I don’t know about you, but I am having a very profitable journey during these months of slowing my pace and listening more fervently. I have had the opportunity to read a few books that I have wanted to pull off the shelf for years! Time seems to turn to liquid when I am not scheduled by the hour. I do miss the personal contact with others, but He has pulled me under his wing and decided I would listen and learn better “locked-down”.
A few observations…I have never realized that the angels are listening to the words I speak. Acts 7: 53 says that the law was given by disposition of the angels. “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation.” Hebrews 1: 13, 14 If I am an heir of salvation then they are here to minister for me! Angels are our “fellow servants, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book.” Rev. 22: 8,9
Angels are listening to what I say, because what I say has a tremendous effect on what they do!
If you give voice (pray) to that word of promise, prayer for the lost or a God-given command, the angels are listening to what you say and they will hearken to your voice. This, of course, is conditional…if you are in total agreement with God and His will, then the angel’s assignment is to make sure that what you are saying from His Word is completed.
KEY: When we Pray – we are seeking an answer; we do not need to rehearse the problem!
Praying for the salvation of other’s is always in God’s will!
“So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth:
it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish
that which I please and it will prosper the thing where I sent it.”
Isa. 55:11
Why we should pray biblically?
It’s important because:
GOD’S DESIRE WILL LEAD TO OUR PURPOSE.
HIS PURPOSE WILL LEAD US TO HIS WILL.
HIS WILL LEAD US TO HIS WISDOM.
HIS WISDOM WILL LEAD US INTO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HIS ABUNDANT SUPPLY AND PROTECTION.
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL FILL US WITH HIS SPIRIT AND KEEP US FROM THE DEPTH OF SIN AND RUINATION.
HIS SPIRIT WILL PRODUCE ALL OF THIS IN US AND ENABLE US TO PLEASE HIM.
WHATEVER WE SOW…WE REAP!
LISTEN, MOM’S…PRAYING BIBLICALLY IS SOWING GOD’S PURPOSE
INTO WHAT THE
NEXT GENERATION WILL REAP!
I! PETER 1: 3
BUT, YOU ASK…WHY DOES IT SEEM PRAYER IS SELDOM ANSWERED?
WE WANT GOD TO CHANGE HIS DESIRES AND BLESS OURS!
WE WANT GOD TO CONSIDER OUR PURPOSE AND MAKE IT WORK!
WE WANT GOD TO BLESS OUR WILL!
WE WANT GOD TO USE OUR WORLDLY WISDOM!
WE WANT GOD TO GIVE UP HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR OUR SELFISHNESS!
GOD REQUIRES AN INITIAL DENIAL OF SELF, DEATH DAILY TO SELFISH DESIRES AND A DETERMINATION TO FOLLOW THE INVISIBLE GOD. LUKE 9:23
IF THIS IS NOT OUR DAILY PRACTICE
THEN THERE IS NO NEED TO PRAY
FOR OUR DESIRES, WANTS AND LONGINGS.
IT IS GOD’S RIGHT TO RULE OVER HIS PEOPLE AND HIS UNIVERSE!
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
