THE PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS! (Part 1)
📖James 5:16
AMP: Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
📝 Prayer is a LIFESTYLE of FELLOWSHIP with the GODHEAD with PRIVILEGES and BENEFITS!
📖Hebrews 4:16
(The Message BIBLE)
So let's walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.
👉 Privileges Of MERCY
What is MERCY?
*What you do deserve but you don't get... That's Mercy.
👉 Benefits Of GRACE
What is GRACE?
*What you don't deserve but you get... That's Grace.
So as we engage in the art of prayer (especially as we pray in tongues) we deploy the Mercy and Grace of GOD to bear upon our NEEDS.
KJV says "in time of need"
There's a time when certain necessities become a need.
In Prayer we are conditioned to be spiritually sensitive to recognize the mind and move of God's Spirit.
Prayer prepares you for the day and time of need.
Apostle Paul said:
📖Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Through prayer (praying in the Spirit) you are positioned for advantage.
📖Philippians 1:19 For I know that this shall TURN to my salvation THROUGH YOUR PRAYER, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
✒ What Happens As Pray In Tongues ✒
We are admonished strongly to pray in the Spirit always:
*Apostle JUDE
📖Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST
*Apostle Paul
📖Ephesians 6:18 PRAYING ALWAYS with all prayer and supplication IN THE SPIRIT, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints
Obviously, Apostle consciously made a LIFESTYLE out of PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT always:
📖1 Corinthians 14:18 I thank my God, I SPEAK with TONGUES MORE THAN ye ALL
No wonder he generated MORE GRACE to ACCOMPLISH MORE through the Supply of the Holy Ghost than others Apostles before him:
📖1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I LABOURED MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN THEY ALL: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
So recognizing the importance and imperial significance of speaking/praying in tongues, what happens as we do it?
As we PRAY IN TONGUES as often as possible, as commanded in the Scriptures, the Holy Ghost SUPPLIES enough SPIRITUAL ENERGY that:
👉 AVERTS Impending, Imminent Dangers
📖Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, LEST YE ENTER INTO TEMPTATION. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
👉 ATTRACTS Preordained and Productive Opportunities
📖Colossians 4:3 Withal PRAYING also for us, that God would OPEN unto us a DOOR OF UTTERANCE, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds
👉 ADVANCES the course of the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST
📖Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 9:38 PRAY YE therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
✒ The 3⃣ Platforms Of Prayer In The Old Testament And Its General Consequence In The New Testament ✒
📝 Prayer Was Designed to be Effective On 3 Platforms:
1⃣ The Platform Of RIGHTEOUSNESS
Under the Old Covenant, if any dared to stand before GOD to ask or solicit or Supplicate for anything without being righteous (in right standing with Him) such a person would not just receive nothing from GOD but he also stand the risk of being burned into a crisp.
Why? God's Standard of Relationship and Acceptance under the Old Testament was very high, being a Holy and Righteous Personality.
📖Prov 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
📖Prov 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
So without righteousness no one could:
✏ REACH Out To GOD
📖James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
✏ RECEIVE From GOD
📖Isaiah 59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
✏ REASON With GOD
📖Numbers 8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
📖Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
2⃣ The Platform Of FAITH
📖Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that COMETH to God MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS..."
Why MUST they Believe That He Is? Because most of them, under the Old Testament, had been deceived by the devil into thinking and saying that there is no God.
📖Psalms 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God..."
📖Psalm 53:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God..."
Therefore, it became GOD'S standardized principle that anyone approaching Him MUST of necessity Believe that He exist and that He is Who He says He is.
3⃣ The Platform Of GOD'S NAME
It started before the LAW was introduced:
📖Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
✒ What Does A "NAME" Signify? ✒
A NAME Signifies:
👍 IDENTIFICATION (Who He Is)
📖1 Kings 18:36-38
If they (saints under the Old Testament) must reach God and gain His attention they had to call His different and diverse NAMES (which are too numerous to enumerate).
👍 REPUTATION (What He has done)
📖Psa 65:2
Calling the Lord's Name was their (the Old Testament saints) Guarantee for Answers to Prayers.
📖Psalms 99:6 MOSES and AARON among his priests, and SAMUEL among them that CALL upon HIS NAME; THEY CALLED upon the LORD, and HE ANSWERED THEM.
📝 Under The New Testament:
👉 JESUS' Coming,
👉 His Commission To Save The World and
👉 The Completion of It
Has given us a THE ADVANTAGE; a BETTER PLATFORM.
📖Hebrews 7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the BRINGING IN of a BETTER HOPE did; BY the WHICH we DRAW NIGH unto God (now the access denied has become access granted). Emphasis mine*
✒ What's The Advantage? ✒
📝 GOD through JESUS by the Spirit has:
👉 Made us RIGHTEOUS
(Platform Of Righteousness)
📖2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that WE might be MADE the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD in him.
👉 Given Us HIS FAITH
(Platform Of Faith)
📖Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
WE Live by Faith but it's not actually ours, it's the Faith of The SON of GOD. 📖Gal 2:20
👉 Given us the RIGHT OF ATTORNEY to USE HIS NAME (JESUS)
Behold the prophecy about how GOD would roll up and bottle ALL His NAMES into ONE CONTAINER:
📖Zechariah 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: IN THAT DAY (the day when Salvation is consummated) shall there be ONE LORD, and HIS NAME ONE (not two or more).
Apostle Peter speaking under the influence and inspiration of the Holy Spirit said that GOD has deliberately and decisively exalted and enlarged the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST above ALLLLLL His previous numerous NAMES:
📖Acts 3:13 "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, HATH GLORIFIED (exalted and enlarged) HIS SON JESUS..."
SO, right now, if you call any other name outside the NAME OF JESUS You are on your own. Because GOD has withdrawn ALL SALVATION from His previous names and packaged them ALL inside ONE PERSON
📖Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Who Is This "ONE PERSON"?
📖Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath HIGHLY EXALTED HIM, and given him A NAME (not names) which is ABOVE EVERY NAME (all God's previous names included): 2:10 That AT THE NAME OF JESUS every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth
Beloved, JESUS deserves all worship, adoration and glorification... If not for Him we would have no guaranteed access to GOD; the access that makes all of GOD available at our disposal. Glorrrry!
Don't joke with prayers (especially praying in tongues). Devote yourself and your time this craft. It will amaze you how you will shape and change your world.
GOD Bless You By All Means IN JESUS Name!
Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
#TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS
#inspirational gospel quote
📖James 5:16
AMP: Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
📝 Prayer is a LIFESTYLE of FELLOWSHIP with the GODHEAD with PRIVILEGES and BENEFITS!
📖Hebrews 4:16
(The Message BIBLE)
So let's walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.
👉 Privileges Of MERCY
What is MERCY?
*What you do deserve but you don't get... That's Mercy.
👉 Benefits Of GRACE
What is GRACE?
*What you don't deserve but you get... That's Grace.
So as we engage in the art of prayer (especially as we pray in tongues) we deploy the Mercy and Grace of GOD to bear upon our NEEDS.
KJV says "in time of need"
There's a time when certain necessities become a need.
In Prayer we are conditioned to be spiritually sensitive to recognize the mind and move of God's Spirit.
Prayer prepares you for the day and time of need.
Apostle Paul said:
📖Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Through prayer (praying in the Spirit) you are positioned for advantage.
📖Philippians 1:19 For I know that this shall TURN to my salvation THROUGH YOUR PRAYER, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
✒ What Happens As Pray In Tongues ✒
We are admonished strongly to pray in the Spirit always:
*Apostle JUDE
📖Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST
*Apostle Paul
📖Ephesians 6:18 PRAYING ALWAYS with all prayer and supplication IN THE SPIRIT, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints
Obviously, Apostle consciously made a LIFESTYLE out of PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT always:
📖1 Corinthians 14:18 I thank my God, I SPEAK with TONGUES MORE THAN ye ALL
No wonder he generated MORE GRACE to ACCOMPLISH MORE through the Supply of the Holy Ghost than others Apostles before him:
📖1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I LABOURED MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN THEY ALL: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
So recognizing the importance and imperial significance of speaking/praying in tongues, what happens as we do it?
As we PRAY IN TONGUES as often as possible, as commanded in the Scriptures, the Holy Ghost SUPPLIES enough SPIRITUAL ENERGY that:
👉 AVERTS Impending, Imminent Dangers
📖Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, LEST YE ENTER INTO TEMPTATION. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
👉 ATTRACTS Preordained and Productive Opportunities
📖Colossians 4:3 Withal PRAYING also for us, that God would OPEN unto us a DOOR OF UTTERANCE, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds
👉 ADVANCES the course of the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST
📖Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 9:38 PRAY YE therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
✒ The 3⃣ Platforms Of Prayer In The Old Testament And Its General Consequence In The New Testament ✒
📝 Prayer Was Designed to be Effective On 3 Platforms:
1⃣ The Platform Of RIGHTEOUSNESS
Under the Old Covenant, if any dared to stand before GOD to ask or solicit or Supplicate for anything without being righteous (in right standing with Him) such a person would not just receive nothing from GOD but he also stand the risk of being burned into a crisp.
Why? God's Standard of Relationship and Acceptance under the Old Testament was very high, being a Holy and Righteous Personality.
📖Prov 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
📖Prov 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
So without righteousness no one could:
✏ REACH Out To GOD
📖James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
✏ RECEIVE From GOD
📖Isaiah 59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
✏ REASON With GOD
📖Numbers 8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
📖Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
2⃣ The Platform Of FAITH
📖Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that COMETH to God MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS..."
Why MUST they Believe That He Is? Because most of them, under the Old Testament, had been deceived by the devil into thinking and saying that there is no God.
📖Psalms 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God..."
📖Psalm 53:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God..."
Therefore, it became GOD'S standardized principle that anyone approaching Him MUST of necessity Believe that He exist and that He is Who He says He is.
3⃣ The Platform Of GOD'S NAME
It started before the LAW was introduced:
📖Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
✒ What Does A "NAME" Signify? ✒
A NAME Signifies:
👍 IDENTIFICATION (Who He Is)
📖1 Kings 18:36-38
If they (saints under the Old Testament) must reach God and gain His attention they had to call His different and diverse NAMES (which are too numerous to enumerate).
👍 REPUTATION (What He has done)
📖Psa 65:2
Calling the Lord's Name was their (the Old Testament saints) Guarantee for Answers to Prayers.
📖Psalms 99:6 MOSES and AARON among his priests, and SAMUEL among them that CALL upon HIS NAME; THEY CALLED upon the LORD, and HE ANSWERED THEM.
📝 Under The New Testament:
👉 JESUS' Coming,
👉 His Commission To Save The World and
👉 The Completion of It
Has given us a THE ADVANTAGE; a BETTER PLATFORM.
📖Hebrews 7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the BRINGING IN of a BETTER HOPE did; BY the WHICH we DRAW NIGH unto God (now the access denied has become access granted). Emphasis mine*
✒ What's The Advantage? ✒
📝 GOD through JESUS by the Spirit has:
👉 Made us RIGHTEOUS
(Platform Of Righteousness)
📖2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that WE might be MADE the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD in him.
👉 Given Us HIS FAITH
(Platform Of Faith)
📖Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
WE Live by Faith but it's not actually ours, it's the Faith of The SON of GOD. 📖Gal 2:20
👉 Given us the RIGHT OF ATTORNEY to USE HIS NAME (JESUS)
Behold the prophecy about how GOD would roll up and bottle ALL His NAMES into ONE CONTAINER:
📖Zechariah 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: IN THAT DAY (the day when Salvation is consummated) shall there be ONE LORD, and HIS NAME ONE (not two or more).
Apostle Peter speaking under the influence and inspiration of the Holy Spirit said that GOD has deliberately and decisively exalted and enlarged the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST above ALLLLLL His previous numerous NAMES:
📖Acts 3:13 "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, HATH GLORIFIED (exalted and enlarged) HIS SON JESUS..."
SO, right now, if you call any other name outside the NAME OF JESUS You are on your own. Because GOD has withdrawn ALL SALVATION from His previous names and packaged them ALL inside ONE PERSON
📖Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Who Is This "ONE PERSON"?
📖Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath HIGHLY EXALTED HIM, and given him A NAME (not names) which is ABOVE EVERY NAME (all God's previous names included): 2:10 That AT THE NAME OF JESUS every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth
Beloved, JESUS deserves all worship, adoration and glorification... If not for Him we would have no guaranteed access to GOD; the access that makes all of GOD available at our disposal. Glorrrry!
Don't joke with prayers (especially praying in tongues). Devote yourself and your time this craft. It will amaze you how you will shape and change your world.
GOD Bless You By All Means IN JESUS Name!
Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
#TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS
#inspirational gospel quote
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