- God does not respond to your situation; He responds to your requests.
- Don’t be religious on the altar of prayer; be SPECIFIC with your request.
“Ask Specific Terms and God will deliver in Dynamic Terms.”
Jesus made this very striking statement in John 16:24. In that statement, Jesus reveals something unique: the fact that for everyone to get much out of the Prayer Altar, you must not just come speaking but come with specifics. On the altar of prayer, generalized prayers do not count much: just coming without a specific outcome in heart will produce efforts that do not bring results. According to scriptures, every time a person comes with generalized prayers, the response of Jesus is, “what exactly do you want?”
Blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52)
Remember in John chapter 16 verse 24, it’s not that they were not using his name, but they were not using it for anything specific. In the same vein, you find Bartimaeus crying out ‘Jesus’: that is his name. Son of David: He still responds to that even in Heaven.
Bartimaeus: Have mercy on me
Jesus: In what area?
God does not respond to your situation; He responds to your requests. Recognise that you must never approach the altar of prayer assuming that God will respond to what He sees; He will respond to what you say. The altar of prayer therefore must be an altar of clear and specific demands (James 4:2). In other words, what you do not receive is what you did not request (Matthew 7:7-8). God makes it very clear that the specifics of your demand determines the delivery that you and I take hold of. What that means therefore is that you must not be religious on the altar of prayer, but you must be specific with your request.
ENGAGING THE WONDERS OF SPECIFIC DEMANDS ON OUR PRAYER ALTAR
- Hannah (1 Samuel 1:13-19)
This woman was in such a state of connectivity with Heaven that Eli passing by said, “put away your wine from you”; he thought she was drunk.
What was Hannah asking specifically? She told the Lord in very clear terms: give unto me a man child and in accordance to her specific demand, God gave her Samuel.
We must come to understand that you DON’T ASSUME your way to answers, you SPECIFY your way to answers. Don’t make assumptions. God called you and I to make intercessions; intercessions are specific demands. - Solomon (1 Kings 3:3-12; 1 Kings 4:29-34)
In 1 Kings chapter 3, we see the prayer. In 1 Kings 4, we see the clarity of the answer: “and God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much…”(1 Kings 4:29).
God has more than enough of whatever you are requesting (James 1:5). When we ask of God, He doesn’t give stingily, He gives liberally. That’s why the Bible tells us concerning Solomon, “God gave Solomon wisdom and God gave understanding…” How much? Exceeding much and began to describe the dimension:
And largeness of heart. How large? As the sand that is on the seashore. A continuous expanse, the wisdom was without limit. The Bible begins to tell us how it compared, how it excelled all the wisdom of his day and age. He (Solomon) made a request and God gave him an answer (Ephesians 3:20).
The ability of God is beyond our ability to request but the response of God is according to the specifics of our requests. God will not answer what you don’t ask; it is what you ask that ultimately determines what God answers.
I want us to understand therefore that we are dealing with a God that knows no impossibility.
We are dealing with a God that knows no difficulty.
We are dealing with a God that cheaply delivers anything anyone can imagine.
What He is saying to you and to me, “Ask Specific Terms and God will deliver in Dynamic Terms.”
I see God delivering supernaturally on your behalf in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We must continue to engage the hand of the God of increase towards the actualization of the minimum double the highest annual Sunday attendance in this Church since inception this year (1 Corinthians 3:6). As we stand in prayers, we must be expectant, recognizing our God is not only able but willing to deliver whatever we request.
As we ask of Him, particularly concerning the growth and the advancement of the Church, you and I can expect to see Him multiply His Church supernaturally.
If we can be SPECIFIC, God is set to DELIVER!
Everywhere you see the force of prayer deployed effectively, it must be engaged specifically. No trial and error. We are not talking about having a prayer point, we are talking about sustaining a Prayer Focus: staying on a matter, pressing to the point of answers, not just offering trial and error but pushing with specific demands, expecting a unique outcome from every subject presented.
If you don’t know what the answer you are looking for looks like, then you will not recognise it even if it comes. You and I must be specific, the Bible says, “whatsoever thing you desire, when you pray, believe that you have received them, then you shall have them” (Matthew 21:22). There must be a specific desire that precedes the demand and then there will be a unique delivery.
As we enter into this last week, in this season of Prayers and Fasting, what God is saying to you and to me: BE SPECIFIC.
Everyone that asketh specifically receives!
Everyone that seeks specifically will find!
Everyone that knocks on a particular door, it shall be opened unto him. Matthew 7:8
EVERYONE, not some but Everyone: that means everyone of us is entitled to a response if we engage the mystery of specific demands.
We must ensure that we detail in clear terms what it is that we are standing on the altar of prayer for.
You are engaging with any one of the intercessory guidelines: ensure that you can picture the answer you are praying for.
Begin to look at it: what is it I desire from this prayer point to see it happen: I’m praying for the Church to multiply – let your mind begin to see what the answer looks like. Be specific in your demands and then God begins to deliver supernaturally.
Prayer: “Lord, I receive grace this morning to engage effectively as I pray specifically this week.”
…At the end, it shall speak. The answer must show in this last season, the answer must show in this last portion. The answer must show forth in this last session. In this week, there must be unique delivery, there must supernatural manifestation. I receive grace oh Lord for effective engagement in the name of Jesus Christ.
Today represents the 3rd Day in our 5th Module of this season of Prayers and Fasting and also entering the last week. The Bible tells us very clearly, “On the 3rd day, He will raise us up” (Hosea 6:2). Ensure that you position yourself for an encounter with God and God will visit supernaturally.
Being the last week, the Bible says, “at the end it shall speak”; for you:
- This week, you will hear specific answers.
- There will be responses from Heaven on your behalf.
- Every long-standing issue will turn for a testimony in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- It shall be your week of answers!!!
SPEAK TO THE DAY:
Make your decrees concerning the day. Speak to the week, make your decree specifically. Make your declaration.
This week is blessed: open for encounters, open for visitations, open for transformative experiences, open for answers from Heaven in the name of Jesus.
- A loaded week, testimonies-week, a breakthrough week, an open-door week in the name of Jesus.
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