform. The reasons many are prayer failures is that they have been unfaithful in their vows. In Ecclesiastes 5:2-6, the Bible says if you fail to pay a vow, it is equivalent to sin such that God get angry at your voice or your prayer. Therefore, because you have been unfaithful in paying your vow a crack is created for Satan to operate through and bring destruction. Look back over your life and see which vow you have not kept. It may be a pledge to give some money you made on the spur of the moment – it still a vow.

LET US PRAY:
Holy Spirit, bring back my remembrance every vow I have made in the past and I receive power and grace to fulfil them in Jesus name. Amen.

Two Reasons Why Prayers Are Unanswered

Psalm 65:1-13

“Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.” Psalm 65:1-2

Many prayers of the children of God are products of their ignorance and wrong thinking and as such they are unanswerable. I do not mean God does not hear them; but He cannot answer their prayers because they are not scriptural. For the next couple of weeks, I will be sharing with you some basic steps that will ensure your breakthrough in prayers.

We shall be studying Psalm 65 which to me is one of the chapters in the Bible on prayers-penned by a man that knew what he was talking about. David. He certainly knew how to pray. Not just that, he also got results from his prayers. Many can pray, but with no result!

Please note this secret very well: the lack of breakthrough in the prayer life of many is not because they cannot pray long and hard enough. No, some wonderful saints of God can certainly pray volumes and gallons but receive mere trickles for answers. Prayer failure can be attributed to two major reasons:
(a) Ignorance
(b) Wrong thinking

Hosea 4:6 says, “
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” When you are ignorant about a thing, the devil cheats you in that area. Likewise, wrong thinking has given birth to many unanswerable prayers. Wrong thinking is the child of an unrenewed mind. The greatest enemy that born-again people is not the devil but their unrenewed mind. A lot of wrong information has been stored in their unrenewed minds which gives birth to wrong opinions of the devil, God and themselves.

These twin obstacles must be completely dealt with before you can begin to enjoy breakthrough in your prayers life. The solution to the two lies in the word of God.

LET US PRAY:

Lord, I receive a divine cleansing and renewal of my mind. Teach my hands to war in the place of prayer in JESUS name. Amen.

Men-Pleasers Are Never Powerful In Prayer

Acts 4:18-20

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”~James 4:4

One of the reasons people are not powerful in prayer is because they are men-pleasers at the expense of God. It takes courage to pray because the devil will always attack your prayer time by bringing people to whom you can hardly say “No.” Of course, because you don’t want to look like somebody from heaven, disconnected from human beings, you succumb. I tell believers to be careful that you don’t have people in your life to whom you cannot say “no”; people that are not of God because if you do, the devil will always have them as his entry point into your life.

If you are fond of saying, “I’m praying,” every time people come to see you, you will hardly have any friends, but you can find the time to have that kind closet of environment. It can be found, it can be available, like Jesus did early in the morning. He didn’t offend anybody because they had not woken up. He woke up earlier than everybody, but to do that, He had to conquer His flesh to get a closet where He could pray.

Pray to your Father in secret and He will reward you openly with miracles, signs and wonders. You need to conquer your flesh. Many people cooperate with their flesh and the narrative of their life is one of prayer failure. God want you to be a prayer champion, a powerful person in prayer and you need to look at this principle of discovering the best time to have a closet atmosphere.

LET US PRAY;

Lord, I receive courage, boldness and wisdom to fight for my closet time and prayer hour. I declare a divine separation from anyone who can be devil handle in my life in Jesus name. Amen.

How To Enter Into Your Closet To Pray (3)

Proverbs 23:7; 1Corinthians 15:45-49

“But so much the more wentthere a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes come together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.” Luke 5:15-16

Entering into your closet iswithdrawing from distractions, relationships, interactions with people, situations and circumstances; and going to pray. You have to withdraw fromthe problems you want to pray about so that it doesn’t destabilize you. Then yougo to God and unburden your heart and pray to Him and He will hear in the secret. It does not mean that you have to go into a closet like a toilet. However, you must learn the principle that sometimes, ‘the closet’ is a time when you are alone.

Some people have a home atmosphere that it is not possible to have this kind of a fellowship with God in the morning. Some women have a situation at home that it is only in the evening when the children are out praying or the husband has not come back from work that they can be free from distractions. They can have that time as their closet time and maximise it.

The devil will always attack your closet time. He will focus on that time that you need privacy with God, but at other times when people are with you, he leaves you alone. And then there are times the Holy spirit comes to you to stir you up to pray. You need to withdraw from people at such times. Many times, to get a closet kind of environment, you have to excuse yourself from human presence. Just say, “please excuse me, I just want to spend the next ten minutes with God,” then go somewhere. When you begin to practise that courageously, people will respect you for it and then you will discover that you will begin to be more powerful in prayer.

LET US PRAY:

Dear Holy Spirit, I permit You to call me apart in the midst of the hustle and bustle of life to a place or prayer. I receive the sensitivity to know when You are drawing me and when the devil is attacking in Jesus name. Amen.

How To Enter Into Your Closet To Pray (2)

Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38

“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed”~Mark 1:35

Your closet can be a place or a time. In the life of Jesus, He rose up very early and prayed in a solitary place in order to practice this truth. He went to a place where He could have a closet kind of environment, where He could have privacy and even there, they sought Him. And when they found Him they said to Him, “All men are looking for you.” That’s why many people don’t pray and don’t succeed in praying.

I want to show you one important principle for a successful prayer hour. The principle is that when you wake up in the morning, change your location and get up from the bed. Many people don’t pray successful because they wake up from the bed and stay on the same bed to pray and they mostly fall back asleep. The devil and your body don’t want you to pray and they will cancel your desire to pray and you will find out that you regularly overslept and are now only ready for work. That’s what Jesus said when He said “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak (Matthew 26.41; Mark 14:38).” This means it takes more than a willing spirit to pray. It takes a conquered flesh to pray.

If your home atmosphere does not provide that in the morning, there could be another time. It could be another time in the evening or an all night. In the life of Jesus Christ, you will find out that many times He prayed in the middle of the night, all night long.

LET US PRAY;

Lord, thank you for delivering me from the weakness of my flesh. As I commit to relocating from where I slept in order to pray, I receive the hand of the Lord strong upon me in Jesus name. Amen.