"And He said to them, 'Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing set before him'; and he will answer from within and say, 'Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in the bed; I cannot rise and give to you'? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you"' Luke 11:9 NKJV.
Prayer Warriors, give yourselves a "high five!" Do it not because you are so good, but because God is so good. He is worthy to be praised! He heals, delivers, sanctifies, sets free, and mostly importantly, Jesus saves!
A high five is more than what we do on Sunday mornings when the sermon gets good. A high five are the names of five people you are constantly sending up to high heaven in prayer! These are five people who will not let you talk to them about Christ, but you can pray for them. Ask, seek, and knock in your prayers as you tell the Lord about the needs of your five friends, relatives, co-workers, even your enemies. Pray in the name of Jesus. You are asking the One with all power on earth and in heaven to touch their lives when you pray in Jesus name for your friends and family, even your enemies to receive Christ.
The Lord hears our requests when we ask, seek, and knock not because we are so good, but because of our stedfastness in prayer, "I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs (Luke 11:8). Never doubt that God is able to do exceeding, abundantly more than we can ask or think according to the power that is at work within us (Ephesians 3:20).
Do not think your prayers are weak for the five people who are hard to reach and reject Christ. If they are hard, you "go hard" in your prayer life. Ask, seek, and knock are really three different ways of doing the same thing. In order words, you should ask, and ask, and keep on asking in prayer. Now give yourself a "high five" and interceed to high heaven for your five people to be saved or reconnected to Jesus Christ today! Share their first names with us and we will pray for them too. There is power in prayer.
The prayers of the righteous availeth much!!
The prayers of the righteous availeth much!! We invite you to join The Prayers of the Righteous Group on the Jesus Saves Social Network.
Follow Jesus Saves Ministries:
As a result of my conversation with Evangelist Beverly Broadus Green, Snoop Dogg's mother, I have added Snoop to my High Five.
ReplyDeletePrayer Warriors, I need you. I am a white woman who recently went to bat for a former African American co-worker, the only African American to ever work for our city and the only person laid off from his job. I gave my sworn statements to the prejudices he suffered in the work enviroment. He then hired my daughter's law firm and settled his case out of court, to his benefit. Now, it seems, while in search for a job, I find myself unemployable. Please pray for me and thank you. I will never, ever regret doing the right thing. In Jesus, Amen
ReplyDeleteMs. Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI want you to know we are praying for you. I have turned your name over to our Prayer Warriors in the group, Prayers of the Righteous on the Jesus Saves Social Network. Thank you for standing up to discrimination. You put your life on the line the way Jesus Christ did for all of us. It is because of some what white folks did in the past, in marching with us, in hiding us on the Underground Railroad, in dying for justice, that African Americans enjoy the some of the freedoms we have today. I don't know you, but God does and He sees what you are going through. Know that He will never leave you nor forsake you.
Min. Angela Lee Price
How persistent are you in your prayer life? God is calling for His people to pray persistently. I was asked recently, "How many times should we pray to God about the same thing?" God has given me the word that we need to be persistent in our prayers. Jesus tells us this in Luke 11:5-9 in the parable of the man who went to his friend at midnight for three loaves of bread. The story of Hannah praying to conceive a child is a story of persistence in prayer (1 Samuel 1:1-28). The widow pleading before the unjust judge is another example of persistence paying off (Luke 18:1-8). Romans 12:12 says, "Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer."
ReplyDeleteWe know that God does not always answer prayers the way we want Him to or expect Him to, however, the good news is that in these instances of persistent prayer, God said "yes"! This suggests that we have not, in many cases, because we ask not persistently.
When it comes to prayer, in my humble opinion, it's important that we are consistently and persistently asking God for the lost to be saved and for our prayer requests to line up with His will for our lives! We all stand in the need of prayer, and we serve a God who is able to do exceeding, abundantly above all we can ask or think! Jesus saves!
If you have not done so, join Prayers of the Righteous group at www.jesussavesministries.ning.com and become a persistent prayer warrior!