Thankful for What He’s Done
Scripture: Matthew 6:11Devotional Series: Sovereignty and Prayer
Teaching: Sovereignty and Prayer pt. 6 (SUN_PM 2024-12-08) by Pastor Star R Scott
If you take Romans 8:28 just by itself, “knowing that all things work together for good…,” all the things that are working together for good are the fruit of our effectual, fervent praying. The passage was the Holy Spirit praying for us, making intercession for us; us being those vessels, those vehicles that He prays through. People that will take hold of the promises and go out and complete His ministry. “Greater things (we just read) than these shall you do because I’ve gone to the Father who sent you the Holy Spirit, who’s praying through you according to the will of God.” That’s what will affect the answer. I believe, in this hour, a greater harvest of souls than we’ve ever seen. I believe that, at the time of the great falling away, there will also be an ingathering that will culminate in the Great Tribulation. The greatest revival in history will take place in the great tribulation. We’re not just looking for the great tribulation to come on the horizon, and we know that we’re going to be raptured out of here in just a moment. We’re waiting for that time to celebrate the greatest ingathering that the Church has ever known. Hallelujah!
Revival is coming in the Great Tribulation, but until that time what are we doing? We’re making intercession. What are we doing? We’re fulfilling what Paul asked the people so many times, “Pray for me that doors of utterance will be opened.” Amen? Some of us that have been called to take the message outside and beyond these doors as called gifts that are placed in the body, need your prayers. I want to tell you when we’re traveling, when we’re out and about and we’re holding these meetings, your prayers are tangible. I had two people come up recently involved in different circumstances. One guy who just had heart surgery was sharing this morning. It’s so good to have him back after seven weeks, amen, into the fellowship worshiping God. “But I want you to know, there were times I felt the prayers of the saints. There were times when the enemy would try to come in like a flood and God would raise a standard up against him and I would experience the joy and presence of God.” He said, “I knew people were praying, and, in fact, some people would call me and say, ‘I just want you to know at this particular time God put you on my heart and I was just believing God for you.’” That’s why we pray. The edification of the body, the powerful representation of greater things being done because He’s gone to the Father. But we don’t pray to beat the air, we pray specifically, prayer and supplication. That word “supplication,” with thanksgiving, the Scripture says. It means to be able to pray specific, itemized prayer, so that when it’s answered, we know God has intervened; amen
I just want to encourage us to stir ourselves. The prayer life that got Daniel in the lions’ den is the same prayer life that got him out. We know he was put into the lions’ den because of his prayer, the prioritizing of prayer in his life. I wonder if, sometimes, it could be helpful for some of us to have scheduled prayer time. We’re living in a life where men are running to and fro. The most important thing you can do is pray. The most important thing you can do in your life is to pray. Now, when I say pray, you know what I’m saying. Practice the presence of God. Put God first. Get quiet. Listen to Him. What is Your will? “Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). So, I want to encourage us to prioritize, to be ready with a heart attitude that says, “Here am I, Lord, send me.”
Father, we thank You for Your Word and for Your presence in our lives, for the great privilege of accessing Your throne, of touching Your heart, of praying and knowing that the Holy Ghost is praying through us according to Your will. We don’t know what to pray for as we ought, but You know. Stir us. Let us abide in a rest, in faith, that has imminent expectation. “Thy will be done.” You hear us because we keep Your commandments. Both the Gospel and epistles of John are so clear. What is that great commandment? That we truly would love one another. When we truly love one another, our prayers will be effectual and God will be glorified. Father, we thank You for that, in Jesus’ name; amen,
Revival is coming in the Great Tribulation, but until that time what are we doing? We’re making intercession. What are we doing? We’re fulfilling what Paul asked the people so many times, “Pray for me that doors of utterance will be opened.” Amen? Some of us that have been called to take the message outside and beyond these doors as called gifts that are placed in the body, need your prayers. I want to tell you when we’re traveling, when we’re out and about and we’re holding these meetings, your prayers are tangible. I had two people come up recently involved in different circumstances. One guy who just had heart surgery was sharing this morning. It’s so good to have him back after seven weeks, amen, into the fellowship worshiping God. “But I want you to know, there were times I felt the prayers of the saints. There were times when the enemy would try to come in like a flood and God would raise a standard up against him and I would experience the joy and presence of God.” He said, “I knew people were praying, and, in fact, some people would call me and say, ‘I just want you to know at this particular time God put you on my heart and I was just believing God for you.’” That’s why we pray. The edification of the body, the powerful representation of greater things being done because He’s gone to the Father. But we don’t pray to beat the air, we pray specifically, prayer and supplication. That word “supplication,” with thanksgiving, the Scripture says. It means to be able to pray specific, itemized prayer, so that when it’s answered, we know God has intervened; amen
I just want to encourage us to stir ourselves. The prayer life that got Daniel in the lions’ den is the same prayer life that got him out. We know he was put into the lions’ den because of his prayer, the prioritizing of prayer in his life. I wonder if, sometimes, it could be helpful for some of us to have scheduled prayer time. We’re living in a life where men are running to and fro. The most important thing you can do is pray. The most important thing you can do in your life is to pray. Now, when I say pray, you know what I’m saying. Practice the presence of God. Put God first. Get quiet. Listen to Him. What is Your will? “Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). So, I want to encourage us to prioritize, to be ready with a heart attitude that says, “Here am I, Lord, send me.”
Father, we thank You for Your Word and for Your presence in our lives, for the great privilege of accessing Your throne, of touching Your heart, of praying and knowing that the Holy Ghost is praying through us according to Your will. We don’t know what to pray for as we ought, but You know. Stir us. Let us abide in a rest, in faith, that has imminent expectation. “Thy will be done.” You hear us because we keep Your commandments. Both the Gospel and epistles of John are so clear. What is that great commandment? That we truly would love one another. When we truly love one another, our prayers will be effectual and God will be glorified. Father, we thank You for that, in Jesus’ name; amen,