SATURDAY, JANUARY 10TH 2015 THE PRAYER ESSENCE Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much (James 5:16). Many have often chastised themselves for not being able to pray for long hours. What is the significance of long prayer times?” Well, God never said until we spend long hours in prayers He isn’t going to hear us. He never told us how long our prayers should be and doesn’t demand from us many hours of prayers as the definition of time by some is. But if you spend long hours, that’s great. Remember, He lives in eternity; therefore minutes and hours do not regulate him as we are in the earth. Thus, in a sense, the significance or essence of prayer is not in its longevity in terms of the number of hours spent praying. It’s not “how long” you pray that really makes an impact; it’s “how right” you pray. Many spend long hours in prayer, saying the wrong things, hence their lives are empty, being void of the spiritual results and impact of prayer. Such folks have missed the true essence of prayer. The essence of prayer is to fellowship or commune with the Lord, and that communion helps to build your relationship with Him. What God wants is for you to spend quality time alone with Him, away from everything else. For example, you’d be amazed how much impact a fifteen or thirty minute time alone with the Lord, spent praying intensely in the Spirit, will produce in your life. Of course it’s desirable and advisable to spend longer periods with the Lord in fellowship. All that’s required is discipline. You have to learn to stay at the place of prayer .The significance of prayer is therefore not in its length, especially in the eyes of others; it’s the beauty of fellowshipping with the Most High, away from everything else. That fellowship enriches and strengthens your spirit, while improving your life in a tremendous way. BIBLE IN A YEAR: Job 11-12 PROCLAMATION: Dear Father, I love you and appreciate every opportunity I have to fellowship with you in prayer. I thank you because those moments I spend alone with you are significant in improving my life and shaping my destiny as I get synchronized with your perfect will for my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. RHEMA DAILIES.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:11:41 +0000
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