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The WINNING PRAYER

Introduction Prayer is one of the greatest assets of the redeemed. It isour communication link with God, our heavenly Father.Unfortunately, however, many are either not takingadvantage of the privilege or they approach it wrongly. No

wonder you hear them say, "I have e hausted prayer, yetthere is no !reakthrough." James 4:2-3 tells us the reasonfor their failure

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye

ask not.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss...Until you know the meaning of prayer and how to praycorrectly, you will never !e free from pressures.

Prayer is not #ust communication. It is having the correctapproach to communicating with God, !ecause it takes

praying aright to !e heard. $he kingdom of God is a

kingdom of principles. %verything is e pected to !e doneaccording to the guidelines of the &ord, otherwise, it willyield no profit. $hat is why 'esus laid down the right

principles for effectual and winning prayer in Matthew 6 .


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After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. hy kingdom come. hy

will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. !ive us this day

our daily bread .And forgive us our debts, as we forgiveour debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the

glory, for ever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13

$his is the prototype for effectual prayer( it is a failure) proof prayer guide. &hen you get it right, guesswork stops

and you are assured of answers, even !efore you arethrough with praying.

*ou will never en#oy certain things in life, e cept throughthe proper use of your communication privilege withheaven. 'esus said

For every one that asketh receiveth" and he that seeketh

findeth" and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Matthew 7:8

+ertain doors in life will never open to you, until you properly engage your communication link with God. $hereare many things that are rightfully yours in the covenant(

!ut you may never en#oy them until you ask, seek andknock correctly

$he -i!le says

O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Psalm 65:2


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Prayer re uires no other treatment in heaven than answers.God has no record !ook for prayers, neither does /e have astoreroom for them. $hey are either answered or returned to

sender. $hat is the reason many have never receivedanswers to their prayers. -ut from now on, I see you usethe miracle prayer guide, so that every time you stand

!efore God in prayer, you will always receive answers.

Prayer is the !reath of the regenerated spirit. 'ust like everystrong relationship thrives on the maintenance of a verygood communication link !etween the parties involved,

prayer not only serves as a means of getting God tointervene in our affairs, it enhances the strength of ourrelationship with /im, since it is one of the ways wefellowship with /im.

Prayer is not optional for the !eliever !ecause it is one ofour vital covenant responsi!ilities. $hat is why the &ord ofGod admonishes that we pray always.

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that menought always to pray, and not to faint"

Luke 18:1

#ray without ceasing.1 Thessalonians 5:17

&hen your soul is genuinely revived, prayer !ecomes yourGod)given privilege, that you cannot afford to a!use, !utmake the utmost use of. It naturally !ecomes a part of yourlife, !ecause your spirit has !een attuned to crave


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communication with God, as a new !orn !a!e craves formilk.

&hen the first +hurch was !orn, the apostles said

$ut we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to theministry of the word.

A ts 6:4

$hat was how they were a!le to sustain the fire in theirdays. &henever they prayed, there were undenia!le proofsthat they touched heaven 01cts 2 34)45(56 37)368

&hen your prayer life !egins to drag, it shows that yourspirit)man is already drooping and that means you aregetting farther and farther away from God. +onsistenteffectual prayer is the way to maintain a high)flying+hristian life.

$here is more to prayer than #ust praying. In my early+hristian days, we all were praying !ecause we saw others

praying. No one was mindful of results, so we continued totarry until many got tired, and some eventually retired. It istherefore very important that we know what !enefits prayer holds for us as !elievers, and how to use them to ourutmost advantage, so as to en#oy a victorious +hristian life.

&hat is the use of calling a num!er on the phone and notgetting through and then giving your message to the !lank phone waves9 It:s nothing !ut wasted efforts 1 veryreligious man, rather than drop the handset when he can:tget through, will still go on to say, "$hough I know you arenot picking the phone, I am going to say everything I have


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to say anyway, !ecause I know you will hear me someday."

$hat is e actly what we do when we don:t apply the correct prayer principles. $hat way, you meet people who claim tohave prayed for 53, 4; or 2; days, yet they have no resultsto show. 'esus didn:t announce /imself when /e returnedfrom /is 2; days fast( the effect of /is prayer and fastingwas evident all through /is lifetime on earth. &hen edemption gives us all e ual access to God:s hotline, !utmany are missing out of it !ecause of their lack ofunderstanding. $hey don:t know how to approach it. Godsaid, "


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Chapter 1

The Force Of PrayerPrayer is a force in the hand of the !eliever whenapproached =cripturally. It is one of God:s covenant toolsfor the reali?ation of our glorious destinies in +hrist.

'esus told /is disciples a para!le in %atthew &':()*(+

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, hekingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed

good seed in his field:

$ut while men slept, his enemy came and sowed taresamong the wheat, and went his way.

$ut when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,then appeared the tares also.

o the servants of the householder came and said unto him,ir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field- from whence

then hath it tares-

He said unto them, An enemy hath done this...

%verything contrary to good in the life of the !eliever is the

work of the enemy. $he devil is the !eliever:s num!er oneenemy, and the -i!le warns us against him

$e sober, be vigilant" because your adversary the devil, asa roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may


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devour:1 Pete! 5:8

=o, !ehind that set!ack, that unending struggle and thosecontinuous !reakdowns is "an enemy". -ut why is he sodetermined and hell)!ent on seeing you fail9 @ook at whatthe -i!le says concerning you in "saiah 5:1-2:

ow will / sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. %y wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a

very fruitful hill:

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the

midst of it, and also made a winepress therein...

$his is why the enemy is interested in you /e is #ealous ofyou, !ecause you are God:s choicest vine. -y redemptionthrough the !lood of 'esus, you are planted on a most

fruitful hill. Not only that, you are fenced and protected.God has invested /is !est in you. $he -i!le also tells us in Psalm 92:13-14

hose that be planted in the house of the 0ord shall flourish in the courts of our !od. hey shall still bring forth fruit in old age" they shall be fat and flourishing"

No wonder the enemy is so #ealous /e wants you downlike himself. 'ust like he did not rest until he got 1dam outof the garden of %den, he has vowed not to rest until he getsyou off the course of your destiny. /e is determined to seeyou don:t enter your +anaan, !ut he will not succeed, in'esus: name


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ubmit yourselves therefore to !od. 1esist the devil, and hewill flee from you.

James 4:7

$he devil can !e stopped and arrested. =ince force is theonly language he understands, God has placed the force of

prayer in our hands, to put him where he !elongs.

Arise!

It takes knowledge to have victory in any conflict of life.$he first thing you need to know in the war against the thief of your glorious destiny is that you must arise.

0et !od arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them alsothat hate him flee before him.

Psalm 68:1

If the enemies will not scatter until God arises, how then doyou think they will scatter in your case without you arising9*ou can:t keep watching that unpleasant situation in yourlife go on( you must arise No matter how great therevelations you have received from God, if you don:t !uildup a resistance against the enemy, you will never have a

!reakthrough

God has spoken some things to you and you are sure of /is

leading and instructions, !ut the enemy is standing on theway, saying, "*ou won:t get in there." *ou need to arise tothe challenge, !ecause if you do nothing, you will getnothing. If you fold your hands at the opposition, you willend up in stagnation and deprivation.


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&hen God called me in an 5A)hour long vision, I !eganintense preparations for take)off in prayers, fasting,studying and programming for 36 months. 1fter all these,

anyone would have thought the way was clear for greatresults.

-ut when the ministry went into full operation in Baduna,things did not happen as we e pected( they were #ustdragging. $here was stagnation. Cften, there were only two

people at our meetings, and they were my staff. Cne day, Icalled the men together and told them, "$his is not the way

things should !e, so let:s rise up to the challenge."&e set out in prayers for three days. Cn the third day, the@ord said to me, "


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time of the incidence I have #ust narrated, he saw people allro!ed in white. =o he thought to himself, "$his is a whitegarment church" and turned and went away. ight now, certain forces might seem to !e resisting everymove you make or everything might seem to !e workingagainst you, in spite of all your input. I:m glad to let you

know that prayer is a ma#or force for fighting alloppositions off your territory, and conse uently triumphingin life.

