This is a critical truth to begin a new year... To be powerful, you must learn to pray.
The Disciples had been casting out demons and healing people successfully, until they met this boy. Then they learned that some demons are harder to deal with than others... there are degrees of maliciousness to sin.
They encountered a demon that had been with the boy for a very long time. It controlled him, endangered him, it even tried to kill him .... and those who loved him, could do nothing.
That situation sounds familiar to all of us. We have all had circumstances like this in our lives, and the lives of those we love. Jesus was clear...learn to pray!
But when Jesus says pray, He is not referring to the "now I lay me down to sleep" type prayer, He is referring to the "in the garden of Gethsemane, bleeding because of the intensity" type prayer. He is talking about falling in front of God in faith, and calling out for His help, with no intention of stopping until something happens. It is powerful, exhilarating, and exhausting.
When Christians kneel we are going to DEFCON 1... we are putting in the nuclear codes, and there is no plan for retreat. There is no plan B. When all else fails, even what has worked in the past...when it seems you have no hope for the fight ahead.... remember these words... “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”...so commit to prayer.
When we get to Heaven the names of those who changed the world will not be those we expect.
It will be the grandmothers, and grandfathers...the solitary people with calluses on their knees that swayed the battles here on earth. These are the quiet soldiers whose prayers broke the chains of countless prisoners. Enlist ... become a prayer warrior and help those you love go free.
This year can be different if we learn to pray.
"The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much."
- God
James 5:16
- God
James 5:16
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