THE POWER OF PRAYER

THE POWER OF PRAYER
Tuesday, 6th October 2020
Pastor Victor

James 5:16 Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].

The power that prayer releases is inconceivable by the human mind. Prayer is power. It is one of the keys of the kingdom of heaven. It is one weapon of the believer in Christ that satan dreads. I would to God that we will come in terms with the power of prayer. There is no way we are going to accomplish much in the kingdom of God without the agency of heartfelt and fervent prayer.

Several years ago, in my third year in the university to be more precise, myself and some friends decided to hold an educational program to enlighten science students on certain chosen careers in the science field. We planned everything we were going to do and invited several lecturers from various departments to come speak to us. We did the flyers and went round inviting students. One thing that was not sure was the venue for the program.

About 48 hours to the program and we still hadn’t gotten the venue yet. Then one night my friend Ken and I decided to go to the field to pray because it was getting embarrassing and frustrating. How do we explain this to people? I remember that night on the field, we prayed our hearts out; it was a heartfelt prayer, dynamic in its working. The next day which will be about 24 hours to the program, we got a venue for free. In fact, we went on using that venue anytime we had a program. Hallelujah!

This is the power of prayer. When all ideas failed, prayer worked. One thing prayer does is that it opens doors. It causes the prison doors to be opened and arrests every jailer. Believers who don’t pray consistently can have satan hijack their blessings and breakthroughs. In fact, you could be delayed a lot in life. Prayer is the fuel that speeds up divine processes. I am talking about real burning prayer where your heart is involved.

I don’t know what you might be going through right now in your life. May be you have tried everything but prayer. It is time to try prayer. When Paul and Silas were cast into prison for no just cause, they sang praises and prayed. And there was an eruption and their chains were loosed and prison doors flung opened. Prayer offered in faith always works. I tell people, when I pray, I get results; my prayer does not fail. Engage in fervent prayer for the release of the things that belongs to you.

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