Title: Prayer Attracts Authority
Memorize: for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Matthew 7:29 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: Acts 4:23-31(Nkjv)
[23]And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
[24] So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
[25] who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: ‘Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
[26] The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.’
[27] “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
[28] to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
[29] Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
[30] by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
[31] And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Message:
Apart from providing an avenue for you to report everything that threatens your peace and joy, prayer brings the fullness of the Spirit.
This is explained in Acts 4:31: “And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.”
Prayer gives room for the Holy Spirit to come closer to help you. He also gives you the boldness to confront evil.
If you are not a praying Christian, you’d probably be timid and confused because the Holy Spirit won’t be there to activate Himself in you.
When you spend time declaring God’s word in the place of prayer, you are exercising your God-given authority to speak things into being.
When a man of God says a word of prayer and miracles happen in public, it’s as a result of the hours he has invested into praying in secret.
Don’t be like the publicans who only pray in the open, have a prayer altar and let it burn with your prayers always.
Action Point:
Father, help me to pray fervently always.
HYMN 14 – STANDING ON THE PROMISES OF GOD
1. Standing on the promises of Christ our King,
Thro’ eternal ages let His praises ring:
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
Standing on the promises of God.
Chorus
Standing, Standing,
Standing on the promises of God my Savior
Standing, Standing,
I’m standing on the promises of God.
2. Standing on the promises that can-not fail,
When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail
By the living word of Go I shall prevail,
Standing on the promises of God.
3. Standing on the promises I now can see
Perfect, present cleansing in the blood for me;
Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free,
Standing on the promises of God.
4. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
Bound to Him eternally by love’s strong cord,
Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
Standing on the promises of God.
Bible Reading In One Year: Obadiah 1
AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE