Do U know how powerful your prayers are? (28 views)
From:  David (DavidABrown)    1/4/2003 7:43 am  
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Do you know how powerful your prayers are?

They flow out of your mouth and they go out and find anybody that you want
to pray for, wherever they are. It doesn't matter who or where they are, God
doesn't even have to have their address, and He already knows it. It's the
power of the Spirit of God, and nothing can limit the power of the Spirit of
God. It's the Elixir of Heaven! It doesn't matter what you pray for, it is
just absolutely marvellous! Every one of you has power!

It's sad that we don't pray more for people, because there are so many
people we could pray for and help. Don't you think you should pray for them?
When you think about someone, you can send out a little prayer, just like a
tracer. But a thought about someone or something is not a prayer; a thought
is just like an employee who's standing there waiting for a command, an
order. And if he just stands there and waits, he'll never get anything done.
A thought is only the beginning of a prayer.

When you pray a prayer in Jesus' name, it runs just like a messenger. That's
the difference. Just thinking about them is not going to do it. You have to
put feet to your prayer and send it and say, "Oh God, please help them, in
Jesus' name. I love them and I want you to help them!"

You have to send the messenger. You have to pray the prayer. There is so
much that you will never know that you didn't accomplish because you didn't
pray.

When you think about someone that you love, or someone that you feel sorry
for or that you know needs help, it's God by His Holy Spirit Who is putting
that thought in your mind.

It's just like a telephone call!
You're like the telephone exchange, and God sends the main call from His
Spirit to your mind. But it's up to you to make the connection, to send it
on to the party that needs to receive it. But if you only think about them
and then you just cut if off, it's like you're turning the phone off on God!
It's like God's trying to make a phone call and He gives you the number and
wants you to put it through. You're the operator. God is the One Who's
calling, but He tries to put it through you because He wants to show you
what love really is.

Love is making a connection from God to somebody who needs your love! You
are the connection between God and that person, in love. In our witnessing,
God is the One who's sending the message. He wants to get it to someone, but
it has to go through you! --You're the operator.

And if you don't make the connection, if you're lazy and slow and negligent
and you don't care and you don't even want to be bothered with these calls,
so you don't make the connection, then it's a broken connection and they'll
never get the message, they'll never receive the love, and so there's never
any answer. When God makes the call and He plugs it into your mind, then you
think about that person. But then you have to plug it in and send it on its
way to that person. And of course, on the other end of the line, when the
phone rings, they have to pick it up and they have to listen and receive the
call.

Isn't that beautiful? We're so tiny and miserable and itty-bitty, but if you
are willing to make the connection, you can reach whomever He's trying to
reach!

First of all, you've got to be plugged into the power, and then you can be
the one who makes the connection. But when power is coming through a cord,
even though the cord is connected to the appliance, it's up to you to make
the connection with the switch, or the power can't flow through. So much
depends on prayer! So much depends on us, because there are a lot of people
who are already turned on, who already want to receive, but you don't make
the connection, and that's the terrible part about it!

When we fail and don't make the connection, when we don't flip the switch
and we don't plug it in, it's so sad! We have a switch right in our mind,
and all we have to do is to flip it. The power comes from God, and when the
thought comes, just like a telephone operator, you should plug it into that
hole that's ready and empty and receptive and already connected to the
person. That's why God wants you to pray!
And it's so sad when we don't pray and we don't flip the switch. God is
calling and calling, but there are some people who don't even get the
message from God, because of operators who don't even answer God!
And there are others of us who love Jesus and are listening and we get the
message, but then we're lazy and we're not concerned and we don't plug it in
and flip the switch and send it on to the recipient!
And of course there are some people on the other end that, even though
they're connected, if they don't pick up the receiver and answer, then they
will never get the message. But if they are responsive and they are
receptive, they will pick up the phone and listen.
And that's just how simple it is! When God puts the thought in your mind
about someone, that's a message from God. He's putting in a phone call to
you, and He wants you to be the operator and put that call through by
prayer. That's all you can do. You can't make them receive it, you can't
make them pick up the phone, and you can't do it.
They have to pick up the phone. But if you, as the operator, fail to flick
the switch or plug in the phone call to them, then they'll never have a
chance to get the call. So if you're willing to be an operator, you have to
put in the plug and you have to make the connection.
If a good operator does a good job and plugs in the phone call and makes a
connection, then it will get through if the person on the other end
responds, if they answer, if they receive it. The call will be on the line.
There's power, right on the line!

When you pray for them and you call them and try to send them the message,
it's on its way; you are ringing their bell. You're giving the message;
you've already passed the message on from God through the wire, through the
telephone exchange.

When they hear the bell ringing, that's God's warning voice: "I'm calling
you! Listen to Me, pick up the receiver, I want to give you a message." But
if they don't pick it up, they will never get the message.
If they don't want to hear from God and they don't want to hear the truth
and they don't want Salvation and they don't want the answers, then they
just refuse to answer the phone.