1 time came in


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Eon:t sit there crying and waiting for someone to pity you(rise up and take advantage of this potent force of prayerand free yourself from the hold of the enemy. /e is called

"the wicked", !ecause he has no feelings of sympathy foryou. /e is out for you, so you must arise and invoke theforces of heaven to flush him out.


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&arfare is inevita!le, !ut victory is guaranteed. God says,"Fear not, I am your redeemer, I am committed to deliveryou and give you the victory." 1lso in 1 John 5:4 , /e says

For whatsoever is born of !od overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

=o, the o!stacles are real( the victories are also real. ictoryis our heritage. $he reality of warfare is further reinforced

!y 'esus: e perience here on earth. /e said

...For the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing inme.

John 14:3#

/e meant to say, "$he prince of this world came to


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1s long as you are still !reathing, the !attle is not over.>ise up and stop tolerating failure and mishaps =top

putting up with pains, lack and want. If you won:t arise,

your enemy will prevail. Cne strategy of the enemy is tomake you feel you can:t handle the issue. $hat is a lie Godis committed to your victory, if only you will fight.

Chapter What Prayer oes

Prayer has diverse !enefits for the !eliever. 1s the issuesand circumstances of life vary, so also does prayer addressthe various needs of man.

#raying always with all prayer and supplication in thepirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and

supplication for all saints" &'hesians 6:18

$his implies that there are different kinds of prayer, andthey accomplish different things in a !eliever:s life. @et us

e amine some of them.It Pro"o#es $e%p Fro& A'o"e

0et us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of


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need. (e)!ews 4:16

&ithout help from a!ove, we are helpless on the earth. $heenemy is fierce. /e knows his time is short, so he is outagainst the children of God with full force. $he wickednesson the earth is intense, !ut we have access to help fromheaven to overcome them all through prayers. $hat is whythe -i!le says

45cept the 0ord build the house, they labour in vain that

build it: e5cept the 0ord keep the city, the watchmanwaketh but in vain. Psalm 127:1

%very !lessing and accomplishment in life comes as aresult of the helps of God. Paul said in A ts 26:22

Having therefore obtained help of !od, / continue unto this

day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and %oses did say should come:

/e was preaching the same message as other apostles in histime, !ut he got !etter results !ecause he had the help ofGod. $he Psalmist, though a great man of war who neverlost a !attle, knew this secret. In Psalm 6#:11-12 , he

prayed!ive us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.hrough !od we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall

tread down our enemies.


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$he -i!le also tells us the secret of king U??iah:ssuccessful reign

hen all the people of 2udah took 677iah, who was si5teen years old, and made him king in the room of his father

Ama7iah.

And he sought !od in the days of 8echariah, who had understanding in the visions of !od: and as long as he

sought the 0ord, !od made him to prosper.

And !od helped him against the #hilistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in !urbaal, and the %ehunims.

2 %h!oni les 26:1*5*7

Prayer is not #ust telling God your needs, !ecause /ealready knows them 0


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yea, / will uphold thee with the right hand of myrighteousness.

$ehold, all they that were incensed against thee shall beashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing" and

they that strive with thee shall perish.

hou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even themthat contended with thee: they that war against thee shall

be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

For / the 0ord thy !od will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not" / will help thee.

"saiah 41:1#-13

$he Psalmist said

3hen / cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back:this / know" for !od is for me.

Psalm 56:9

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seventy thousand men died in one day. -ut Eavid cried outfor God:s mercy, which he knew would always answer forhim and God was intreated.

...0et us fall now into the hand of the 0ord" for his merciesare great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

2 +amuel 24:14

$here is a need to understand the place of God:s mercy inour affairs. &hat you are fighting against may not !e thedevil, or witches and wi?ards as you have thought( it could

!e something you have done, like Eavid, that has angeredGod. /e can !e intreated when you call for /is mercy.


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!ut *ou know all things. &hatever I may have da!!led intothrough carelessness or ignorance and which has !roughtthis affliction in my life, @ord have mercy &hatever may

have come on me through the negative side of my natural !ackground, let *our mercy prevail for me "

Plead the mercy of God against that mysterious affliction inyour life and it will give up, and you will !e free.

In Matthew 9:13 , 'esus said

$ut go ye and learn what that meaneth, / will have mercy,and not sacrifice: for / am not come to call the righteous,

but sinners to repentance.


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And when Herod would have brought him forth, the samenight #eter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with

two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the

prison. And, behold, the angel of the 0ord came upon him, and alight shined in the prison: and he smote #eter on the side,

and raised him up, saying, Arise up ;uickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And the angel said unto him, !ird thyself, and bind on thy

sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him,


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hinkest thou that / cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels-

Matthew 26:52-53

/elp from a!ove is availa!le for every area of our need,when we call upon God in prayers.

It *rin)s e%i"erance Fro& Aff%ictions

/s any among you afflicted- let him pray. /s any merry- let him sing psalms.

James 5:13

Prayer is one of God:s vital solutions for afflictions. It is the/oly Ghost:s prescription for deliverance from oppressions.

1 lady lecturer from a leading national university hadstroke sometime ago. =he came to @agos all the way from

Nsukka in that condition and attended an all)night prayermeeting in our church 0she could scarcely walk when shecame in and couldn:t even stand on her own8. -ut when shevisited @agos again a few weeks later, she was walkingstraight, with all her !eauty and elegance restored /eavenwas connected that day, hell was devastated and heraffliction was turned to testimony

"Is any among you afflicted9 let him pray." Not, "...let him

cry...", or, "let him watch..." $hat means anyone that is !attered, tormented or depressed is e pected to pray fordeliverance. If you want to see that yoke on your life

!roken, you must pray. If you want the forces !ecloudingyour destiny to !e shattered, prayer is the kingdom forcerecommended for your deliverance.


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*ou are not !orn for afflictions( you are created to reflectthe glory of God, and prayer is what it takes to enforce your manifestations. Prayer is what you use to free yourself from

all afflictions of the enemy and for the restoration of your !eauty in +hrist. &hen /annah was afflicted with !arrenness, she went to the temple and prayed. God heardher and gave her a son 05 =am. 5 )3;8.

Paul and =ilas were locked up in prison, after having !een !eaten with stripes. -ut at midnight, they prayed and sang praises to God, and /e came down in an earth uake and

loosed their !ands 01cts 56 37)368.$he children of Israel were in !ondage in %gypt for over2;; years. God only sent them help after /e heard theircries in prayer.

And the 0ord said, / have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in 4gypt, and have heard their cry by

reason of their taskmasters" for / know their sorrows" And / am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the

4gyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and

honey... &,o us 3:7-8

=o, until you cry out against that affliction in your life, itremains. God only responds to your voice in prayer, to puta stop to the assault of the devil in your life.

1part from destroying afflictions, prayer puts you on theline for divine visitations and turns your captivity. Eon:t


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watch that long)standing pro!lem H #o!lessness, !arrenness or lack of peace in your home destroy you. +ryout to God in prayers against it, remind /im of /is

promises in /is &ord that e empt you from suchafflictions, and you will !e free Psalm 125:3 says

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of therighteous" lest the righteous put forth their hands unto

ini;uity.

=o, it is not God:s will that the enemy should afflict you(

your prayers can stop him.It Enforces Prophecies

%very word of prophecy is God:s plan unfolded through ahuman vessel.

3e have also a more sure word of prophecy" whereunto yedo well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in adark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in

your hearts:

=nowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man:but holy men of !od spake as they were moved by the Holy

!host.2 Pete! 1:19-21

=o whatever God says to you through the =criptures orthrough a human vessel 0in prophecy8 is /is plan for you,


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and as far as /e is concerned, it is settled. -ut what many+hristians don:t understand is that most prophecies don:tget fulfilled without the application of certain kingdom

forces.his charge / commit unto thee, son imothy, according tothe prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by

them mightest war a good warfare"1 Timoth. 1:18

*ou don:t watch prophecies, you war with them, until they

come into reality. In fact, a prophecy may look likefalsehood or mockery, if you don:t know what it takes tomake it happen. $here are oppositions that have setthemselves to !lock your access into your promise land, soyou must do something to make that prophecy a reality.

