SPIRITUAL WEAPONS OF WARFARE 17

SPIRITUAL WEAPONS OF WARFARE 17
Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of the ongoing broadcasts on the Believers' Weapons of Warfare needed in these last days to combat the enemies. Yesterday, we dealt with the last of the weapons mentioned in Ephesians chapter six by the Apostle Paul which is THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT. We said that the Sword of the spirit is NOT the Sword of the Holy Spirit but, the Sword of the Recreated Human spirit.
It is the revelation of God's word to you at the point of need. This is one of the works of the Holy Spirit as A PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF NEED. Ps. 46:1. A word from God can turn things around.
 A word from God can take you through many a hard times and places.
 Apostle Paul strengthened the entire crew on board when the storm arose as they journeyed through the RHEMA that was ferried to him by an angel. Acts 27:23. RHEMA is very potent and sometimes, tailored made for a situation or a person. In other word, two people can be in the same situation and their Rhemas may be different.
Rhemas are portals, keys and access into God's resources.
 Let's go for RHEMA.

Today, I want to conclude our text for the first sets of weapons that we are considering. Our text is Eph. 6:10-18. We are yet to consider Vs. 18.

Eph.  6:18 says 'Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;'
The apostle Paul said some things that are worthy of note.
The reason we are to put on the whole armour of God is to be able to PRAY ALWAYS. Just like the saying goes "a prayerless Christian is a powerless christian and a powerless Christian is not different from a Jehovah Witness. We are equipped with these heavenly armoury to be able to pray and pray always.
Prayer is one of the ways to release our faith and convictions in God's word. It is one way to exercise our God-given authority over the Devil. It is also one of the ways to legislate in the Heavenlies; to allow God interfere in the affairs of men. So, we must pray always.
Prayer is one major way to precipitate POWER.
 James 5:16 says '... The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].(Amp).
Could it be that the reason many Christians are POWERLESS and many altars are FIRELESS is because we are not obeying this verse? Selah.
In the popular Acts 1:8, Jesus says 'But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.'
Jesus says you shall receive DUNAMIS after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you. What did we see on the day of Pentecost? The Disciples received the Holy Ghost with TONGUES as the evidence. Could it be that there is a connection between TONGUES and POWER?
Let me tell you categorically that PRAYING IN TONGUES IS THE MECHANISM THAT GOD HAS PUT IN PLACE TO PRECIPITATE POWER.

The more you do it, the more powerful you become. I am not talking about those few minutes prayers you do. I am talking about spending quality time praying in tongues.
 Elijah showed up and made a few seconds, bold declaration and the Heavens were shut. Every carnal Christian love things like that. "Say it and get it'.
What they didn't know is that Elijah had spent  QUALITY TIME TRAVAILING IN PRAYERS. James made us to know this. James 5:17-18.
He only came out to announce the answer he had received in the place of prayer. May God give you understanding.
After, he had dealt with the Baal's prophets, he told Ahab to go and feast but he went to the top of the mountain to PRAY. Read 1 Kgs 18.
Many believers fail to realize that prayer is one major way to facilitate the work/hand/move of God in the earth. That you have gotten a prophetic word doesn't mean that it will automatically come to pass. Elijah went to pray after God had given a word that rain is coming. 1Kgs 18:1,42. Everybody like to demonstrate power but they don't want to pay the PRICE OF PRAYER. The strength that  Elijah used to run faster than the Chariots of Ahab came from the prolonged prayer on the Mount. 1 Kgs 18:43-44. Jesus walked upon the sea after a long prayer session. Mt. 14:23-33. May God open your understanding.

You see there are different types of prayers and the rules are different.

Paul the apostle says we should pray WITH ALL MANNERS OF PRAYERS AND SUPPLICATION IN THE SPIRIT.
 Time will fail me to extensively describe all of them but, let me say some things around the different types of prayers.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRAYERS

A. PRAYER OF FAITH- this prayers is directed MAJORLY AT YOUR PERSONAL NEEDS BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE FOUND OUT FROM GOD'S WORD THAT GOD CAN DO. Selah. Let it sink into you.
You pray this prayer once and then you continue to THANK GOD till the answer shows up. You can punctuate your THANKSGIVING with CONFESSIONS OF GOD'S WORD ALONG THE LINE OF YOUR PRAYERS. 'IF IT BE THY WILL' is TANTAMOUNT to doubt under this kind of prayer.

B. PRAYER OF AGREEMENT-  Mt. 18:19. There MUST BE AGREEMENT ELSE, NO ANSWER. I remember just now that in my 1st year as an undergraduate, I prayed on water to turn to KEROSENE and it happened. It was in one of those days that I was really broke. All I had was the ingredients to cook what we normally call 'CONCOCTION RICE'. If you don't know it, may God give you understanding. I had clear instructions from God concerning what to do. Glory to God! My rice cooked very well. Listen, my stove was very dry. So, it was a COMPLETELY MIRACULOUS EXPERIENCE. But, just one year after, I came back from school stressed out. My roommate just roped me into agreeing with him that water will turn into Kerosene so that we can cook beans that day. That was a mistake. He had been meditating on God's word all day. I tell you the truth. The water didn't change at all. We joined hands to pray over the water and what was going through my mind was 'how are we going to dry the wool after we didn't get'. One of our Hall mates really had a good time abusing us. I am sure he would gotten result if he had exercised his faith ALONE.

The rule in this prayer is this:

1. A discussion must precede the prayer session where you both have to AGREE BASED ON THE CONVICTION (OF THE PERSON WITH THE LOWEST LEVEL OF FAITH) ON WHAT TO PRAY ABOUT. Every single word in the above definition is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
 After that, one person should pray while the other say AMEN. You cannot afford to say different things in prayers and expect result. No! This is the reason many are not getting result because they are flouting the rules.
 This prayer is PRAYED BY A MINIMUM OF TWO PERSONS AND MAXIMUM OF THREE.

C. UNITED PRAYER: ACT 4
THIS IS PRAYED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE OR A CHURCH DENOMINATIONS.
Everyone prays about THE SAME THING UNTIL THE ANSWER COMES.

These first three sets of prayers look like YOU PRAY THEM ONCE AND YOU THANK GOD TILL THE ANSWER COMES. They are all TARGETED AT RECEIVING SOMETHING FROM GOD.

I sense that God will have me deal with the SUBJECT OF PRAYER VERY WELL.
I will continue tomorrow.
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