Prayer is a Necessity

 

Hi friends,

Often times as we journey heavenward, many believers to their detriment have down played the place of prayer thus making their sojourn and life on this side of eternity toilsome and full of sorrows.

There is a better way to travel safe on this eternal highway which is by the way of praying always. In Luke 18:1, Jesus our Master spoke a parable and I quote;

And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.

Praying is so important that our Lord Jesus had to employ his listeners with a parable. He told them the parable of the importunate widow who would always demand tirelessly to be avenged of her adversaries from a judge.

She did not struggle or engage this adversary by her own power and ability. She persisted on the judge. She had an understanding that life is governed by rules and precepts and it is only the one who is  legally learned about life issues that can advocate for her.

This tells us that praying to God Almighty in the name of Jesus is an acknowledgement that God knows the law of life, the seasons of life and the times of life more than you do and asking Him to advocate for you.

This simply tells us that the only way not to be a prey in this kingdom race is to be prayerful. Infact, for you to watch and pray like Jesus commanded His disciples, you cannot but pray. You must pray without fainting!

Pray about anything and everything. Pray at all times and in all ways. Pray everywhere and in every way. Prayer is the key that unlocks every closed doors. It can move every mountain. It is an invincible and an invisible force.

Prayer is inviting the divine into the affairs of humanity. It is choosing to partner with God in achieving His will and purpose over the issue prayed about. Prayer is communicating with God.  Prayer is even made more potent when prayed in humility of heart and purpose.

Prayer is telling God how helpless you are and how much of His help you need. The fervency and earnestness with which the prayer is made is shown in how much you can pray to Him. It is the act of empowering your soul to achieve the humanly impossible.

Prayer lifts you above the natural to the supernatural. It is a show and display of knowing God and submitting to His will. It is a show of confidence in God’s power and ability. It is so potent that it can undo the works of evil done several generations earlier.

There is this expression in the Christian setting that goes thus; ‘show me a man or woman of prayer, and I will show you a man or woman of power’. Prayer is an activity of holy men who have understood submission to the Master’s will.

Prayer on this Heavenly way will bring down the presence of God by His Holy Spirit making you to receive life, light and divine guidance. It unravels of mysteries years gone by and years to come.

Beloved, I trust that you will pray all kinds of prayer in every possible way , over every matter at all times and in all ways till we meet at the golden in the new Jerusalem!

 

Your friend and fellow Pilgrim in the kingdom Race,

Pastor Janet.