-ut to war with prophecies you go to God in prayers withthe &ord 0or the prophecy8, reminding /im of /is

commitment to perform what /e has spoken. $hen you turnto the enemy and declare what is written concerning youwhich for!ids his activities around you.

It takes warring a good warfare to see prophecies fulfilled.God is faithful and /e cannot deny /imself. /e iscommitted to do anything /e has said.

In /eute!onom. 2:24 , God said to the children of Israel 1ise ye up, take your >ourney, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, / have given into thine hand ihon the

Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it,and contend with him in battle.


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God had given the children of Israel the land, !ut a devilsomewhere is saying, "No, you can:t have it." God:sinstruction to them was, ">ise up Eon:t sit there e pecting

it to drop into your laps -egin to possess what is yours.+ontend with the opposition in !attle, until you possessyour possessions." $his tells you that you don:t wait forthings to happen, you make them happen. $he -i!le says

And from the days of 2ohn the $aptist until now thekingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take

it by force.

Matthew 11:12


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$hat means, "&hen you wait and you don:t see the things Itold you of, come and ask


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#ut me in remembrance: let us plead together: declarethou, that thou mayest be >ustified.

"saiah 43:26

It $e%ps To +ocate The Path Of +ife

hou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of >oy" at thy right hand there are pleasures for

evermore. Psalm 16:11

Eivine direction is the heritage of the redeemed. -ut youmust seek it in order to en#oy it. &hen you locate the pathof life, you en#oy fullness of #oy and pleasures forevermore. -ut they are only o!taina!le in God:s presence,which is our ultimate goal in prayer.

he 0ord is my shepherd" / shall not want.

hou preparest a table before me in the presence of mineenemies: thou anointest my head with oil" my cup runneth

over. Psalm 23:1*5

&hen God leads you, you can:t !ut !ecome outstanding inlife. =ome people are not cut out for !usiness, !ut havechosen to do it, either !ecause of social influence or

personal affection. Cthers are into all manner of professions where their star may never shine, !ecause theyhaven:t located the right path. $hey #ust keep gropingaround. -ut you can:t afford to go through life doing whatseems right to you. It is too risky


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God is committed to leading you in the path of life /e hasordained for you, even !efore you were !orn 0'er. 5 78. /esaid in "saiah 48:17

hus saith the 0ord, thy 1edeemer, the Holy One of /srael" / am the 0ord thy !od which teacheth thee to profit, which

leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

-ut asking in prayer is your access to /is leading.

Ask, and it shall be given you" seek, and ye shall find"knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Matthew 7:7

&hen you ask, God is committed to answer( /e knows thatwithout /is direction your destiny is not secured. -ut untilyou ask /im, you will #ust keep doing what seems right,not what is right( and until you do what is right, you cannot

!e marked right in life.

From the day I came across that =cripture in Isaiah 2A 5D, Imade up my mind to depend on God for guidance all thedays of my life, and to wait on /im for approval !efore Itake any step. 1nd /e has !een faithful all these years.&hen God leads you, /e makes a leader out of you. -utone wrong step can lead to a 2;)year set!ack in life, as wasthe case with


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Eirection can !e o!tained through prayers of en uiry.


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And when ?avid in;uired of the 0ord, he said, hou shalt not go up" but fetch a compass behind them, and come

upon them over against the mulberry trees.

And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in thetops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir

thyself: for then shall the 0ord go out before thee, to smitethe host of the #hilistines.

And ?avid did so, as the 0ord had commanded him" and smote the #hilistines from !eba until thou come to !a7er.

2 +amuel 5:18-2#* 22-25Eo you want !reakthroughs9 $hen make en uires fromGod in prayer !efore you take any ma#or step. /e willanswer you, !ecause /e is interested in everything thatconcerns you. God is the only Cne who can lead you to true

pastures and /e is set to do so, if only you will let /im. /esaid

emem!er, you can:t wish pro!lems away, you must rise upto the challenge, and effect a change. *ou don:t have toaccept the status uo, you are a child of destiny &here you

are now is not God:s ultimate for you. *ou can get to thetop, if only you will push in prayers. *ou too can live a

pro!lem)free life, and I see you getting there, in 'esus:name

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... ake away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, $ehold, / have caused thine ini;uity to pass from thee,

and / will clothe thee with change of raiment.

0e ha!iah 3:4It took the intervention of the angel to stop the activities of=atan, and to put a change of raiment on 'oshua. *ou knowwe release the angels through prayers 0


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is useless. &hen 'esus laid down the principles foreffectual prayer, one of the things /e said we should say in

prayer is, "...@ead us not into temptation, !ut deliver us

from evil..." 0


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A new heart also will / give you, and a new spirit will / put within you: and / will take away the stony heart out of your

flesh, and / will give you an heart of flesh.

And / will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my >udgments, and do

them.

And ye shall dwell in the land that / gave to your fathers"and ye shall be my people, and / will be your !od.

/ will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and / will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine

upon you. 47ekiel '@:( *(B

God is the Cne that sprinkles the clean water of /is &ordon us to sanctify us 0'n. 5D 5D8. /e is the Cne that puts /is=pirit within us, that causes us to walk in /is statutes, to

keep /is #udgements and do them. -ut this is how /e doesit

hus saith the 0ord !od" / will yet for this be in;uired of by the house of /srael, to do it for them...

& ekiel 36:37

*ou have to ask /im to consecrate you.

In /is model prayer, 'esus said, "&hen you pray say ... thykingdom come." @uke 5D 35 tells us "...$he kingdom ofGod is within you." 1nd >omans 52 5D says, "$hekingdom of God is ...righteousness, and peace, and #oy inthe /oly Ghost." =o, if you desire that kingdom of


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righteousness to !e esta!lished in your life, you must giveit e pression in prayers.

$he /oly Ghost is our surest help in the conflict withfilthiness. 'esus called /im our /elper. 'ohn introduced/im as the Cne to come after 'esus and

3hose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner" but he will

burn up the chaff with un;uenchable fire. Matthew 3:12

*ou can never !e thoroughly purged without the help of the/oly Ghost. /e is called the refiner:s fire in


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2esus said unto him, /f thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

1ny time 'esus took some of /is disciples apart to amountain top, it was usually to pray. *ou can pray your lifeinto purity, #ust as 'esus did on the mount oftransfiguration. 1s you esta!lish a place for yourself in thisrighteous walk with God, your victory on the earth will !eesta!lished.

Chapter ,$eart Preparation

$here is no manifestation without preparation. %veryencounter with God is !orn out of ade uate preparations.

... he earnest Cheartfelt, continuedD prayer of a righteousman makes tremendous power available Edynamic in its

working . James 5:16 AMP

Prayer has its root in the heart. $he -i!le says in 5 =amuel56 D, "...For the @ord seeth not as man seeth( for man

looketh on the outward appearance, !ut the @ord looketh onthe heart."

$he heart is what matters most to God. $hat is the place ofcommunion !etween /im and man. It is the altar upon


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-efore %li#ah:s mount +armel victory, the first thing he didwas to repair the !roken down altar, which in the New$estament order represents the heart 05 Bgs. 5A 4;8. If

anything has tampered with God:s altar in your life, thenget set to repair it( !ecause until that is done,communication in prayer cannot !e esta!lished.

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1s long as you remain in sin, you are out of touch withGod. $he only prayer of a sinner that gets to God is the

prayer of repentance. %very unrepented sin !locks your

communication line with God. It is only after God hasheard your cry of repentance that /e can hear your cry ofaffliction, !ecause it is only after /e has saved you fromyour sin that /e is committed to save you from yourtrou!les.

$his is why many +hristians have prayed and prayed, yetthey remain oppressed( their sins have made the heaven:s

over them like !rass. Nothing gets through. $hey groan,shout, scream and wail, !ut all to no avail. 1ny time God isa!out to stretch forth /is hand in their direction, their sinscome to remem!rance and /is mercy is turned off.

