Effective Prayer
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Faith: without faith it is impossible to please God
Disciples: asked to be taught
Prayer: a way, a purpose…too much without effectiviness can turn you into an unbeliver
Effectiviness in prayer: only given by revelation
Non effetcive person: weak, no understanding and can cause one to die and perish!
Weapons of War equips and prepare!
“You are my war club,
my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter nations,
with you I destroy kingdoms,
with you I shatter horse and rider,
with you I shatter chariot and driver,
with you I shatter man and woman,
with you I shatter old man and youth,
with you I shatter young man and young woman,
with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
with you I shatter governors and officials.
“Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.
“I am against you, you destroying mountain,
you who destroy the whole earth,”
declares the Lord.
“I will stretch out my hand against you,
roll you off the cliffs,
and make you a burned-out mountain.
No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,
nor any stone for a foundation,
for you will be desolate forever,”
declares the Lord.
1. Axe: An effective Christian ( breaks the nation) more effective in chopping down a tree! An axe in Gods hand , to pull dwn…used to mighty things! If you becomes an axe, no need for prayer! Look at Moses because he acted!
2. Double edge sword: The word of God!
3. Wisdom: If no wisdom, dullness exsorts more energy…blunt! ....becomes a hammer the is more effort in the chopping than in the sharping!
a. Sharpness: When the Father speaks of this He speaks of effectiveness…the sharpness of....the effectiveness, cuts down to the flesh, the bone the marrow!
The blade always need to be sharpened!
b. Break the barriers because of the effectiveness!
c. The effort is not in the sharping: It is not praying all day, but by grace (the hidden mysteries)
Prayer Compels the anoiting: The act of prayer moves you to DO what is required...It is well with your soul…prophetic decree: that increase your intimacy with God! Communication from God, with God for God!
Isaiah 10:15 “Does the axe raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!”
The one who is the axe: boast of themselves…but zero power or effectiveness!
Beware: reciting slogans…example: Im in a season…my season...
when what ever season I need to be EFFECTIVE vs giving LIP SERVICE of what I have done! Regergitation without understanding!
*Wherever you are you are effective and beneficial, because you make an impact wherever and what ever season you are in!
Matthew 6 ““Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think the…”
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
“This, then, is how you should pray:
“ ‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Euipped and more affective: Nothing is more effective in the kingdom than being an effective battle weapon. When we pray God sends you! He willed you to go into battle because He is with me!
The captain leading the angels: YOU…when you act they follow the lead…they watch and see how you move for instructions! BE effective in prayer because God has willed you to go into battle!
Ezekiel 26:9-10(NIV)
He will direct the blows of his battering rams (war horn blown)against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons.
Evil spirits: Towers that monitoring spirit (not familiar spirits that know you)
Dont suffer a witch to live!
Matthew 3:10 (NIV)
The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Non-effective:
For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this.
Measure of faith: Because your faith was little (ex. why couldnt WE cast out…said the disciples to Jesus) so, fasting and praying does not change things, it is to make you humble! We lack submission to HIS name!
Closing Discussion