The power of prayer is often underestimated. Με την πάροδο των χρόνων, prayer has become neglected in the lives of many Christians. Because if something isn’t exciting and challenging enough, but boring and the desired goals are not achieved, it is neglected and pushed aside. But what does the Bible say about the power of prayer?
Is praying boring?
Praying is often considered boring, just like reading and studying the Bible (Λόγος του Θεού). Praying makes people sleepy. As soon as people try to pray, their minds wander and various thoughts about their everyday life take over and draw their attention away from God.
Many Christians are not able to concentrate and find it hard to spend time in prayer.
Μετά 5 πρακτικά, they discussed their matters with the Father and went through their wishlist and don’t know what to say anymore. They become sleepy and yield to the weariness and will of their flesh. Επειδή the flesh can’t and won’t pray. That’s because prayer doesn’t feed the flesh, but the spirit. That’s why many Christians postpone their prayers or don’t pray at all.
The commandment to pray
Υπάρχουν ιεροκήρυκες, who say that you don’t have to set time apart and make time for prayer because you talk with God the whole day. But by preaching this message, Christians become passive and lukewarm toward prayer and don’t see the need and power of prayer.
Φυσικά, you are continuously connected with Jesus and the Father through the Holy Spirit, and you communicate with Them. Jesus was also continuously in communion with the Father. Ωστόσο… Jesus withdrew Himself to spend time alone with the Father in prayer, because Jesus knew the power of prayer.
If Jesus withdrew Himself to be alone with the Father in prayer, how much more should we follow Jesus’ example and also withdraw ourselves to spend time with the Father in prayer? Εκτός από αυτό, in Matthew 6:6-8, Jesus also gave us the commandment to pray.
Why is the importance and power of prayer underestimated?
The importance and power of prayer are often underestimated, because not all preachers and church leaders are γεννημένος ξανά and spiritual, αλλά σαρκικό.
Because they are carnal they don’t see the importance and power of prayer. Therefore they don’t speak about prayer and don’t emphasize the importance and power of prayer.
Λόγω του γεγονότος, that many church leaders don’t emphasize the importance and power of prayer and let it be, the believers don’t consider the importance and power of prayer either and also let it be.
But the foundation of faith is, besides knowing the Word, προσευχή. Everything comes forth and revolves around prayer!
If you know the Word, you can pray the Word and pray after the will of God. If you pray according to the will of God then God will empower His words.
Every change starts with prayer. Επομένως, it’s about time that Christians find out the value, importance, and power of prayer and wake up and step into the spiritual battle and fight for the Kingdom of God. Και τι, His will shall be done on earth as it is in Heaven and that His Kingdom shall come on this earth.
What are the consequences of a poor and defective prayer life?
The consequences of a poor prayer life are visible in the lives of people. All the sorrow, μιζέρια, and chaos in the world today, the increase of wickedness, ασέβεια, and apostasy is for a large part due to a poor and defective prayer life of Christians (που είναι η εκκλησία).
The deception of the devil in the church
Throughout the years the church has dropped the ball. The devil has succeeded in misleading the church and caused many believers to leave the path of righteousness and enter the carnal path of the world.
The devil caused them to focus on themselves; the lust and desires of their flesh, material prosperity, and worldly matters.
Many Christians spend more time on the (προσωρινός) things of this world than the things of the Kingdom of God.
Prayer meetings are not very popular among believers and don’t draw many believers.
Όχι, people rather sing songs, να ψυχαγωγηθεί, και να περνάτε καλά.
That’s why in many churches the prayer meetings have been replaced by worship and praise gatherings.
People love music, τραγούδι, and praising the Lord because it makes them happy.
Many church leaders emphasize the importance of praise and worship and make Christians believe that there is power in the singing of songs, whereby most songs are about the (σκληρά) ζωή, troubles, and sorrows of believers, and therefore the believers have become the center of the songs.
But this is again a lie of the devil, that many church leaders and Christians believe.
Is singing more important and powerful than prayer?
Singing is not more important and powerful than prayer. Although many make believe it is. A Bible verse that is often cited, to emphasize the importance and power of singing is the part where Paul and Silas were bound in prison and sang songs to the Lord.