Eon:t let the devil deceive you into thinking that no one canmake it in this race of holiness. God is not a waster, if /e is

!uilding mansions in heaven, then people must definitelylive there. For, without holiness no man can see God 0/e!.53 528. $here are righteous men on earth today, who areliving triumphantly a!ove sin( and you can #oin them. *ouwill !e surprised to find out that you are the only one stillindulging in that terri!le ha!it, that you think everyone elseindulges in. $he -i!le says

ake us the fo5es, the little fo5es, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

+on s o +olomon 2:15

1ny fo you allow to remain in your vine will constitutethe greatest danger to your +hristian life. $hat malice,


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stu!!ornness, uncontrolla!le anger, hidden pride and lyingtongue can all !e destroyed, if only you are set to let themgo.

=in is a !arrier !etween you and God. If you don:t let it go,you may go for it. -ut if you desperately desire a turningand you cry out to God for forgiveness, in the name of'esus and through the !lood of the @am!, /e will forgiveand restore you to dignity. /e is committed to forgive whenwe repent 05 'n. 5 8.

$hank God the -i!le says sin has no more dominion overus 0>om. 6 528. It lost its power over you two thousandyears ago, when 'esus hung on the cross and cried, "It isfinished " 0'n. 5 4;8.

+onsecration is the foundation for prayers that commandanswers from heaven.

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1s you prepare your heart to approach God in prayer, oneof the things you must guard against is offences. =o manyare offended in God and all they do in prayer is nothing !ut

complain. &hen you are offended in God, you turn /imagainst yourself( and if God is against you, who will saveyou9 If you despise /im, who will lift you9


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=o, set your heart right !efore /im. +ount /im faithful inall things. >efuse to complain, !ut rather let God know thatyou have no alternative !eside /im, and that you are ready

to hang on till your answer comes from /im.=top threatening to !ackslide if /e doesn:t answer your

prayer on time. No one will lose !ut you.

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hathhardened himself against him, and hath prospered-

Jo) 9:4

*ou have !een stranded enough, now give your destinymotion !y clearing off every offence from your heart, toesta!lish a thoroughfare to heaven in prayers.

%verything that moves you to uestion the integrity of God,or /is love for you must !e destroyed, so that the altar ofyour heart can !e prepared for the fire from heaven. Paul

said And herein do / e5ercise myself, to have always a

conscience void of offence toward !od, and toward men. A ts 24:16

$hat is the way to maintain a good communication linewith God.

For)i"e

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Forgiveness is an e pression of love. &hen 'esus taught/is disciples how to pray, one of the things /e told them tosay was, "1nd forgive us our sins( for we also forgive every

one that is inde!ted to us." $hat is to say, "@ord, forgive us, #ust the way we forgive others. Eon:t forgive us what wedon:t forgive others."

If we document other people:s sins against us, then the @ordwill document ours also( if we desire their hurt, /e willdesire our hurt also. =o, when you don:t forgive those whohave offended you, your sins also remain unforgiven. Until

your sins are forgiven, you don:t have a prayer access toGod.

$he Psalmist said in Psalm 13#:3

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herefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certainking, which would take account of his servants. And whenhe had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which

owed him ten thousand talents. $ut forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he

had, and payment to be made.

he servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, 0ord, have patience with me, and / will pay thee

all.hen the lord of that servant was moved with compassion,

and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

$ut the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, #ay me

that thou owest. And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and / will pay thee all.

And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. o when his fellow servants saw what

was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto

their lord all that was done.hen his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him,

O thou wicked servant, / forgave thee all that debt, becausethou desiredst me:


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houldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as / had pity on thee- And his lord was

wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should

pay all that was due unto him.o likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if

ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

&hen God forgives you your sins !ut later sees the wayyou are tormenting some!ody who has offended you, /e

will !ring your records out again and deal with you.Forgiveness !rings you into eternal friendship with 'esuswhich gives you access to heaven:s hotline.

Until you free that man or woman, God will not hear yourcry of affliction. $hat man might have really cheated you,and that woman insulted you terri!ly, !ut let him go @ether go Until the love foundation is in place, effectual

prayer is impossi!le.&atch any man who walks in hatred, malice andunforgiveness, his life keeps drying up. 1nd !ecause he hasno access to God:s favour, he is a cheap prey of the devil.*our e pression of love for your fellowmen is the authentic

proof of your salvation. $he -i!le says, "&hosoever claimsto love God, and hates his !rother, is a liar" 05 'ohn 2 3;

paraphrased8.

*ou may pray as long as you like, remain on your knees allthe days of your life and fast for as many days as possi!le,if you have imprisoned some!ody in your heart through


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unforgiveness, you will never have a !reakthrough, !ecausethe =criptures cannot !e !roken.

@ove is your vital link with God, and the foundation stonesof the altar of your heart. $here is a future in forgiveness.@et love flow from your heart to everyone and you will seeGod step into the affairs of your life.

% amine yourself, to see if there is anywhere your altar has !een !roken down, and plead the mercy of God forrestoration. >ededicate your life to God and !e determined

never to !e found doing what displeases /im. $hat long)awaited answer to your prayers will !e delivered to younow, in 'esus: name

Chapter /Word Preparation

&ithout the &ord, every in prayer ends in utter frustration.It is nothing !ut a worthless religious e ercise. -ut 1 John5:14 says

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if weask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

$he &ord of God is the only thing that grants you access inheaven. It is God:s language. &ithout it, God:s ears remaindeaf to whatever you are saying, causing your prayer to

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$here is no point saying prayers that God does not hear. It:slike some!ody who picks up his telephone handset and #uststarts talking into it, even though the line hasn:t gone

through. *ou can:t connect heaven:s throne and not !e sure, !ecause anytime you get through to God, the impact will !eevident.

$he &ord of God is what gives worth to your prayers andualifies you for a heavenly audience. &hen you consider

that prayer is seeking #ustification against the accusationsof hell, then you will understand that the reason many don:t

get answers is !ecause they are not prepared for what theyare doing.

$he truth is, every divine connection calls for genuine preparation. If you don:t know how to approach God with/is &ord, prayer will continue to !e a hit)and)rune perience for you. >emem!er that God is the #udge of thewhole earth. 1s one coming to plead your case !efore /im,there is need to correctly position yourself !y collectingade uate and relevant materials that will ena!le you winthe case.

No lawyer, for instance, can e pect to win a hard casewithout doing ualitative preparations. If he fails in his

preparations, he will only end up making a fool of himself !efore the #udge and his client.

@ack of &ord preparation is the reason for our frustrationsin prayer. -ut many la?y +hristians console themselves !ysaying, "I know God will do it someday", when they have


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done nothing on their own parts to commit God to theirdesires.

It takes the &ord to get God committed to anything youdesire from /im. &hen 'esus heard of @a?arus: death, /eremained where /e was for two more days. I !elieve /ewas preparing /imself for an outstanding historicalencounter. 1nd when /e was set, /e left for -ethany. 1ll/e said at @a?arus: grave was

...Father, / thank thee that thou hast heard me. And / knew

that thou hearest me always: but because of the peoplewhich stand by / said it, that they may believe that thouhast sent me.

And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, 0a7arus, come forth.

John 11:41-43

&hat was the outcome of that statement9 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a

napkin. 2esus saith unto them, 0oose him, and let him go. John 11:44

It is o!vious that the stage was set !efore /e arrived there.

1 lot of transactions had taken place on the altar of preparation, !ut all we saw at the graveside was themanifestation. 1 friend and I went out to pray one day andmy &ord preparation was in order. 1s we got to the placewhere we were to pray, the @ord said to me, "I have heardyou." =o, I turned to my friend and told him, "$he @ord #ust


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spoke to me now( /e says /e has heard me." &e then wentahead and praised the @ord and left( and our re uest cameto pass #ust as we desired it.

Eon:t rush at God, first set yourself 03 +hron. 3; 5D8. If youtake enough time to prepare in the &ord, you will spendless time in prayers and get more results eventually.

$here is a level of &ord preparation you will engage in,that God would not even allow you to finish talking !efore/e steps into action and esta!lishes your desire. *our

preparation in the &ord can secure you an approval fromheaven, even !efore you !egin to speak.

