Post by Prayer Adminstrator on Oct 9, 2015 11:31:25 GMT
Scripture: "I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guardpost." Habakkuk 2:1
Watchmen were the first to see and they saw the farthest. I don't think I fully understood this statement prior to being a prayer leader. I've been an intercessor for decades, but since being a leader of intercessors I have gone to the Lord with prayer and fasting asking to see as He sees. I have availed myself to more of His spirit, therefore my vision is sharper. My prayers have been the will of God, therefore I have experienced more answered prayers.
Mark Batterson refers to Elijah in today's reading. How the miracle (1 prophet of God defeating 450 prophets of Baal) gave him the faith needed to pray hard. One of the by-product of answered prayer is greater faith. With each act of faithfulness, our faith becomes larger. I am living in that moment right now. The prayer breakfast was something I saw a far off, no one else saw it. I continued to fast and pray asking God for strategies on how to walk it out. When God did over and above what we asked, I was speechless. These past three weeks I have been asking God about what next? My faith has been elevated, I'm surrendering more of my will to His. Why would I need to do that, you may ask? I need to have time to hear from God, as He orders my steps. I've mentioned my struggle with a spirit of poverty, but in this season I have had the faith to say no to night school. I had an opportunity to earn more money (tuition money for Tria), but I said no because I am trusting God to show me how I can "cast my cares on Him". I might add, this is how God has always allowed me to meet the financial need for my children as they went to school. When Linell went away to school, when Brittny went to cosmetology school, I've always been afford the opportunity to get extra pay. At when I just didn't feel like doing extra duty administration would come and ask me specifically before they released the job to others. But God has changed the script. He wants me to spend more time with Him, he has made this clear by blessing me with a new job. I no longer teach special education, but Reading. He's given me only one class to teach, I've never had one prep in my career as a teacher. God has set things in motion, it's only when I make time to be in His presence that I hear His heart beat and get the strategies to my "what next" question answered.
I am once again encouraged to read the testimonies of those who took a step of faith and began marking territory for the Kingdom of God. Pastor Dan shared in one of his message that he has begun to mark territory for our next place of worship. We need to stand with Him and believe that God is well able. We need to ask God, what is our part? I know as an intercessors we are to pray that Pastor Dan gets the strategies on how to walk it out, but what else is God saying? I encourage you to take the time to get alone with God so you can hear.
Departing Thought: Going back to places of spiritual significance can help us find our way forward again.
Roberta
Watchmen were the first to see and they saw the farthest. I don't think I fully understood this statement prior to being a prayer leader. I've been an intercessor for decades, but since being a leader of intercessors I have gone to the Lord with prayer and fasting asking to see as He sees. I have availed myself to more of His spirit, therefore my vision is sharper. My prayers have been the will of God, therefore I have experienced more answered prayers.
Mark Batterson refers to Elijah in today's reading. How the miracle (1 prophet of God defeating 450 prophets of Baal) gave him the faith needed to pray hard. One of the by-product of answered prayer is greater faith. With each act of faithfulness, our faith becomes larger. I am living in that moment right now. The prayer breakfast was something I saw a far off, no one else saw it. I continued to fast and pray asking God for strategies on how to walk it out. When God did over and above what we asked, I was speechless. These past three weeks I have been asking God about what next? My faith has been elevated, I'm surrendering more of my will to His. Why would I need to do that, you may ask? I need to have time to hear from God, as He orders my steps. I've mentioned my struggle with a spirit of poverty, but in this season I have had the faith to say no to night school. I had an opportunity to earn more money (tuition money for Tria), but I said no because I am trusting God to show me how I can "cast my cares on Him". I might add, this is how God has always allowed me to meet the financial need for my children as they went to school. When Linell went away to school, when Brittny went to cosmetology school, I've always been afford the opportunity to get extra pay. At when I just didn't feel like doing extra duty administration would come and ask me specifically before they released the job to others. But God has changed the script. He wants me to spend more time with Him, he has made this clear by blessing me with a new job. I no longer teach special education, but Reading. He's given me only one class to teach, I've never had one prep in my career as a teacher. God has set things in motion, it's only when I make time to be in His presence that I hear His heart beat and get the strategies to my "what next" question answered.
I am once again encouraged to read the testimonies of those who took a step of faith and began marking territory for the Kingdom of God. Pastor Dan shared in one of his message that he has begun to mark territory for our next place of worship. We need to stand with Him and believe that God is well able. We need to ask God, what is our part? I know as an intercessors we are to pray that Pastor Dan gets the strategies on how to walk it out, but what else is God saying? I encourage you to take the time to get alone with God so you can hear.
Departing Thought: Going back to places of spiritual significance can help us find our way forward again.
Roberta