I certainly don’t have all the prayer answers, but I want to submit one explanation for your consideration.
I believe our prayers do more than simply motivate the Father to action. I have become convinced of something Gordon Lindsay, a great man of prayer and the founder of Christ for the Nations, called the ‘substance’ of prayer.
In fairness, I must say I don’t believe it can be conclusively proven, but there is great weight of evidence suggesting it, and I have embraced it as truth.
The concept is that our prayers do more than just motivate the Father to action. They actually release the power of the Holy Spirit from us to accomplish things. Certain types of praying would of course do this more than others.
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Speaking the Word of God as a sword
into situations (see Eph. 6:17)
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General declarations or commands are
other activities that release the power of the Holy Spirit (see Matt. 17:20;
Mark 11:23).’
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The practice of the laying on of hands
is another scriptural method of imparting power (see Mark 16:18; Heb. 6:2).
That there is literal power from the Holy Spirit which can be released from us is absolute. The power of God that brings life, healing and wholeness to the earth flows out from us—the Church.
When He moves to release power upon the earth, it doesn’t have to shoot out of the sky somewhere—it comes from His people where His Spirit dwells upon the earth."
Prayer Note #90 -His Throne in Our Heart, taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer (199, 200)
The next Prayer Note on 11/20- The Church, God's Womb Upon the Earth: Prayer Note #91 Dutch Sheets
Today’s
treasure truth #36: If you are “born again”, you are a laborer together w/ God. (1 Cor. 3:9)
Our
thought for today: Come on, don't give up! God's got a reward for you!
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