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Power of Prayer

Day 188

Reading: Isaiah 38:1 - Isaiah 42:25

Every human being needs to breathe to live. There is an aspect of our walk with God that is akin to breathing. It's called prayer. Without prayer a believer is lifeless. Prayer enables one to see the Life-Giver in action. When one breathes oxygen is taken in and it is distributed in the blood to the body. When you exhale carbon dioxide you are expelling death out of the body. Prayer is taking in the air of God and exhaling that which is the agenda of death.

To breathe the life of God and see its fruit in our lives we need to understand the place and importance of prayer. Hezekiah understood the power of prayer. When told of his impending death, he cried to God in prayer, reminding God of his service to Him and the result was a life extension. Prayer will see death turned around. 

Prayer ties you to God. Prayer is the avenue through which one receives the grace and strength that God gives. Without prayer, we cannot see God in action. God cannot do anything in your life without your requesting Him. Prayer to God is a way of saying I need God and not a man or an idol to help me.

In the place of prayer, you will receive comfort from Heaven for your sins are pardoned. When you go to God in prayer knowing that only He gives comfort you will access that which introduces comfort instead of the pain in your life. I urge you to pray like never before. Let God make every crooked path straight, fill every valley and level every mountain as you pray and let Him be the driver of your life. 

Prayer will open the blind eyes, open deaf ears, cause you to walk in places you didn't know, see opportunities you didn't know about. Prayer will cause your darkness to become light. Prayer will cause God to uphold you in greatness. Prayer allows you to access the power of God making you a channel for it to flow on earth. Get deeper in prayer and see a deeper flow of the power of God.

Memory Verse: Isaiah 41:10

Decree: 

Isaiah 42:16
I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, and not forsake them. (italics mine)
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