They could get all the answers and they could get all of their problems
solved, and they could get God's message, if they would just pick up the
telephone and listen and receive it, but some don't even want to hear.
Of course, there are some people who pick up the phone and listen a little
bit, but they're not interested in the message, they don't want to talk to
Him, and they don't want to talk to you. They say, "No, it's not important,
I don't care," and then they just slam it back down because they don't even
want to hear!

But the most important thing is that we are the operators, we are the link
between God and them, and if we fail to pass the call on, if we fail to plug
it in or we don't flip the switch they will never get the message.
But after the message is on the line, then it's their responsibility. And if
they don't pick it up and listen, then that's not your fault; you're just
the operator. When the operator tries the number and it doesn't answer,
that's not their fault. Or if someone answers and then hangs up, that's not
the operator's fault either.

But you are the connection between the two, and it's your prayers that make
the connection, so you have to pray for them and make it specific. You can't
just say, "Oh, that poor person, I feel so sorry for them."

You're the operator, you get the message from God, which He puts on your
mind: "Oh, they're so sweet and they're so precious; they need love so badly
and they want to hear this call, they really need it." But if you hang up
and don't pass that on by prayer, then it's meaningless!

If you just feel sorry for them instead of transferring the call onward and
plugging it into their number, it's just like you're telling God, "I'm
sorry, but there's nothing I can do about it."

That's because you don't believe in prayer. You don't believe in the power
of God. If you would believe more, then you would send that prayer, forward
the call.

The operator has to believe that the message really comes from God, and has
to believe in the message. And then you have to believe that you can plug it
in and get through to them. Why would you plug it in if you didn't think
there was going to be a connection?

Now operators are not always able to get through. There are all kinds of
reasons why they can't get through sometimes: bad connections, or too much
traffic on the lines, or there's not a clear line, or there's something
wrong on the other end.

There are all kinds of problems involved in getting the message through, but
you have to try. You have to plug in and send the message and pray and try.
And then if there's something wrong out there, it's not your fault, but you
are responsible to pray.

We could accomplish so much through prayer!
The World will never know how much has not been accomplished because people
didn't pray. We're the operators, and we get the message, but we have to
believe the message is from God.

We have to believe the message ourselves, that it is a real message, and
then we have to believe that we can make the connection through our prayers.
You can't always get through. Even a good faithful operator can't always get
through. They can try and try and try, but at least they have the faith to
try, and that's how your faith should be.

Do you know what faith is?
Your faith is the hand that flips the switch from God's message to the
recipient. Or your faith is the hand that picks up the cord and plugs it
into the hole, and tries to make the connection.
Then from there on, all problems with the call are not your fault. You have
done your part. You are just the connector between God and them. That's what
a witness is.

A witness is the connector between God and the people. A witness is the
operator who receives the message of God and believes it. If the operator
didn't believe there was a real call coming in, a bona fide call, and didn't
really think that it was supposed to go through, the operator wouldn't plug
it in, right? 

That's how important it is for you to pray. Prayer is the hand of faith that
flips the switch. You wouldn't pray if you didn't have the faith, right? If
you didn't believe it, you wouldn't have the faith.
So much is dependent on us. So much depends on your prayers, because
although God can do anything, He has committed Himself just to work through
you. And your prayers can do mighty things and change the course of history!
So you can pray for a poor little girl or an old bum or a World leader or a
country or a nation or anything. You can pray, and it turns God's mind!
God's Word says, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers
of water, He turned it whithersoever He will." And He turns the heart of the
rulers towards His people. (See Proverbs 21:1; Ezra 6:22.)
Your prayers are the hand of faith that flips the switch. Of course, you
have to already be turned on and tuned in, because you have faith and you're
already connected to God.

So don't forget that even though the power is there and the utility is
there, if you don't plug it in, they will never get the message, never
receive what God wants to give them. The power may be there, but you have to
operate it.

Please pray! You're the operator. It's your responsibility to pass on the
message. Please don't fail! --Or someone might miss God's important call. Be
a faithful operator. --Pray! Amen?

If you have not yet become a citizen of the Kingdom of God, you can receive
Jesus' forgiveness for all your sins and His free gift of Salvation by
simply praying the following prayer:
Dear Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God and that You died for me. I
open the door and invite You into my heart. Please forgive me for all of my
sins, and give me Your free gift of Eternal Life. Please fill me with Your
Holy Spirit so I, too, can become one of Your operators, to pray for and
tell others of Your wonderful Love. Amen.

We are praying for you my dear friend,
Your Friend
Johan Lourens {Missionary}
Deo Valente Mission
West Acres
Nelspruit.1211.
South Africa.
E-Mail: missions@xsinet.co.za.
Website: www.addweb.co.za/sending
www.addweb.co.za/sending/mozhub.
God wants us to be sensitive serving people, because Jesus did not come to
be served, but to serve. (Mk.10: 45) The needs of people mostly come to the
fore during times of prayer. When you hear that someone is in need -
spiritually or financially - reach out to that person. Read the Parable of
the good Samaritan, and do not look the other way.

P.S. Passing this on to anyone you consider a friend will bless you both.
Passing this on to one not considered a friend is something Christ would do.

Your Sister in Christ,

Sharon Coles
White Dove Ministries ><>
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