While they sang songs to the Lord, there came a big earthquake and the chains fell off, the doors opened and they escaped. Ωστόσο, they don’t read and emphasize the first part, where it says:
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them (Πράξεις 16:25)
The part where they were praying is not emphasized or discussed.
Singing believers are not a threat to the kingdom of the devil. That’s why the devil has nothing to fear for singing Christians.
The devil just smiles and laughs and thinks, “Let them sing and gather together, υποτροφία, and enjoy themselves.”
Δεν είναι περίεργο, that praise and worship gatherings and concerts don’t experience any spiritual resistance and are not spiritually attacked the way prayer meetings are being spiritually attacked.
Η αποτελεσματική ένθερμη προσευχή ενός δίκαιου ανθρώπου ωφελεί πολύ
Όχι, the devil fears Christians, who truly believe and know the Word and confess the Word. And what the devil fears most are praying Christians, who pray after the Spirit. Soulish Christians, who pray after the flesh, aren’t considered a threat. That’s because carnal Christians are focused on themselves and their surroundings and on building their kingdom.
The devil fears praying Christians, who are seated in Christ and pray out of Him (η λέξη) μετά το Πνεύμα. They are a danger to his kingdom. Επομένως, the devil puts effort into eliminating and silencing them.
How does the devil eliminate and silence them? By distractions and keeping them busy and focused on worldly matters so that they don’t have time for prayer.
As soon as people decide to pray, the devil casts hindrances and distractions on their path, όπως για παράδειγμα, a telephone that rings, a text message, a doorbell, a family member asking or needing something, κλπ. The devil shall do anything to interrupt and disturb and stop a praying believer.
The devil works among others in the soul and that’s why the devil shall cast various carnal thoughts in the mind of the believers, which ensures that they postpone or cancel their prayer time.
When a believer starts to pray, the devil shall cast thoughts in the mind of the person, which will make the person wander, so that the person will have a hard time concentrating on prayer.
During prayer, the devil shall try to bring the person from the spirit to the flesh, by entering carnal thoughts in the mind of the believer that are focused on carnal issues and the prosperity of the person him/herself.
The devil shall provide false revelations and promises, that are all focused upon the prosperity of the person. Ναι, the devil shall do his best to make the believer focus upon his/her own kingdom so that the praying believer will leave his kingdom alone, and the devil can continue, without the disruptions of the praying believer and expand his kingdom.
When a person experiences these things, then the devil still has power in the life of the person and still controls the person.
Του, επομένως, time to wake up. So that Christians become spiritually awake and see what the devil is doing in this world.
είναι καιρός, that the sons and daughters of God become active and together with God, Ιησούς, and the Holy Spirit establish the Kingdom of God on this earth and battle against sin and death, and destroy the works of the darkness.
How did Jesus overcome the devil?
Did Jesus overcome the devil in the wilderness by singing songs to the Lord? When Jesus prepared Himself to fulfill the great έργο λύτρωσης για την ανθρωπότητα, did Jesus sing songs in the κήπος της Γεθσημανή? Όχι! Jesus overcame and defeated the devil with the Word of God.
In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus overcame and defeated His enemy; fear through prayer.
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Κάτσε εδώ, while I go and pray yonder (Ματθαίος 26:36, Σημείο 14:32)
Jesus accomplished His work through prayer
Jesus spent a lot of time with His Father. He often withdrew Himself to a quiet place to spend time alone with the Father. That’s why Jesus was able to accomplish the work of God and fulfill God’s plan for His life.
And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, He was there alone (Ματθαίος 14:23, Σημείο 6:46)
In the morning, σηκώνονταν πολύ πριν την ημέρα, He went out, και έφυγε σε ένα μοναχικό μέρος, και εκεί προσευχήθηκε (Σημείο 1:35)
And He withdrew himself into the wilderness, και προσευχήθηκε (Λουκ 5:16)
It came to pass in those days, ότι βγήκε σε ένα βουνό για να προσευχηθεί, και συνέχισε όλη τη νύχτα με προσευχή στον Θεό (Λουκ 6:12)
Και έγινε, καθώς ήταν μόνος προσευχόμενος, Οι μαθητές Του ήταν μαζί Του: και τους ρώτησε, ρητό, Ποιος λένε οι άνθρωποι ότι είμαι? (Λουκ 9:18)
And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, He took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray (Λου 9:28)
Jesus shared everything with His Father, Αντί για ανθρώπους, because Jesus knew what was in the γέροντας (Γιάννης 2:24). That’s why Jesus didn’t rely upon people and didn’t put His trust in people and commit to them. But Jesus relied on His Father and put His trust in Him, and was committed to Him.
