Prayer Power

What do prayer and grocery shopping have in common? Lists! Daniel Henderson, Assistant Professor of Renewal and Church Leadership at Liberty University, said it is common for people to pray because of a crisis or when they have a list of requests they want God to fulfill. At Wednesday’s convocation, Henderson — also the Pastor of Renewal at Thomas Road Baptist Church — challenged LU students to see prayer, instead, as a time of strengthening their relationship with God.

“God’s giving you the opportunity right now to experience something that will forever change your life,” he said. “Worship-based prayer doesn’t begin with a list — it begins with God’s word.”

There are many passages in the Bible that encourage and command Christians to seek God’s face, he said. II Chronicles 7:14 states: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

“God’s hand is what He does for us, and God’s face is who He is,” Henderson explained.

Christians who spend time in prayer seeking God’s face instead of simply praying for specific requests will experience blessings while maturing their faith, he said. He encouraged students to open the Bible the next time they pray, in order to see how God’s word should shape their prayers.

“The life-changing power of worship-based prayer brings about five realities: God is glorified; I am sanctified; we are edified; the enemy is notified; and the world is mystified.”

I took this from my school convocation. It is such a powerful message. I think we should change our style of prayer.

prayer,

Fellowship.

Hello fellow readers of this blog. Sorry for the long pause in not posting anything here but i needed the break. I need to go deeper in God's Word to find more revelation from God Himself. I found out that there was more true than meets my eye.

I went back to basics to remind myself the level I'm in God. God just reveal so much to me in this scripture that all the youth leaders are looking for in their cell group and in the church.

Acts 2:42-47

The Fellowship of the Believers

⁴²They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ⁴³Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. ⁴⁴All the believers were together and had everything in common. ⁴⁵Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. ⁴⁶Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, ⁴⁷praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

There was so much truth in this scripture that i thought over the past years. To my shock also that David used it during Word. The points i get are three G's: Genuine, Growth, Guaranteed. If you are trying to do Word, you usually try to make it easy for your people to understand and importantly remember what you say. That it why there are like points with the three G or three something that was simple to remember.

Anyway...

The first point. Genuine. The people were being real to one another. They wanted and crave of more of God in their lives. It says that they devoted themselves to the apostles and there was unity among themselves. They were transparent between themselves. In the end of it all they were bless with the wonders that the apostles did.

So we got to be real with God and don't play with Him. Lets make it all business. If you want God to help you in your life, you got to be real with God. No kidding. It is whether you are in or out. Being real. You want to do things to because you are simply touch by His love. alright?

The second point. Growth. There was growth among them. The level of their knowledge of God grow. Read Acts 2:44. the word everything in common. They were on the same wave length. Wanting to learn. Wanting to GROW!!!. Everything they did turn into countless blessing from God.

You want growth in your life. It is time to start learning more of God's word. Find every way to learn what the Bible is telling you. Read, read ,read ,read over, over, over, over again the scripture you are reading. Find in the Internet. Search. Still don't know, ASK!!! Ask your Pastor, ask the leaders. If no help. Write down the question for that scripture and file it. In the future most likely you be able to answer that question you ask yourself over the years. Do everything possible to learn more of God. Get into the relationship. Come on!!! you can do it!!!

i got verses to back this point. There are Psalms 1:1-2, Psalms 119:32, Psalms 119:9-11, Ecc 12:13, Psalms 119:105, John 17:17

the third point. Guaranteed. This last point is when you got both point in your heart. God has a guaranteed on you. I'm sure that God will help you in all levels from school to personal life to parents to anything.

See if you are walking so close to God. You would be able to hear from God anytime anywhere. You be in a different level. The level in thinking of God's wave length. I for sure guaranteed you one thing. If you are walking very close to God you would fulfill the prophet Joel prophecy in the Bible. Read Joel 2:28-32

Lets not live a lie. It is better to be cold or hot than being lukewarm. God hates lukewarm people than cold people. i tell you. Don't mess with Him even though we have grace but don't live on this alone, you got to start being geninue then you would see the seeds start to grow.

I pray that you all here would understand what i mean. I pray that you all would be empowered to learn more.

God love you. Now is the matter that whether you love God back. He has done all for us, it is matter for you to walk the path.

Jer 33:3.