Does Prayer Really Change Things

Date 10.20.08

DOES PRAYER REALLY CHANGE THINGS?

How honest should we be?  YES.  The answer is yes.  Obviously prayer changes things.  We have grown up to believe it been taught to value it but how many of us really have the Where with all to choose prayer as a primary option over our own doing?  When facing a wall we think surely there must be something that I havn’t thought of or something more that I can do.   Someone I can call.  Why?  Why is our rational to always do life on our own or what may be worse to include God when and where we want Him.  We serve a merciful master!  A master that rejoices when we make the right decision to seek Him first.  We have the knowledge to know that all these things will be added unto us and yet we still gather together comittees and focus groups to find our answers.  We book end the meetings with prayer but with the word amen we quickly slip into our carnal minds once more.

My richest times with the Lord are when I need Him.   When I have no where else to turn.  That is why in third world countries there is so much Faith.  We are a rich nation that has lost our need for God and our chances of fitting through the eye of a needle are becoming increasingly slim. 

If Need is the Catalyst to a rich relationship with the Holy Spirit,  sooner then later we have to understand that we are in a constant state of need.  Prayer is the life line to Pauls confession of contentment when he says that he has learned to be content whether with little or with much.  When we find ourselves pressing into the heart of God we too will find the peace that surpasses our understanding and fills us with His.

As a church we need that understanding if we are to turn the corner into a new season of richness and blessing that comes only from seeking the heart of God.  Over the next several weeks I will be calling us out by families to man the walls.  We are not finished just because we are inhabiting the land there are many stones that are left unturned and dangers at every corner.  Let’s be alert building with one hand defending with the other.  Seeking the heart of God together will create great anticipation and dependence on the one who can save and create revival in our City unlocking and unleashing the blessings of Heaven.

This week we continue our series SO YOU’RE DEAD NOW WHAT?  Our topic is HEAVEN  don’t miss it!