PRAYER

Men ought to pray and never faint ( Luke 18:1) 

God never minces words. Every word spoken from the mouth of God is consequential, and for a purpose.He is a God that thrives on principles, a God of order! Jesus Christ His beloved Son whom He sacrificed for the good of mankind, has reconciled man to God and has given all men the passport to commune freely with God. Now we have been assured that we can come boldly to the throne of Grace to receive mercy and grace in our time of need. (Hebrews 4:16) 

Are you in need of grace? Grace to receive salvation, deliverance, healing, favour...call it what you want. Are you in want of mercy? To conquer a challenge; to overcome a difficulty; to move on from what seems like a dead end? It is available to you, but through prayer. God has great and wondrous things in store for you as a child of God. But not until you call out to Him. He declares in Jeremiah 33:3 -" Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not." Though God has great blessings for us, we have not yet tapped into them because we have refused to call out to Him. There is a condition to this promise - a call unto prayer!

Prayer is a priviledge to carry, as a song writer wrote. We forsake the goodies of this priviledge , bear needless pain and forfeit peace when we refuse to pray. Many of us are standing behind closed doors, waiting for diverse breakthroughs, yet funny enough we may not be praying. This can be likened to opening a closed door without its appropriate key. The key to many closed doors in our life is prayer. Jesus taught that we should knock and the door will be opened for us. The act of knocking is an act of prayer. Are you in any form of bondage or danger? Prayer can deliver you! When Peter was locked away in Prison, it was the fervent prayer of the Saints that set Him free - Acts 12: 5-17. For surely the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much - James 5:16 b. 

As the body of Christ, do we want to see more miracles? Are we dying to walk in supernatural power? Then we must pray. Prayer fills our spiritual tanks with oil empowered by God's Spirit to enable us do exploits for and in the name of God. We need God's anointing to do greater things than Jesus did, but not until we offer ourselves unto prayer Nevertheless, God doesn't want us to come to Him in prayer whilst still holding on to filthiness. He wants us to come broken and with a contrite spirit - Psalm 51:17. Let us draw nigh to God, and He shall draw nigh unto us. Your miracle is a prayer away!