Tuesday 4 August 2020

How Do You Pray? (Part 1)

Hello everyone,

I've been going through the whole armour of God for some days now, and after putting up what each part depicts, Apostle Paul went ahead in Ephesians 6:18 saying, “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.” Apostle Paul linked prayer to the armour of God, asking us to pray always, being watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. When we hear the word prayer, we quickly say we do that, but the question now is, how do you see yourself when you pray? In other words, when you speak to God in prayer, what eyes do you see yourself, which would be the way you present yourself to God in prayer? This is a critical question that let us know the level at which we make use of the whole armour of God.

A quick reminder, when Moses sent out twelve spies to the land of Canaan, all twelve saw the same thing, but there two interpretations in describing what they saw. Ten had a side of a story while two had another side of the story, (ref.: Numbers 13:27-33). Using this as an example would determine how they would pray to God.

Many of us see ourselves on the same level with the devil competing for a thing, like a game of chess where both sides carry the same strength, but the side having the best-applied strategy would win, and this is not right. Many of us would say they don’t pray that way, but their words betray them.

Jesus Christ has been given the name that is above all names, and all authority in heaven and on earth has been given unto Him. Therefore, no one is on His league, meaning no one can compete against Him because He is greater than everyone. It is just like professional football players playing against children in nursery schools, that game would be unfair because both teams are not in the same league. Likewise, those born into the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are not on the league of the devil.

Which reminds me, let me tell the level of the devil. Once upon a time, before the devil who he is now, he was an archangel, who still is lower than Jesus [because Jesus is God]. Now, because of evil intentions, he was banished away from heaven, stripped off his powers that even the lowest of angels was even greater than him. He got the power to rule the earth from Adam, which made him a little powerful than some angels, but Jesus disarmed him when He went to hell, thus making him even lower than the lowest of angels.

Angels are servants who seek the face of God, and those who are born of God are super greater than angels because of the Spirit they carry. And the devil is lower than these angels of whom those who are born again are greater than. So, who is the devil compared to you?

This is what I want you to understand. The devil is afraid of those who are born again because they carry the very authority of Jesus, which is why he does everything for us not to know how to use this authority.

Now, the mistake some make when praying is that they look at themselves having the authority, but I will say this again, the “I” you think has the authority of Jesus has been crucified. Jesus is the one who lives in your body which is why you have the authority. And this is what being a joint heir in Christ means (ref.: Romans 8:17).

Knowing this is very important because if you don’t know this, your prayer life would be like an eagle praying like a chicken.

I will continue tomorrow on this subject as there is a lot we need to know as we address God in our prayers.

 

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)

 


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