THE PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS (Part 2) (Understanding Place Of PRAYER In The Kingdom Of GOD) (inspirational gospel quote)

       THE PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS (Part 2)

(Understanding Place Of PRAYER In The Kingdom Of GOD)

Someone will be wondering why the teaching on the subject of PRAYER is important. You will never understand how important prayer is until you understand what the Holy Ghost through it CAN DO for you.

You can literally touch the whole world with/through prayer. If by any chance you THINK or you are TAUGHT that you no longer need to pray because you are under grace then you have already lost it; you are on a long thing.

 ✒ GRACE Does Not Advocate PRAYERLESSNESS ✒

📖Luke 18:1
AMP: Also [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they OUGHT ALWAYS to pray and NOT TO TURN COWARD (faint, lose heart, and give up).

My spiritual father, Apostle Victor James, once said:
"Any message of Grace that doesn't not place a godly responsibility on you is satanically inspired!"

Oh, how right he is!👇
📖Titus 2:11 For the GRACE OF GOD that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 2:12 TEACHING us that, DENYING ungodliness and worldly lusts, WE SHOULD live SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSLY, and GODLY, in this present world

What does that sound like? That's godly responsibility, of course! And PRAYER is not an exception. Although prayer is not a work or a labor under the New Testament, however, it is EVERY Believer's RESPONSIBILITY and should be our LIFESTYLE!

                  ✒ The Pattern Of Prayer ✒

Furthermore, Even though most Christians pray they still need to be taught HOW to pray the RIGHT WAY. For anyone to experience the POWER of/in Prayer, he would need to understand the PATTERN of Prayer.

For example:
👉 Prayer should be addressed to the FATHER

📖John 16:23 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 (THE FATHER) will give it you.

👉 Prayer should be done IN THE NAME OF JESUS

📖John 16:23 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.

👉 Prayer should be prayed IN and/or THROUGH the HOLY SPIRIT

📖Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST

This is why I am taking out time to talk about the place of prayer. You see, the more you are taught WHAT YOU SHOULD BE TAUGHT, the more you make progress; the more your profiting appears before all men.

📝 In the PLACE OF FELLOWSHIP with the Holy Spirit there is a release of divine strength; a discharge of God's miracle working abilities.

📖Psalms 71:16 I will go (out) in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

That becomes the experience of anyone who spends time in fellowship with the Holy Spirit, celebrating JESUS and honoring the FATHER.

You must understand that there are certain things you may not be able to really accomplish physically until you have accomplished them spiritually in the place of fellowship with the Spirit.

📖Psalms 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

📝 There's a FORCE, an IRRESISTIBLE force, and UNSTOPPABLE force, an INSURMOUNTABLE force, that is dispensed to us as we fellowship with the LORD in prayer and study. That FORCE in turn emanates from us to bless everyone within our sphere of contact.

📝 In fellowship with the Spirit, ignorance and incomprehension is slain, the backbone of timidity is flushed out beyond recovery.

📖Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the BOLDNESS of Peter and John, and perceived that they were UNLEARNED and IGNORANT men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS.

📝 In the place of fellowship, there's a communication of God's INTENTS and PURPOSES. It's a FAMILY MEETING, where HEAVENLY THOUGHTS and ETERNAL VERITIES are both DISCUSSED and SHARED.

📖Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

See what Apostle James said:
📖James 5:13 "Is any among you AFFLICTED? let him PRAY..."

Beloved, you don't have to wait until there's trouble before you engage the Privilege Of Prayer.

That's why the Lord JESUS said:
📖Mark 14:38 "WATCH ye and PRAY, LEST ye ENTER into temptation..."

               ✒ The Kingdom And Prayer! ✒

The Story of CHRISTIANITY is actually a GRACIOUS MIGRATION from one miserable kingdom INTO a perpetually glorious Kingdom.

📖Colossians 1:13 Who hath DELIVERED us FROM the power of darkness, and hath TRANSLATED us INTO the kingdom of HIS DEAR SON (JESUS)

What is obtainable in this Kingdom? If our experience in the former kingdom is the same as our experience in this Transcendent Kingdom them our Salvation is no Salvation at all.

But Glory be to Abba Father, this Kingdom came with a different experience, therefore, a different expectation on our part.

📖1 Thessalonians 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath CALLED you unto HIS KINGDOM AND GLORY.

In other words, anything outside "GLORIOUS" should not be accepted or condoned.

Moreover, In this Kingdom, even though JESUS has finished the work, there are certain things expected of you; after all, the Holy Spirit speaking through Apostle Paul said:

📖1 Corinthians 3:9 "For we are labourers together with God..." (This is KOINONIA right there)!

KOINONIA:
👉 Fellowship
👉 Communion
👉 Partnership
👉 A Sharing together
👉 A Drinking into the same Cup
👉 An Inextricable ONENESS

                    ✒ What is a KINGDOM? ✒

It simply means, according to my perspective, The DOMAIN and DOMINION of a King!

Now, every TRUE Kingdom must have FOUR Solid Pillars in other to sustain it's STABILITY and STRENGTH. What are they?