&hen your heart is stuffed with the relevant =criptures thathelp you communicate your desires effectively, your prayer

!ecomes effectual, and makes tremendous power availa!le.@et:s stop suffering with vi!rations and gyrations. >ather,let:s sit down and calculatively engage in &ord)!acked

communications with heaven for outstandingmanifestations on the earth.

-efore you engage in any prayer session, sit down and prepare, like one going to court. Crgani?e, and if possi!le,write down your prayer points and the =criptures thatcommit God to grant your desires. =ometimes, I writedown my prayers like a case, then I read them aloud toGod, who is the 'udge of the whole earth. /e said, "+ome,let us plead together..." 0Isa. 24 368.

I say to /im, "$his, this and this are what are happening, !ut according to this and this in your &ord, they ought not


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to !e happening. -ecause *ou a!ide faithful and cannotdeny *ourself, and *ou change not, this is what I want to !edone." I use /is &ord to commit /im as much as possi!le

and it is done.=top playing religion, !ecause when faced with your hottest

!attle, there may !e no!ody near you and if you don:t knowhow to connect heaven, what !ecomes of you9 =o !race up*ou must have a &ord)stuffed heart, to maintain a hotlinecommunication with God.

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It is the &ord that makes one outstanding in +hristianity,not religious e ercises. I have seen many heavy prayerwarriors who are weary, !ut I am yet to see a &ord warrior

who is not a con ueror.&hen you are &ordless, your prayers can:t !e genuine. *ouwill either !e under pressure, or #ust !e playing games./ow can you !e praying on the same issue for over oneyear without getting an answer and you have never

!othered to sit down to ask yourself, "&hat is missing9"

It is God:s &ord that connects you to the throne forresponse. No matter how long you have !een cheated !ythe devil, when you cry to God and say, "@ord, can:t *ousee how I am !eing cheated9 +an:t *ou see how long I have

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And it came to pass at the time of the offering of theevening sacrifice, that 4li>ah the prophet came near, and

said, 0ord !od of Abraham, /saac, and of /srael, let it be

known this day that thou art !od in /srael, and that / amthy servant, and that / have done all these things at thyword.

Hear me, O 0ord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the 0ord !od, and that thou hast turned their

heart back again.

hen the fire of the 0ord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, he 0ord, he is the !od" the 0ord, he is the !od.

in s 18:36-39

-ut !efore he made this prayer, heavyweight preparationswere already in place. &e will look at each component ofthe preparation of %li#ah:s altar, to help our understandingof the importance of &ord preparation for great encountersin prayer.

Gather The -tones

And 4li>ah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of 2acob, unto whom the word of the 0ord came, saying, /srael shall be thy name:

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are spiritually hauling stones against the opposition, !reaking them first and then grinding them to powder.

*ou know the -i!le says, 9... he scriptures cannot bebroken...9 Jn 1#:35 . =o, the &ord of God cannot !estopped( it is irresisti!le and always gets its way. &henEavid was going to face Goliath, the -i!le says

1nd he took his staff in his hand, and chose him fivesmooth stones out of the !rook, and put them in a

shepherd:s !ag which he had, even in a scrip( and his sling

was in his hand and he drew near to the Philistine.1nd Eavid put his hand in his !ag, and took thence a stone,

and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, thatthe stone sunk into his forehead( and he fell upon his face

to the earth.

=o Eavid prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with

a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him( !ut therewas no sword in the hand of Eavid.1 -a&ue% 10 /23 /4.52

>ather than spend time doing some religious e ercises thatwon:t profit you, spend it in the &ord, to gather theappropriate stones that will !ring down your Goliath. Go !ythe >iver of @ife 0the -i!le8, carefully choose and pick up

those lively stones 0=criptures8, put them in your !ag 0yourheart8 and then move out against the opposition and you aresure to !ring down his head.

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the house to the hospital, I could almost see death physically saying, "I must take this one." -ut the -i!lesays, "-e an ious for nothing." =o, I went to the office, and

after addressing the staff devotion, where no!ody knewwhat was going on, I went up to my office. I locked thedoor !ehind me, and in two hours, I gathered four fiery,death)destroying stones from the -i!le. $he stones were soreal that after I laid hold on them, I knew death wasdestroyed.

I wrote down the four =criptures, sent them to my

daughter:s !edside, with the instruction that it should !eread upon her. &hen I got there, I prayed for less than aminute 0!ecause the #o! had !een done8, and that was it=he came out of that attack

Until you settle down to gather the stones that will !ringdown your opposition, your victory is not in view. God willnot do it for you. In fact, until the stones are gathered andthe stage is set, /e doesn:t show up. In 5 Bings 5A, %li#ahgathered the stones and !uilt the altar himself. It:s a

personal responsi!ility &hen you go running a!out,looking for who will pray for you, it shows that you are"stoneless".

=ettle down and gather appropiate stones to enforce yourvictory. +ollecting the stones is easiest if you are a -i!lestudent, one who genuinely feeds on the &ord( not one whoonly !egins to search for his -i!le on =unday morning,when it:s time to go to church.


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If you are an ardent student of the &ord, it !ecomes cheapto scout round from Genesis to >evelation, !y the help ofthe /oly =pirit, &ho !rings to your remem!rance

whatsoever things you have learnt of /im. /e helps youlocate the appropriate stones you need for whatever !attlefacing you. &hen you rest on =criptures and you !uild analtar unto God with them, you have committed heaven inyour favour, and an answer is guaranteed.

&hen like %li#ah, you locate and carefully arrange twelvestones from the &ord, you can:t miss your target. $he &ord

of God is your rock of defence and offence, and if yourfaith is hooked to it, it never fails. It is your only guaranteefor victory over your Goliath. I see that Goliath that has

!een reproaching you over the years, fall down flat !eforeyou, as you haul the stones of the &ord of God against him.

Put The Wood In Order

And he put the wood in order...1 in s 18:33

"$he wood" is another word for the &ord of God. In Luke23:31 , 'esus said

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall bedone in the dry-

/ere again, /e was talking of /imself. /e is the green tree,and it is esta!lished in 'ohn chapter 5, that /e is also the&ord of God. =o, the &ord of God is the wood, and youcan:t start or sustain a fire without the &ord. $he -i!le saysin P!o e!)s 26:2#:


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3here no wood is, there the fire goeth out...

=o, it:s not #ust enough to prepare the altar of your heart andgather the stones, you must also lay the wood 0the=criptures you have located8 in order. *ou have to lay themout intelligi!ly to get God committed. 1fter locating theappropiate =criptures, you say to /im, "@ord, !ecause *ousaid so and so in *our &ord, I know *ou are committed todo this."

$hat is what I call &ord calculus H calculating =criptures

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O death, where is thy sting- O grave, where is thy victory-1 %o!inthians 15:55

$he power of the grave is the law, !ut God has a!olished !oth in +hrist 'esus. 'esus said

/ am he that liveth, and was dead" and, behold, / am alive for evermore, Amen" and have the keys of hell and of death.

e elation 1:18

'esus can:t hold the keys of death, and use it against /isown. No, /e will hold it in my favour. =o, I concluded thatall I needed to do was to tell the devil to take off his handsfrom my daughter and get !ack to hell( and that was it

=o, laying the wood in order is one of the things that !ringsdown the fire from heaven, to guarantee you a release onthe earth. I see the frustration of unanswered prayers cometo an end in your life, in 'esus: mighty name

Pour The Water

$he -i!le also says that %li#ah told the people

...Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. And he said, ?o it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, ?o it thethird time. And they did it the third time. And the water ran

round about the altar" and he filled the trench also withwater.

1 in s 18:33-35

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...+hrist also loved the church, and gave himself for it( $hathe might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water

!y the word.

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water of the &ord as possi!le, if it must produceeffectively. =o, when you get into the multitude of waterlevel in the &ord, you not only !oost your faith, you also

generate a flood against the enemy, which he can:t resist. Nothing can stand in the way of a flood. %verything givesway to it. $here are fire fighters, !ut have you ever heard of flood fighters9 $here are none, !ecause you can:t fight aflood( you simply get out of its way, otherwise it will carryyou along. &hen you enter the flood stage of the &ord, youare on a fre uency that cannot !e resisted.

