‘THY KINGDOM COME’ PRAYERS WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSAVED PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND NOT FOR THE FUN OF IT.
IT ATTRACTS OPEN REWARDS: IT ADDS ALL OTHER THINGS TO YOU.
IT IS NOT A LABOUR IN VANITY, IT IS A LABOUR IN PROFITING.
THE SUBJECT OF PRAYER IS NOT OPTIONAL FOR A BELIEVER.
NOT PUBLIC PRAYER ONLY: YES, WE PRAY TOGETHER, BUT THE PRAYER BEHIND YOUR CLOSED DOORS GUARANTEES OPEN REWARDS.
YOUR FASTING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS GUARANTEES OPEN REWARDS.
- Bishop David Oyedepo at CHoP
He is no respecter of persons, there are no private testimony. Every testimony is a pointer to our own inheritage, our own portion with Christ.
-No one will go through this season of fasting and prayer with any trace of disease remaining in his or her body.
He said, “then shall your health spring forth speedily” – Isaiah 58:8
Prayer and fasting is a platform for the springing forth of our health: speedy spring forth of our health.
She went for her test: bone marrow cancer gone (documented testimony). Church Gist. So how will headache survive? How will back ache survive?
Psalm 119:111
So it is a pointer to our heritage in Christ, it is a signal to what is available to us on demand.
Isaiah 58:8 – She received strength under that condition to engage in a fast and her health sprang forth speedily (documented testimony).
Jesus is here right now, to deliver your own testimony into your hand, in the name of Jesus Christ and so shall it be.
Prayers: Thank God for what He has reserved for you in this prayer and fasting season.
The springing forth of your health, supernatural breakthrough in your endeavours, turning your stories to testimonies, turning your struggles to miracles, bringing you to the realm of financial rest, stopping your tears, turning your mourning into dancing. In Jesus precious name, we have prayed.
Will you be specific? She was specific and Jesus stepped in (documented testimony of healing of bone marrow cancer).
Ambiguity don’t fly on the altar of prayer, only specifics do. Whatever you engage with your heart specifically on shall be delivered.
KINGDOM ADVANCEMENT PRAYER IS EVERY BELIEVER’S RESPONSIBILITY
It has been our line of thought in our exhortation in the Covenant Hour of Prayer for the week. It is every believer’s responsibility with benefits: unmatchable benefits, unimaginable benefits. Church Gist. It is not responsibility that is with a burden. No, responsibility with blessings attached. Amazing blessings attached.
Without medication, somebody walked out of bone marrow cancer by appearing before the Lord, the God of all flesh (documented testimony).
With You, nothing shall be impossible – Jeremiah 32:27
God of all flesh – Jeremiah 32:27
Everybody has a part in Him.
-Your part and my part, another man will not take.
The subject of prayer is not optional for a believer. It is a spiritual obligation with unimaginable range of benefits.
“When ye pray”, not if ye pray – Matthew 6:6
“…Thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward you openly”: That is testimony.
“When ye fast” – Matthew 6:17
“…Thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly”- Matthew 6:18
But thou WHEN thou fastest, not IF thou fastest – Matthew 6:17
So it is a divine schedule for believers to pray and fast and that without ceasing.
We did 21 days in 2021: results came out.
We did it in 2020: results came out.
We did it in 2019: results came out.
Why are we doing it all the time? As long as we want results, we want blessings, we will keep doing it. Church Gist. Open blessings that cannot be hidden, He will reward thee openly.
What are we praying? Matthew 6:9-10
Worship Him first: No murmuring, no complaining. “Thank You, where I am is by grace. Without You, I will not be here. Without You, I will not even have my breath. I worship You Lord.”
🎶🎶I worship You, Almighty God. There is none like You. I worship You O Prince of peace, there is none I have come to do, I give You praise for You are my righteousness. I worship You, Almighty God, there is none like You🎶🎶
Worship Him first, it is the only access to the throne of grace.
Psalm 100:4 – entrance: access
Matthew 6:10
“Thy Kingdom come” – first prayer.
He wants all men saved, that is His will and come to the knowledge of the truth in Church. He wants all men saved and gathered into Church – 1 Timothy 2:4
He doesn’t want anyone to perish, but He wants all to come to repentance. All men – 2 Peter 3:9
That is His capital will on the earth.
I won’t come until it is done. The job has to be done; the task has to be accomplished. That is His capital will. Engage with it.
He ended up in that chapter 6 of Matthew (verse 33): Seek ye first. There are many things that your life demand, I know that you need them, but seek you first the Kingdom of God and I promise you, I vow, I swear, I will add all those other things to you. – Matthew 6:33
That is what makes prayer and fasting a lifelong adventure for the believer. As long as there are unsaved (people) on the streets, ‘thy kingdom come’ prayers continue and not for the fun of it. Church Gist. It attracts open rewards, it adds all other things to you, so it is not a labour in vanity, it is a labour in profiting.
Prayer and fasting is every believer’s lifelong adventure. Not public prayer only: Yes we pray together, but the prayer behind your closed doors guarantees open rewards. Your fasting behind closed doors guarantees open rewards. So you carry them in your heart, carry this prayer in your heart to behind the doors.
What have you come to Church then? To collect fire from the altar. Take fire from the altar. To ‘en-fire’ your prayer life in the secret. Yes, we have together prayer that commands blessings: it is good for brethren to dwell together in unity; they were in one accord, they prayed, power came down – Acts 1:14
So we are praying on the altar that you will take to your private prayer altar at home, the open reward erupts and explodes.
-My prayer for you as I pray for myself is for my prayer life to be ‘en-fired’ to another level that will keep on the prayer altar for my lifetime.
That shall be everyone’s portion in the name of Jesus.
Among other things what we draw from the altar of prayer and fasting is supernatural strength. Jesus was praying and the Bible says, there appeared to Him an Angel, strengthening Him – Luke 22:43
It was fervent, Kingdom target prayer. An Angel showed up, He prayed till the sweat from His brows were like droplets of blood – Luke 22:44
Moses was a prayer and fasting giant. At 120, his natural force was not abated – Deuteronomy 34:7
Paul was a prayer and fasting addict. He said, “in fastings often” – 2 Corinthians 11:27
But he left here as Paul the Aged – Philemon 1:9
He continued till the day of his departure and he saw the crown of righteousness laid before him.
Paul the Aged. Paul the fasting machine, “in fastings often” – 2 Corinthians 6:5, 2 Corinthians 11:27
Strengthened with might in the inner man because longevity is a function of strength.
He said, “threescore”: That is what David saw, “the number of my days”, that is what he saw. “Only threescore and ten.” He said that was for man. That is not for man, for man is 120. You know that in Genesis chapter 6 verse 3
Genesis 6:3 – That is God speaking directly and one of the places to tap into strength is the altar of prayer and fasting that keeps a man strong, a woman strong to enjoy a good old age and see his children to the third and fourth generation. You can’t buy that with money.
-Therefore, be strengthened with might in your inner man, by the Spirit of God on this altar of prayer and fasting.
-Every form of weakness and weariness in your system comes under a curse today.
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