Dealing with and Binding the Strongman within – The Essential link – Prayer Life what the devil don’t want you to know… youtu.be/Nx06MLjYafk The essential link Inherent in prayer are three basic facts: (1) When we pray, we recognize the existence of an invisible kingdom. We would never pray at all if we did not have an awareness that Someone is listening, that behind what is visible there is an invisible kingdom. It is not far off in space somewhere; it is right here. It surrounds us on every side. We are constantly in touch with it even though we do not always realize it. It lies behind the facade of life, and all through the Scripture we are exhorted to take heed of this, to reckon with it and deal with it, to acknowledge that it exists. (2) We have confidence that the kingdom of AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) is highly significant and that it directly affects our lives. Events in the visible realm are secretly motivated and driven by forces in the unseen realm. So--and here is a key point! --if you want to change the visibilities, you must start with the invisibilities. That is why prayer is so crucial. We are engaged in spiritual warfare. So we must conduct that warfare in the spiritual realm, in the realm of AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ), in the realm of prayer. (3) Prayer is an essential part of bringing AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה )s invisible power to bear on life in the visible realm. The devil and his forces are fiercely dedicated to keeping human beings in the dark on this fact. The devil does not want you to know or believe that AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) truly does answer prayer. So it is crucial that we underscore this fact: Prayer is purposeful and powerful, because AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) is purposeful and powerful. AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) answers prayer. The devil has been very effective in blunting and obliterating this truth from the minds of people today. We often hear such phrases as, He doesnt have a prayer. Or, Theres nothing we can do now but pray. In other words, prayer is a last resort, a last ditch, a hopeless gesture, the last gasp when all other possibilities have been exhausted. Satan laughs whenever prayer is depicted in that way! He loves it when people think of prayer as a pitiful, pathetic, pointless gesture and he hates it when people discover that prayer is direct access to the limitless power of the one who formed the planets and hurled the stars through space! What an exhilarating thought: When we pray, AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) listens! When we make our requests, AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) acts! Prayer is an essential link to AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה )s active involvement in the world today. Without prayer, AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) often does not work--He is a perfect Gentleman, and He does not go where He is not invited. But with prayer, He always works. Praying according to the promises We must immediately add and underscore this biblical truth: AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) answers prayer according to His promises. There is a false concept of prayer held by many which suggests AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) answers any kind of prayer, no matter what you want or how you ask for it. This false teaching results in bitter disappointments and gives rise to the widespread belief that prayer is ineffectual. But AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) answers every prayer that is based upon His promises. Prayer does not start with us; it starts with AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ). AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) must say He will do something before we are free to ask Him to do it. If AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) were to say yes to all of our demands, He would not be AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ). He would be our slave, a mere genie in a bottle. Instead of answering our prayers, He would be granting our wishes. That is neither a biblical nor a truthful description of how AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) works at all. The AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) of the Bible is both the sovereign Creator and Lord of the universe, and He is a loving Father, and that is how we must approach Him. We should not presume to boss around the Creator of the universe. And we should understand how a healthy father-child relationship works. No loving parent commits himself to giving his children anything they want or demand. Rather, a loving parent makes it clear that he will do certain things for his children and not do other things. Within the scope of these parental promises and limits, a loving parent will commit himself to answer his childrens requests. For example, a loving parent may say, I will grant your request for wholesome, nutritional snacks after school, but I will not grant your request for ice cream sundaes five times a day--I love you too much to grant a request that would harm your health. So it is with AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ). He has given promises, and they form the only proper basis for answered prayer. You and I may think that the request we have made of AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) is perfectly reasonable. We may imagine that if He were truly loving He would grant us the success, or healing, or blessing we ask for. But AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) sees more clearly than we do, and AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) may see (as He did when Paul prayed to be healed of a physical ailment, a thorn in the flesh) that even something as seemingly beneficial as a physical healing may not be AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה )s best for our lives. This is what Paul means when he reminds us, And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. What does that mean to pray in the Spirit? This is an area of great misunderstanding. Many take this phrase to describe the emotions we should have when we pray. They think it is necessary to be greatly moved before prayer can be effectual, that we should pray with great emotionalism. Of course, AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) is involved with us on an emotional level, and deep feelings are often a part of a vital prayer life. But emotionalism is not necessary to effective prayer, nor is emotionalism what Paul means when he urges us to pray in the Spirit. Quite simply, what Paul means is this: To pray in the Spirit is to pray according to the promises the Spirit has given, and it is based on the character of AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) which the Spirit has made known. AHAYAH HauHaY (YHUH יהוה ) has never promised to grant our wishes, demands, beggings, pleadings, or cravings. He has only promised to answer prayers that are prayed in the way that He has outlined for us in His promises. He answers such prayers invariably and without partiality. He is no respecter of persons and He shows no favoritism in the matter of prayer.
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