*ou don:t have to remain stranded in life or give in tocircumstances. 1ll you need do is to committedly andwhole)heartedly !egin an adventure into the &ord, to stopthe harassment. Go for tapes and !ooks that will aid yourstudy of the &ord, until you generate a flood that will clearevery opposition out of your way.

Cne of my daughters in the @ord tested positive to /I .=he collected some tapes, !ooks and her -i!le and lockedherself up for four weeks, feeding on the &ord. &hen shewent !ack for another test, it was negative $he 1IE= virushad died

-tart Off The Fire

$here is what I call &ord)fired prayer. $hat is, prayer !ornout of the fire of the &ord. In Je!emiah 23:29 , God asked,9/s not my word as fire... that breaketh the rock in pieces-9

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/e also turned to Luke 13:16:

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham,whom atan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed

from this bond on the sabbath day-

$hat ignited another fire in his soul, !ecause he reali?edthat God could use him to heal his wife. =o, with all

!oldness, he entered her room and declared with a loudvoice that his wife would !e healed at e actly .4; a.m.1nd at that hour, he knelt down !y her side, laid hands on

her head and prayed. $he power of God came upon her andin a few seconds, she shouted, "Praise God, I am healed "

=he was immediately healed of the paralysis and all theother ailments that had drawn her so close to the !rink ofdeath.

hen the fire of the 0ord fell, and consumed the burnt

sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.1 in s 18:38

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherethey were assembled together" and they were all filled with

the Holy !host, and they spake the word of !od withboldness.

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Approachin) The Throne Roo&

*our heart and &ord preparations must !e followed up with

a proper presentation of your re uest, if you must see yourdesired results in prayers.

In 5 Bings 5A, %li#ah completed all the preparatory processes of repairing the !roken down altar, laying thewood in order and digging the trenches. 1fter that, he putthe !urnt sacrifice on the altar and then lifted up his voicein communication with heaven and the fire fell.

1lso, when Eavid was going to face Goliath, he preparedhimself !y going to the !rook to pick five smooth stones.-ut he didn:t stop there. /e approached the giant, cursedhim in the name of the @ord, and while the giant was stillwondering if Eavid was actually coming to fight him ornot, the stone from Eavid:s sling had gone into hisforehead, and he was !rought down 05 =am. 5D 2;)7;8.

%ffectual prayer !egins with &ord preparation, !ut itdelivers through a sound)connection with heaven.

Faith

1fter locating the will of God concerning your situation,the ne t thing to !e done is to !uild up faith for effectual

communication. Faith is a potent force without which prayer will !e a!solutely unproductive. $he -i!le callsfaith 9 he substance of things hoped for...9 (e) 11:1 .$hat means it is the ticket on which you take delivery ofanything from heaven.


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1fter 'esus healed the lunatic child /is disciples couldn:theal, they came to /im later to ask why they couldn:t castthe devil out of the child. 'esus: response is very revealing

hen came the disciples to 2esus apart, and said, 3hycould not we cast him out-

And 2esus said unto them, $ecause of your unbelief: for verily / say unto you, /f ye have faith as a grain of mustard

seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, 1emove hence to yonder place" and it shall remove" and nothing shall be

impossible unto you. Matthew 17:19-2#

Until faith is in place, prayer will only end up in frustration.1s powerful as the &ord of God is, it can only producewhen faith is present.

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:

but the word preached did not profit them, not being mi5ed with faith in them that heard it. (e)!ews 4:2

%very conflict in life is a direct attack from the forces ofdarkness and the &ord of God is the light that shattersdarkness 0'n. 5 78. Psalm 55 54; tells us that it is theentrance of the &ord that gives light. Until the &ord gains

entrance into the heart and generates faith, it does not !ecome light( and until it !ecomes light, it cannot shatterdarkness.

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down and consciously cultivate faith in the &ord throughmeditation, !efore going ahead to present your case to God.

*ou don:t pray for faith, you cultivate it !y staying with the&ord until the assurance of its reality is esta!lished in yourheart.

o then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of !od.

omans 1#:17

Cnce faith is esta!lished, you can !e sure of results whenyou pray.

James 1:6-7 says

$ut let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and

tossed.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the 0ord.

*ou don:t only approach God with /is &ord, you mustcome with an unwavering assurance that /e a!ides faithfuland cannot deny /imself. Not with an attitude of "@et metry, may!e God will answer." $he -i!le says to such, "@etnot that man think he will receive anything of the @ord."

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hen shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray untome, and / will hearken unto you.

Je!emiah 29:12

$he -i!le also says God has not called the sons of 'aco! toseek /im in vain 0Isa. 27 5 8. $hese should assure you thatGod is committed to answer, when you call upon /imaccording to the dictates of =criptures.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if weask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

1 John 5:14-ut your confidence in God must first !e in place !eforeyou ask /im for anything, !ecause though the &ord grantsyou audience !efore /im, your faith is what motivates /imto act on your !ehalf.

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4nter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courtswith praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

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presence, where communication flows with ease andanswers are guaranteed.

-upp%ication

$e careful for nothing" but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your re;uests be made

known unto !od. Phili''ians 4:6

/ere, Paul shares with us, an insight on how to approachthe throne room of God in prayer.

First, -e rela ed. "-e an ious for nothing..." Until you arerela ed, you cannot get through on the prayer line. $hisfirst step can !e descri!ed as the area code num!er ofheaven, without which your call will never get through.

(e)!ews 4:16 says, 90et us come boldly...9 &hen you arerela ed, you are !old. =upplication is !asically prayingwith =criptures H producing your cause and !ringing forthyour strong reasons to remind God of /is commandmentand promises.

&e are often deceived !y certain religious !eliefs and acts,one of which is the use of many words. I remem!ersometime in 5 DD, when after a meeting we decided to

leave. =ome!ody complained and accused us of not !einga!le to tarry in prayers for ten hours. I said to myself, "$hisis a Pharisee." 'esus said


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$ut when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathendo: for they think that they shall be heard for their much

speaking.

$e not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knowethwhat things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Matthew 6:7-8

=o, effectual prayer is not in many words. Cnly meaningfulwords grant you audience !efore God. *ou are heard !ytarget words( words that are shot as arrows that cannot miss

their targets. ain repetitions and idle words are the reasonsmany remain in prayers for many days, and still come outwithout results.

Prayer is not #ust saying something, it is saying the rightthing. %li#ah:s prayer in 5 Bings 5A 46)4D was short, sharpand straight to the point. $he result9 Instant answer $his iswhat God commands

#roduce your cause, saith the 0ord" bring forth your strong reasons, saith the =ing of 2acob.

"saiah 41:21

Nothing moves God like /is &ord. =o, if you are in needof a #o!, you can reinforce your re uest to /im like this"@ord, *our &ord says, =ay ye to the righteous, that it

shall !e well with him for they shall eat the fruit of theirdoingsJ 0Isa. 4 5;8, not the fruit of his uncle:s la!our or thefruit of his senior !rother:s la!our. 1lso, *our &ord says,

no good thing will he withhold from them that walkuprightlyJ 0Ps. A2 558. @ord, *ou know I walk with *ou.


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*our &ord also says, I have !een young, and now am old(yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed

!egging !readJ 0Ps. 4D 378.I don:t want to !eg, !ecause it is

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therefore I am not permitted to serve lack and want, hunger,suffering and nakedness. =ince *ou have said that thosewho seek *ou shall not lack any good thing, I open up for a

flow of *our a!undance into my life now, in the name of'esus. @ord, watch over *our &ord to perform it, in 'esus:name."

If you have !een plagued with sickness, remem!er Godsaid, "I am the @ord that healeth thee." 0% . 57 368. /e toldthe +hurch in the wilderness this, and /e says, "I am the@ord, I change not." =o /e is still the /ealer today as /e

was in times past.&hen /e sent /is =on, 'esus, the -i!le says, "/imself took our infirmities, and !are our sicknesses" 0


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righteous man makes tremendous power availableEdynamic in its working .9

$hat means only the prayer that emanates from the heart,not from the head, is the prayer that will avail much. $his is

!ecause you can have a head full of =criptures, !ut on anempty heart.

