Prayer

Beloved,

It would seem to me that the whole of what the Bible is about is the reconciliation of man to God.  The most important part of that reconciliation is the ability to come before God in prayer.  I don't think that we can grasp how great an honor, and how powerful a weapon in a fallen world that prayer can be.  We cannot preach against sin from a logical point of view, because those that are in sin are separated  from the Spirit of God because of sin.  Fallen man will always justify his actions through reason.  We have to reach a lost world on a spiritual basis, and we have been given the tools to do just that.

Enclosed are some very important quotes on prayer, by men that have invoked God unto victory throughout the world.

~Al

Most churches think their members are gathered into one simply to take care of and build up each other. They know not that God rules the world by the prayers of His saints; that prayer is the power by which Satan is conquered; that by prayer the Church on earth has disposal of the powers of the heavenly world.(Andrew Murray)

 

No language is quite so trite, so empty, as devotional talk without active meaning, religious profession without corresponding performance. "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' and not do what I tell you?" Jesus had asked earlier, adding, "Not every one who says to me 'Lord, Lord' shall enter the kingdom of heaven but he who doeth ..." (Luke 6:46) (Brother Andrew)

 

God uses persecution for the good of the church. However, persecution is not the work of a loving God—it is the work of our sworn enemy.

Whenever we see evil, we can ask God to change that situation. We have every right to do so. But expect Satan to counter our efforts with every trick in his arsenal. He is an enemy of prayer, especially when we are asking God to free people from darkness and sin.

We all know the boundaries of evil are expanding every day, and fatalistic apathy enables those boundaries to grow because it offers no resistance. Christians must oppose evil.

We are born for this battle! Every Christian is a soldier, a member of God's resistance," engaged in spiritual warfare. The moment we lose sight of this, we become aimless in our actions and fuzzy in our focus. We forget why we were born and what we are trained and equipped to do on the battlefield, and we die without ever knowing why we lived. Most important, we never complete the mission we were sent to accomplish. (Brother Andrew)

 

It's a fact that Christians live in enemy territory. Satan in the wilderness offered to give Jesus all the kingdoms of the world with their glory. Jesus didn't dispute that earth is under foreign occupation. The world is under Satan's control and his plan is to make sure everyone worships him. Our job is to return the world to its rightful owner-God. We are entrusted with the responsibility to advance God's Kingdom.

The devil will do everything possible to thwart that goal. (Brother Andrew)

 

Never forget this fact: we share the love of God with people who are hostages of Satan in a world under his control. Prayer is the means by which we release the hostages. (Brother Andrew)

 

The battle for lost souls is won by prayer and intercession. Prayer is the warfare. Evangelism is not the attempt to win the battle— it is the mopping up operation. The physical possessions of the church, the buildings, organization and programs are the trucks we drive onto the field of battle to load up the spoils of the victory won by intercession. (Ronald Dunn)