2 Chronicles 7:14

‘IF my people who are called by My Name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.’

As Christians, we cannot forget the position of authority God has given us, and the degree of influence we can have in our nation through prayer. If we fail to take our place, evil forces that seek to destroy our country and any Christian influence, will prevail.

No one can deny that the devil has stepped up his activity in recent years, but we are not to be afraid of this, rather it MUST stir us as Christians to pray with greater commitment than ever before!

God has shown in his Word that the condition of the nation rests with His people. I encourage you to pray for our leaders – whether they represent your political belief or not – they need our prayers in order to operate in the wisdom of God. God can change their political positions if we pray!

This need for prayer goes further: – prayer meetings in churches are often the least supported meetings. Many don’t want to put in the time and commitment needed to pray. I believe that this is one of the major reasons that many churches are not growing. Some start to grow, but the growth gets stifled through problems arising etc.

Only a strong prayer backing within a church can develop the spiritual strength a ministry needs to breakthrough in a nation.

When I say this, I mean strong prayer backing – sometimes a group of people need to arise who will meet and pray DAILY for the church and revival.

I don’t believe that 1 prayer meeting a week is enough to provide the backing that many churches need right now in order to move forward.

If you can, find some prayer partners that will meet with you regularly and pray. If no one wants to join you, begin to set aside regular time to pray – not just for your own life, but for the things I have referred to in this article.

Also, encourage other Christians to do the same – the more this spreads the better. If you can, arrive at church early each Sunday and pray for the church service that week!

I believe that God will honour us if we will obey His call to pray. Our churches will grow stronger. Christian influence within this nation will be strengthened, and our nation will be affected in a godly way! I also believe that God will honour the individuals who pray.

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They pray, ask God for healing, then sit back and take a position of 'waiting'. They say things like, 'I am waiting for God to heal me'. They even claim this is a stand of faith they are taking, saying, 'I am in faith, believing God, now I am just waiting for God to do it'

What people don't realise is that this is NOT the Bible position of faith we are supposed to be in!

Bible faith is not passively sitting 'waiting for God to do it'.

Bible Faith receives

This mentality has 'crept in' to the church, even Word churches, but is not a Bible teaching. It is actually hindering many people from receiving healing from God. as well as many other answers to prayer

When it comes to receiving salvation, do we teach people to come to the altar, pray the 'sinners pray' to receive Jesus, then tell them, 'Now you are just waiting for God to save you, keep coming to church, you have prayed the prayer of faith, now we are all going to stand with you and trust God to save you'.

NO, that is not how we handle salvation.

The prayer of faith for salvation is a 'receiving prayer', not a waiting prayer

Once a person prays it, we tell them 'they ARE saved'.
We tell people we HAVE received Jesus, not that we are 'waiting to recieve' or believing to receive' Jesus

From the moment they prayed the prayer of salvation we teach them to have the attitude they 'have recieved Jesus'
There is no 'waiting to receive' involved.

However, when it comes to receiving anything else from God by faith, we change the rules (the Bible does not), and suddenly go from an attitude of 'I have received' to an attitude of 'I am waiting to receive'

In this powerful audio series, we examine this mentality from the Bible, looking at the attitude the Bible teaches we are supposed to have when we pray for anything, including physical healing. These teaching show that the 'waiting' attitude is not Biblical, and help us to see things from a Bible perspective.

As you study this series, you will see clearly how to go from 'asking God' for something to the point of 'receiving it' and walking in the full manifestation of it. We use healing as an example, showing how to receive healing from God, and to stop waiting for it!

This is a four part audio teaching, called 'No more waiting! It's time to Receive'

You can download this series for free at http://www.exceedingfaith.org/free_bible_teaching_mp3_downloads

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God Bless

Owen

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