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NEVER CEASE PRAYING

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Never cease praying because your prayer is like a telephone call. Have you ever tried calling a person in a higher position before? Probably you were after a job, contract, connection, approval, etc? You called and he/she was not answering. Did you stop after the first call? I believe you called for so many times, up to the time he/she answered. This was what Jesus meant in Luke 18:1 when He said pray and never give up.

FAITH WORKS WITH PATIENCE
I went to an office to see the boss. For reasons I don’t know, I was told to wait at the lounge. I sat for an hour and no one bothered to say a word. It seemed they had forgotten about me. I went to the receptionist but her words never changed. She said ” sir, my boss is a very busy person. Please wait”. I needed his signature for a deal. I got him after about three hours. The most important thing was the signature, not the time. Spending 24 hours in his office would have been nothing to me because there was no other place I could get his signature.
Most of us want God to answer our prayers. God has what we want and His calendar doesn’t work like ours. There is no other way we could pass or use to get what we want than through Jesus. If we have Faith in Him, then we have got to wait for Him. These people have Faith but they lack patience. I believe the two go together. Paul said that if we hope for what is not seen, we must wait patiently for it. Faith works with Patience. Never cease praying.

GOD IS FAITHFUL
In Luke 18, Jesus talked about a widow who seek justice. She went to a judge repeatedly but he ignored her. After a while, the judge said ” I don’t fear God or care about people, but this woman is driving me crazy. I am going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her requests!”
could it be that you have been praying for years about something you need from the Lord? Don’t give up because He is going to answer you. If you could wait for a man, then I believe you should be able to wait for God to work things out for your good. Remember it is not about how long you pray or wait. It is about what you get in the end. God is faithful and He will what He has promised. I had to wait for about three hours before I could get my document signed. Never cease praying

YOUR FAITH CAN SHIFT TIME
Everything in our world today is moving faster. Things change so easily. But God doesn’t change. He is Who He is, and What He is. His WORDS never change. The Bible says Heaven and Earth shall pass away but My word shall never pass away. Don’t think God would answer your request promptly because your friends ,etc are ahead of you. Instead, take time to develop your Faith. Jesus said to the Gentile woman in Matthew 15:28 that “dear woman, your faith is great. Your request is granted” and her daughter was instantly healed. If you are looking for the fast way, don’t go any further. Check your Faith status. Because your Faith can produce the results you need. Your Faith can shift time. How great is your Faith?

I want to encourage you that what you need from the Lord worth than time. God doesn’t change, so are His Words. However, your needs can change. And time could also change. What you need to consider is your level of Faith. When your faith is great, you can shift time. God is ever ready to grant you whatever you need. I am sure about that because He gave up Jesus, His only Son, for us.
Never cease Praying. I could hear the phone is ringing and Papa God is about to pick it up soon. Don’t cry, don’t worry, don’t lose hope.
Never cease praying.
God bless you.

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Intercessory Prayer

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About that time King Herod Agrippa began to persecute some believers in the church. He had the apostle James (John’s brother) killed with a sword. When Herod saw how much this pleased the Jewish people, he also arrested Peter. (This took place during the Passover celebration.) Then he imprisoned him, placing him under the guard of four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring Peter out for public trial after the Passover. But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him. (Acts 12:1-5 NLT)

These are among the verses in the scriptures I really pay attention to. Acts 12 talks about how James was arrested but the church did nothing about it till he was killed by Herod. He saw it pleased the people so he went for Peter. But this time, the church did what they didn’t do when James was arrested. They prayed earnestly for Peter.

Did God answer that Prayer?

Yes! He did. When you read from verse 6, the Bible says
The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate. Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter. The angel struck him on the side to awaken him and said, “Quick! Get up!” And the chains fell off his wrists. Then the angel told him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” And he did. “Now put on your coat and follow me,” the angel ordered.
So Peter left the cell, following the angel. But all the time he thought it was a vision. He didn’t realize it was actually happening. They passed the first and second guard posts and came to the iron gate leading to the city, and this opened for them all by itself. So they passed through and started walking down the street, and then the angel suddenly left him. (Acts 12:6-10 NLT).
God heard them and sent an angel to rescue him. Friends, there is Power in intercessory prayer.

I don’t know what your family is going through. I don’t know what your friends, business, Job, church, country, etc is/are going through. But I believe if you would go down on your knees to pray for them, God would answer your prayer in Jesus’ Name.

Before Jesus left, He prayed for His disciples, and all those who would believe in His Name. In John 17, Jesus said this prayer;
“My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.
“I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. (John 17:9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20 NLT).
And now, He is interceding for us at the Father’s right hand. The Father is no longer angry with us because of Christ’s position. We are blessed because of Jesus. Amen!

When the devil knows he can’t get you, he attacks those people you love. When my family was attacked, in the physical everything was going wrong. We didn’t know what to do. In fact, the storm came from all directions; from jobs to bank accounts, rent to food, etc. My mum would cry all day. It was at this point that I realised One person could make a change. I understood what I am telling you today. I stood and prayed for my family day and night. I could testify that what God has done now is far greater than what we used to be. James said that The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. (James 5:16 NLT).

Are you going to keep quiet and sleep when the devil is working 24/7 searching for ways to destroy you, your family, etc.?

In Luke 18, the Bible says
One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? (Luke 18:1, 6, 7 NLT). Pray without ceasing

I want to encourage you today to keep on Praying, keep on interceding for people who are bound by the chains of Satan. They would be delivered in Jesus’ Name. Abraham interceded for Lot and God saved him. When you Pray earnestly, God would hear your cry.

I will close with this:
But Moses tried to pacify the LORD his God. “O LORD!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand? Why let the Egyptians say, ‘Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people! Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.’”
So the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people. (Exodus 32:11-14 NLT)

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