/annah:s prayer in 1 +amuel 1:12-17 is a very goode ample of a heart)felt prayer.

And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the 0ord, that 4li marked her mouth. ow Hannah, she spake

in her heart" only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore 4li thought she had been drunken.

And 4li said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken- put away thy wine from thee. And Hannah answered and said, o, my lord, / am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: / have

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for effectual prayer. It is not how loud, !ut how genuinelywe call from the deep that matters.

I was a victim of tu!erculosis, !ut one day, in the dead ofthe night, I got on this heart)felt prayer fre uency and that

plague was shattered there and then In 0e ha!iah 12:1# ,God said

And / will pour upon the house of ?avid, and upon theinhabitants of 2erusalem, the spirit of grace and of

supplications...

$here is what is called the spirit of grace and supplication,which ena!les a man stand strong on the prayer tower,

praying from the depth of his soul, as though travailing forhis only son.

1sk God for the outpouring of that spirit upon your life, soyou can enhance your communication with heaven.

Thy 7in)do& Co&e

'esus taught /is disciples how to pray

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

hy kingdom come. hy will be done in earth, as it is in

heaven. Matthew 6:9-1#

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$ut seek ye first the kingdom of !od, and hisrighteousness" and all these things shall be added unto

you.

Matthew 6:33If you desire !reakthroughs in your personal life, one of thefastest ways to achieving it is to have a strong affection forGod and /is kingdom.

&hen a kingdom prayer point is raised in church, a lot of people #ust mum!le through( you can hardly hear what they

are saying. -ut when you say, "Pray for yourself, that thisyear:s prophecy may find fulfilment in your life", people !egin to pray with so much vigour and energy. -ut it is howmuch you take pleasure in the affairs of the kingdom thatdetermines the uality of response you en#oy from God.

&hen you are interceding on kingdom matters, let it !efrom the depth of your !eing, as if you are praying for your

only child who is dying. @et it means much more to youthan your personal matters.

$his is a prayer strategy that moves heaven to rain downfavour on you, so much that you will not need to pray formost things !efore you get them.


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any!ody else or on any issue that does not touch them personally.

hou shalt arise, and have mercy upon 8ion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take

pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. Psalm 1#2:13-14

God even answers me !efore I call, !ecause I pray sincereand heart)felt prayers for the kingdom and /is people. =o,/e can:t !ut surround me with favour. 1s you !egin to seek

/is kingdom in your prayers, I see every concern of yourlife !ecome a testimony.

T8o.8ay Co&&unication

/ will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what / shall

answer when / am reproved.

(a)akkuk 2:1Prayer is not #ust reporting your case to God( it iscommunicating with /im. %very genuine discussion ordialogue is made up of comments, en uiries and responsesfrom the parties involved. It should !e a two)waycommunication flow. -ut most people do all the talking in

prayers, not giving God a chance to speak to them in return,

nor pausing to listen to what /e has to say.It is time we !egan to engage in responsive meditational

prayers H where you talk and wait for God:s response,where you make en uiries and take delivery of divinestrategies to deal with the issues confronting you.


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$o truly win in prayer re uires your !eing alert in the spirit,listening in meditation and keeping your heart open toreceive what /e has to say to you. *ou also have to engage

in intense worship, in order to maintain the communicationchannel. &hen you ask a uestion and there doesn:t seem to !e an immediate response, you !egin to worship and callGod !y /is names. $hen you ask again, "@ord, what are*ou saying9" *ou are sure to get an answer, !ecause /eassures us


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unto us the king s matter. /aniel 2:17-19*23

&hen you approach God, remem!er that /e is the Cne !efore whom all things lay !are. $he Cne that reveals deepand secret things, the Cmniscient God. Go !efore /im andtake delivery of your answers, as you engage in a two)waycommunication with /im. $hat is what prayer is all a!out.

(a#e En9uiries

$here are times we get to points in life, when we don:tknow what ne t to do or which way to turn. $hese are thecross)roads of life. $he -i!le tells us what to do

/f any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of !od, that giveth toall men liberally, and upbraideth not" and it shall be given

him. James 1:5

&e are full of prayers of petition, calling on God tointervene and do something a!out our situation. -ut wehave more often than not ignored the place of en uiries,which is what gives us access to God:s ways. It is theaccess to the secret and hidden things of life. *ou mustmake en uiries from /im, if you really desire the way outof your predicament, for God:s ways are higher than ours

and /is thoughts than ours 0Isa. 77 8.hus saith the 0ord, tand ye in the ways, and see, and ask

for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein,and ye shall find rest for your souls...

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#hilistines from !eba until thou come to !a7er.2 +amuel 5:17-25

Eavid was a man of en uiries, so he never suffered anydefeat or in#uries as a warrior. /e had access to divineinstructions !y prayers of en uiry, and it made a world ofdifference in his life. Cne instruction from heaven candeliver from a lifetime of struggles. *ou will no longersuffer in#uries in your life.

I have often said, ">esponsi!ility is the price you pay for

greatness." $here is what you must do to commit God tolisten to you. *ou have your part to play and God has /is(/e will never play yours for you. /e said, "Eraw nigh untome and I will draw nigh unto you" 0'am. 2 A8. It is yourdrawing near to /im and making en uiries that provoke/is drawing near to you with answers and instructions.

Eon:t watch your life drag on endlessly, with your hands

akim!o, saying, "God will do it." Get into God:s presenceand with your entire spirit, approach /im for an answer. Eonot !e in a hurry, !e set to get an answer and take deliveryof /is higher ways, which will put you a!ove whateversituation you are in.


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=omething in your life might !e what is responsi!le for the pro!lems.


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And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will / do, that the Father may be glorified in the on. /f ye shall ask any

thing in my name, / will do it.

John 14:13-14$he name of 'esus is the seal of authority that compelsheaven to dispatch the answer to your prayer once you areheard.


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3herefore !od also hath highly e5alted him, and given hima name which is above every name: hat at the name of 2esus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and

things in earth, and things under the earth" And that everytongue should confess that 2esus


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Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your >oy may be full.

John 16:24

=o stop chanting the name as though it carries no power( itis the authority seal that validates your re uest in heaven.&ith the proper use of that name, your prayer cannot returnto you unanswered. God is committed to the name, as /e/imself gave it to 'esus 0Phil. 3 8.

Chapter 6Prayer *oosters

$here are certain covenant forces that reinforce your

prayer. $hey are not supplementary to prayer, !ut rathercomplementary. $hese !oosters not only enhancecommunication in prayer, !ut also aid other aspects ofspiritual growth and encounters.

*ou need reinforcements in prayer, !ecause there arecertain oppositions that will not answer to faith and prayeralone. =uch oppositions re uire your !uilding up a stronger

spiritual energy to deal with them.Fastin)

1fter emphasi?ing the role of faith in dealing withoppositions, 'esus further said to his disciples


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Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. Matthew 17:21

No matter the kind of opposition standing against you, it isnot higher than the one 'esus is referring to here. 1com!ination of faith, prayer and fasting will !ring it intosu!mission.

Unfortunately, there have !een many erroneous !eliefsa!out fasting. In my early +hristian days, people used toe uate fasting with spirituality. $hey see it as a competition

among themselves, sei?ing every opportunity to !oast a!outtheir fasting a!ility. 'esus fasted for forty days and nevermade reference to it once, !ut the effect was evident in /islife and ministry. &hen fasting is void of tangi!le results, itis a mere waste of time and efforts.

$he purpose of fasting is for the release of power. It is notto !eg God to act, neither is it to impress /im or force /im

to grant your re uest. >ather, it is a spiritual device thatempowers you with the unction needed to deal with theissues facing you. In Luke 4:14 , after 'esus had fasted forforty days, the -i!le says

And 2esus returned in the power of the pirit into !alilee:and there went out a fame of him through all the region

round about.