Every True Kingdom MUST Have:

1⃣ A LORD

In THIS Kingdom, which the Heavenly Father has brought us into, JESUS CHRIST is our LORD! We have no apology for that.

Let ME show you some series of Scriptures that authenticates this never fading fact:

📖Psalms 22:28 For THE KINGDOM IS THE LORD'S: and HE is the GOVERNOR among the nations.

Even a condemned thief on the Cross beside JESUS said:

📖Luke 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into THY KINGDOM.

Apostle Paul speaking to Timothy, his son in the Faith, said:

📖2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the LORD Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and HIS KINGDOM;  4:18 And the LORD shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Apostle Peter in describing our entrance into Heaven, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, said:

📖2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the EVERLASTING KINGDOM OF OUR LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.

Every True Kingdom MUST Have:

2⃣ LAWS

Since this New Kingdom is for the LORD JESUS (which has actually being for Him since eternity past) He alone has the right to makes LAWS that would GOVERN His people.

👉 Behold, the Prophecy:
📖Genesis 49:10  The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a LAWGIVER from between his feet, until Shiloh (JESUS) come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

📖Isaiah 33:22  For the LORD (Jesus Christ) is our judge, the LORD is our LAWGIVER, the LORD is our king; he will save us (and He already has)

👉 Behold, the Confirmation:
📖James 4:12 THERE IS ONE LAWGIVER, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

What Are These LAWS?
👊 The LAW Of LOVE

📖John 13:34 A NEW COMMANDMENT (LAW) I give unto you, That ye LOVE ONE ANOTHER; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

👊 The LAW Of The SPIRIT OF LIFE

📖Romans 8:2 For the LAW of the SPIRIT OF LIFE in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

👊 The LAW Of FAITH

📖Romans 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by THE LAW OF FAITH.

Every True Kingdom MUST Have:

3⃣ A LIFESTYLE

In our Kingdom, the Kingdom of God's Dear SON, JESUS CHRIST, our lifestyle is conspicuously written:

👊 The Lifestyle Of LOVE

📖Ephesians 5:1 Be ye therefore FOLLOWERS (IMITATORS) OF GOD, as dear children; 5:2 And WALK IN LOVE, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

👊 The Lifestyle Of FAITH

📖Rom 1:17 "...the Just shall LIVE by faith"

📖Gal 3:11 "...the Just shall LIVE by faith"

📖Heb 10:38 "...the Just shall LIVE by faith"

👊 The Lifestyle Of THANKSGIVING

📖1 Thessalonians 5:18 IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS: for this is the WILL of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

IN other words, this is the LIFE that GOD wants us to exhibit now that we are IN CHRIST JESUS! A perpetually thankful and grateful lifestyle.

Every True Kingdom MUST Have:

4⃣ A LANGUAGE

This is where PRAYER comes to play. I said all I said since, just to bring you to this point where you can understand that this Kingdom is one that UNDERSTANDS and UTILIZES the Place of PRAYER (Fellowship With The Spirit)

Our Kingdom is a Kingdom that PRAYS! So if you are not praying, you are not functioning properly, according to the LAWS of this Kingdom .

Our Language in this Kingdom is the LANGUAGE OF THE SPIRIT!

This is Language of the Spirit is divided into Two Sections:

☝🏻The Language Communicated IN UNDERSTANDING

For example:
📖Job  22:29 When MEN are cast down, then THOU shalt SAY, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

So when I Confess what is WRITTEN concerning ME (in English or Spanish or French or Spanish, etc), I am communicating a language that Mortal Men CAN comprehend and relate with.

We don't talk like the rest of the world... Because though we ARE IN this world, we ARE NOT OF this world. Our language is different. We play by a different set of rules.

If you see a so called "Christian" who is always speaking contrary to what JESUS has done for him or her, this is just the Scriptural Reason:👇

📖1 John 4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

But We are not of the world therefore see how we talk: 📖Psa 23:1 📖2 Cor 8:9 📖Phil 4:19

✌🏻The Language Communicated BEYOND THE BORDERS OF HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

This is Speaking in Tongues.
This is GLOSSOLALIA!
This is Praying in the Spirit.
It is beyond human Comprehension and Imagination!

📖1 Corinthians 14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for NO MAN UNDERSTANDETH HIM; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

It is one of the SIGNS that accompanies EVERY True Believer in CHRIST JESUS 👇

📖Mark 16:17 And these SIGNS shall FOLLOW THEM THAT BELIEVE; In my name shall they cast out devils; THEY SHALL SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES

This is why Apostle Paul admonished the entire Body of Christ to pray ALL PRAYERS (prayers of Faith, Intercession, Petition, Supplication, Agreement, etc) USING and DEPLOYING THE LANGUAGE OF THE SPIRIT

📖Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with ALL PRAYER and supplication IN THE SPIRIT, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints

Let ME summarize with these verses from the Pauline Epistle to the COLOSSIANS:

📖Colossians 4:2
NIV: DEVOTE YOURSELVES TO PRAYER, being watchful and thankful.

AMP: Be EARNEST and UNWEARIED and STEADFAST in your prayer [life], being [both] alert and intent in [your praying] with thanksgiving

GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME

Apostle DR. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
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