Equipping & Sending Laborers For The Harvest
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Equipping & Sending Forth Laborers For the Harvest
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II Peter 1:12, Wherefore, I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance
of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
One of the most important of the present truths in which God is speaking now is
that the church must return to corporate prayer. We must include in our services
more times for corporate prayer. Let's not forget the command, as well as the
promises of II Chronicles 7:12-16, where the Word of God says:
II Chronicles 7:12-16, And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said
unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an
house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the
locusts to devour the land, or if I end pestilence among my people; If my people,
which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my
face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine
ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now, have I chosen
and sanctified this house that my name may be there forever: and mine eyes
and mine heart shall be there perpetually. I have adapted this passage of
scripture and have applied it directly to The Harvest Center (our ministry), verse
14 tells us what God holds as His priority, that is; for us to humble ourselves and to
pray, and seek His face (worship), and if we make this our priority, God makes us
promises that He surely will keep, "He will forgive our sins and heal our land". This is
what will cause the Kingdom of God to come and God�s will to be done as well
as granting us the desires of our heart. If we are going to see the church truly
become the church of power and glory, we must become the house of prayer
that Jesus said that we should be in Matthew 21:13 (my house shall be called a
house of prayer….").
This means that most service times are too short because leaders want to
accommodate the people. This says that our services must become longer to
give more room for more prayer time. There is no prayer more powerful than
corporate prayer, for the bible says in Deuteronomy 32:30 ," How should one
chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except the their Rock had
sold them…….."), this tells me that our effectiveness increases 80% when we pray
corporately. Satan has a united kingdom, so must be the Kingdom of God that
will unite for prayer and spiritual warfare.
We can no longer operate at this prayer deficiency that we have operated in
the years gone by. God is holding leaders accountable for this restoration of
prayer back into the church. The true Apostle's have the assignment as well as
the anointing to bring about this restoration, that is to put prayer as priority within
the church.
One of the benefits of more prayer is, Prayer Will Keep Us from Falling into the
Temptations of the Devil. Luke 22:40 the bible says: "On reaching the place, He
said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation, If we do not fall into
temptation, there will be less sin in our lives. Before we can help anyone clean up
their lives, we must cleanse our own lives of sin. More prayer is the answer. My
assignment for this ministry is to raise an army of prayer warriors, and my prayer is
that I impart to you the desire to join God's prayer army. If you are a leader, you
must mobilize your troops by establishing more time for corporate prayer in your
meetings.
Another important benefit of corporate prayer is, It Will Draw the Power of
Gods Holy Spirit to His People. In Acts 1:14 it says that the believers were in
(prayer and supplication…."), and in Acts chapter 2:4 ( And there came a
sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house
where they were sitting, and cloven tongues like as of fire sat upon each of
them and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other
tongues as the Spirit of God gave them utterance, this was the empowering
of the church for ministry. God wants to empower His church again but we
must do our part, that is, to return to corporate prayer as our priority! Every
believer must be empowered with the spirit of God, to be equipped for our
assignment and ready for battle.
Our Mindset For Corporate Prayer Must Include:
1. You must believe that God will honor your prayer. Mark 11:24 says
“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have
received it, and it you shall have it”.
2. Begin to praise and thank God first; worship Him for who He is. John 4:24
says that ("God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit
and in truth").
3. We must pray from a clean heart if we want God to hear us Psalms 66:18 ("If
I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me"). This means that we
must repent of all sin in our lives, known and unknown, which is to turn away
and stop the sin.
4. Always ask the Father, in the name of Jesus. John 16:23-24 (And in that day
ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask
the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in
my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.)There is still
power in the name of Jesus. Philippians 2:8-11 tells us that God has given
Jesus, "a name that is above every name".
5. Base your prayer request on the word of God; God's will is His word I John
5:14-15 ("we know that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us…..")
God's will concerning our prayers are in His Word, so let's read His will, or His
Word as the foundation for our prayers.
6. Every believer must be filled with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of
speaking with other tongues; this is how we can pray the perfect will of the
Father. Romans 8:26-27, is by praying in the Holy Ghost.
A. This also is how we build ourselves up for battle by building our faith Jude
verse 20
B. This our most effective weapon of prayer, I Corinthians 14:1-2, says we
speak the mysteries of God, to God thus, we bypass demonic understanding
that causes us to doubt what God promises us in His Word. (I John 5:14-15 "If
we ask anything….")
As I close, here is the major key to the devil's total defeat by the church and
the restoration of Gods power being returned to His house, that is, when we
truly make Gods house the House of Prayer.
I say, Let's Do It!
From "The Apostle's Pen" of:
Apostle Rufus L. Smalls
The Harvest Center Church
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