0789 Transfigured by Prayer

JOKE: Lord make this lion a Christian

JOKE: Answer to prayer / God used devil to pay for it

Luke 9:29

Prayer in schools. Always prayer there.

Daniel would rather spend night with lions than miss a day without prayer

For 40 years the sun did not rise on China that God did not find Hudson Taylor on his knees

1722 count Nicolas established community in Germany for exiles of Moravia "under Lords Watch" on August 27, 1727 24 men and 24 women devoted to 24 hour prayer. It lasted 100 years. People sold as slaves to Indies, Charles and John Welsey was impacted by it

Worry flourishes in the space prayer lessens creates

Prayer delights Gods ear, it melts His heart, it opens His hand, God cannot deny a praying soul

Pray when you fell like, it is a sin to neglect such a opportunity; pray when you don't feel like, for it is dangerous to remain in such condition

To get nation on its feet, we must get first get down on our knees - Billy Graham

George Washington got noticed by Richard Lewis doing devotions at 4am in library.

"If I don't pray, I have no gratitude and no appreciation. If I lose those two things, I have no zeal for life. That's why prayer is so important. Because what the world things of is far less important than what God thinks of me. The world at its best can like you. That's it. The world does not produce love; love only comes from God. So you can choose to either be liked by many or loved by one." Jim Caviezel

Bible records 650 prayers, 450 answers to prayers. Jesus prayed 25 times mentioned. Paul mentions 41 prayers.

1. Personal Transformation

Prayer changes us, faith changes circumstances

After long service, Jesus prayed all night - walked on water / no more rebuke

2. Divine Revelation

Moses and Elijah went from hearing to seeing

Word becomes flesh. Information - Revelation - Manifestation

Don't retreat, advance

3. Demonic Elimination

No victory over demons without Spirit

Throw millstone around devil, you have to cut off hand

To enter life, on one leg of holiness or death on two legs of sin

Sprinkler and valve / flooded basement, close leak - not just mop floor

Until you know that life is a war, you cannot know what prayer is for - John Piper

Eagle and snake (snake has no stamina, no balance and no power in the air where as on ground snake is clever, powerful - take spiritual battle to spiritual zone)