&hen we are in a fast, we are not !egging or strugglingwith the devil to leave( we are connecting with heaven, forthe release of power to send the devil packing from ourenvironment. $hat is why during a fast, you must have


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periods of separation to study and fellowship with the &ordof God.

Euring /is fast in the wilderness, 'esus was engaged in&ord warfare. In three instances, /e resisted the devil with,"It is written...", until /e eventually sent him packing [email protected] 5)548

&ithout &ord intake, fasting is dangerous. It is nothing !uta hunger strike which has claimed the lives of many intimes past. Fasting is not a time for outward show of piety.

'esus said %oreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they mayappear unto men to fast. Gerily / say unto you, hey have

their reward. $ut thou, when thou fastest, anoint thinehead, and wash thy face"

hat thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 6:16-18

1 fast is meant for the !uilding up of your spirit)man, sothat you can o!tain the desired results in the physical.&hen 'esus said to /is disciples, "$his kind goeth not out

!ut !y prayer and fasting," /e meant to say, "*ou need ahigher level of unction to deal with this case than you havenow."

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generate a fresh supply of power to deal with it. &hathappens when you fast is that your spiritual perception isincreased, so that you are a!le to receive direct instructions

and strategies on how to deal with situations.Fasting, therefore is not a religious e ercise, or one of thosethings we do in +hristianity( it is a vital kingdom forcewhich empowers the !eliever to loose the !ands ofwickedness, undo heavy !urdens and !reak every yoke.

/s not this the fast that / have chosen- to loose the bands of

wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let theoppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke-

/s it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house- 3hen thou seest the

naked, that thou cover him" and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh-

hen shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thinehealth shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee" the glory of the 0ord shall be thy

rereward. "saiah 58:6-8

$he God)ordained fast is one that is done out of a delightfor God, not in contention, !itterness or strife. 1mong other

things, fasting guarantees !reakthroughs H "$hy light shall !reak forth as the morning." It also delivers outstandingaccomplishments, a !reaking forth in your health, spiritual

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pirit itself maketh intercession for us with groaningswhich cannot be uttered.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the pirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints

according to the will of !od. omans 8:26-27

$here are forces !eyond the natural, which are out to teardown your destiny( you, therefore, need to engage spiritualforces to undo them. Praying in the spirit is the most

effective way of su!duing such forces. $hat is why 1postlePaul said

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the

darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

3herefore take unto you the whole armour of !od, that yemay be able to withstand in the evil day, and having doneall, to stand.

#raying always with all prayer and supplication in thepirit...

&'hesians 6:12-13*18

=ince these forces of opposition operate from the spiritrealm, which most times are !eyond our humancomprehension, God has also given us a weapon that grantsus access to the throne room of heaven, which they also donot understand.


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For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto !od: for no man understandeth him"

howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 %o!inthians 14:2&hen you pray in the =pirit, no one, including the devil,knows what you are saying, as you are speaking to Godalone in mysteries.

&hen you engage the =pirit in prayer, /e takes you intoheaven:s fre uency, ena!ling you to pray with precision the

e press will of God for that situation 05 +or. 3 558. $he/oly =pirit /imself intercedes on your !ehalf. /e picks upwhat is in your heart, presents it to God and in turn deliversthe answer from God to you.

...For the pirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of !od.

For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him- even so the things of !od knowethno man, but the pirit of !od.

1 %o!inthians 2:1#-11

...3hen the enemy shall come in like a flood, the pirit of the 0ord shall lift up a standard against him.

"saiah 59:19

If the enemy is coming against you like a flood, you can:te pect to resist him as a stream. -ut when you switch overto the spirit, the /oly =pirit helps you to raise a standardagainst the enemy. &hat happens when you switch over to


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the =pirit is that you are releasing the rivers of living waterthat flows in you as a =pirit)filled !eliever.

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. C$ut this spake heof the pirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy !host was not yet given" because that 2esus

was not yet glorified.D John 7:38-39

*our mouth is the outlet for the rivers of God within you.

=o, when you !urst out in tongues, you are releasing thatriver, which is a!le to swallow up every flood of the enemyand deliver you out of every predicament.

&hen your spirit prays, you are praying the will of God.=o, you can !e confident that your prayers are heard, andwhen God hears, the victory is sure 05 'n. 7 52)578.

...3ith my spirit within me will / seek thee early... "saiah 26:9

!od is a pirit: and they that worship him must worshiphim in spirit and in truth.

John 4:24

%ffectual communication is the one done in the spirit, as

God is a =pirit. Praying in the spirit is a spirit)to)=piritcommunication, and thus is your surest way of connectingheaven for earthly interventions.

&e can therefore approach the throne room of God !oldly,communicating in our heavenly language that guarantees


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victory in prayer. $his prayer !ooster is for the !enefit ofevery !eliever.

$ut ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy !host.

Ju e 2#

Praying in the spirit is a God)ordained programme for yourspiritual !uild)up. >emem!er >omans A 36 says that the/oly =pirit helps our infirmities in prayer. $here is a limitto which your physical strength can take you in prayer.

$hat is why many fail in prayer. 1 man starts to pray and inless than five minutes he do?es off. -y the time he openshis eyes one hour has passed. $hen he says, "In 'esus:name", and that:s it for the day.

It:s time to lean on the help of the =pirit, to kindle anun uencha!le fire on your prayer altar. +all on /im to helpyou. "=pirit of God, /elper of the +hurch, help me Put a

new fire on my prayer altar. /elp me to maintain awinnings prayer life."

Until you reali?e your helplessness without the /oly =pirit,you may die in struggles. -ut when you lean on the =pirit,you keep on leaping through life.

$here are times when you pray and you know your prayer

is not going !eyond the ceiling. It is as if the heaven islocked up and you can:t get through. =witch over to the=pirit. @et /im clear the way and create a thoroughfare toheaven for you, so you can en#oy sweet communion withyour heavenly Father.


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$he /oly =pirit not only !oosts your access incommunication, !ut also helps you overcome every prayerweakness, in order to sustain the fire of God on your prayer

altar.Persona% Testi&onies

God commands that we put /im in remem!rance

#ut me in remembrance: let us plead together: declarethou, that thou mayest be >ustified.

"saiah 43:26

$he way to do this is through testimonies. $estimonies areweapons in the hands of the !eliever 0>ev. 53 558 &henyou remind God of /is acts in the lives of other people, /edoesn:t deny /imself. 1nd since /e is not a respecter of

persons, /e is committed to do for you what /e has donefor others, if you put /im in remem!rance. &hen you have

a personal testimony of sanctity in your walk with God,you commit /im the more. It is like putting /im in acorner /e cannot come out from. /e cannot !ut answeryou.

/e?ekiah:s prayer is a very good e ample of this.

/n those days was He7ekiah sick unto death. And /saiah the

prophet the son of Amo7 came unto him, and said unto him,hus saith the 0ord, et thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

hen He7ekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the 0ord, And said, 1emember now, O 0ord, / beseech


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thee, how / have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy

sight. And He7ekiah wept sore.

hen came the word of the 0ord to /saiah, saying, !o, and say to He7ekiah, hus saith the 0ord, the !od of ?avid thy

father, / have heard thy prayer, / have seen thy tears:behold, / will add unto thy days fifteen years.

"saiah 38:1-5

/e?ekiah would have died cheaply, were it not for his

personal testimony. /e had a testimony, so he didn:t arguewith Isaiah, !ut rather faced the wall and cried out to God."@ord, is death the reward for serving *ou with a perfectheart9" God is the 'udge of the whole earth, and a righteousCne at that. /e must have gone through /e?ekiah:s recordsand found that he was right, so /e sent Isaiah !ack with ananswer for /e?ekiah.

&ith #ust a few seconds of effectual communication on the personal testimony line, /e?ekiah secured heaven:s e pressintervention in his case. *our personal testimony willalways deliver you in the day of trial.

&hen you have a personal testimony, it em!oldens you andsets your soul aflame for effectual communication in

prayers.

I read the story of a cotton farmer in 1merica. /e had acotton field and when the

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