Because of His prayer life, Jesus could endure all the hatred and persecution of men. Even when all His disciples, whom Jesus called friends, άφησε τον Ιησού, Jesus wasn’t intimidated and continued His work.
During His life in the flesh, Jesus had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, και ακούστηκε στο ότι φοβόταν; Though he was a Son, όμως έμαθε την υπακοή από τα πράγματα που υπέφερε; Και να γίνει τέλειος, έγινε ο συγγραφέας της αιώνιας σωτηρίας σε όλους όσους τον υπακούν (Εβραίους 5:7-9)
Μέσω της προσευχής, Jesus was able to accomplish His work and exalted and glorified the Father.
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Πατέρας, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Πατέρας, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, ρητό, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again (Γιάννης 12:27-28)
A lack of prayer causes apostasy
When Jesus went to Mount Olive to pray, Jesus commanded His disciples, που ήταν ακόμα το παλιό δημιούργημα, to pray, so that they would not enter a place of testing where a solicitation to do evil may be the occasion, which would lead to an act of sin.
And when He was at the place, Τους είπε, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. (Λουκ 22:40)
Παρακολουθήστε και προσευχηθείτε, για να μην μπείτε σε πειρασμό: το πνεύμα είναι πράγματι πρόθυμο, αλλά η σάρκα είναι αδύναμη (Ματθαίος 26:41, Σημείο 14:38, Λουκ 22:46)
Δυστυχώς, τους flesh couldn’t pray and that’s why they were weak and fell asleep.
Jesus persevered in prayer and through prayer, Jesus overcame the fear in His soul and could stand and fulfill the will of God and His work on this earth. But the disciples couldn’t pray, let alone persevere in prayer.
Και λόγω του γεγονότος, that they couldn’t persevere in prayer, they became a victim of the devil; the adversary and they were not able to stand. They left Jesus and denied Jesus.
Προσέξτε λοιπόν, και προσεύχεσαι πάντα, για να θεωρηθείτε άξιοι να ξεφύγετε από όλα αυτά τα πράγματα που θα συμβούν, και να σταθώ μπροστά στον Υιό του ανθρώπου. (Λουκ 21:36)
And that shall also occur at the end of the last days when the pressure of the world will increase, and many Christians succumb and leave Jesus; ο Λόγος και αρνηθείτε Τον.
Πράγματι, this already happens. Because when Christians become ανυπάκουος to the Word and leave the Word, by taking over the viewpoint and opinion of the world and allowing and tolerating sin, Christians already succumbed to the pressure of the world and have left Jesus; η λέξη, and denied Him.
Επομένως, είναι σημαντικό να μείνε ξύπνιος και πρόσεχε, και προσευχήσου, so that you will not be tempted and misled by the lies of the devil, but be able to discern the lies of the devil and stay obedient and loyal to the Word, and be His witness (Διαβάστε επίσης: Πώς τα δόγματα των διαβόλων σκοτώνουν την εκκλησία?).
The power of prayer
Every Christian needs to pray and persevere in prayer. The time will only come once, and that’s why it’s important how you spend your time. Don’t be focused on the temporary things of this world. But be focused upon the eternal things of the Kingdom of God and establish the Kingdom of God on this earth, and reveal and destroy the works of the darkness.
Είσθε καθισμένοι στον Ιησού Χριστό and that’s why you have been given access and boldness to come before the throne of the Father and pray to the Father directly.
Don’t believe anyone, who says that you don’t have to pray and that prayer is irrelevant or doesn’t work. Let no one make you believe, that you can’t accomplish anything through prayer. Because these are lies of the devil.
Ο Ιησούς λέει:, that you should withdraw yourself and pray in secret to the Father. Jesus knows, how important it is to pray and that you can’t stay awake and watch, and can’t stand during the hatred and persecution of the world without prayer (Διαβάστε επίσης: Η μυστική προσευχή ζωή του πιστού).
Πιστεύω, that no word, that comes forth from the Spirit and out of your mouth shall return void, but shall do and accomplish what it must do. Perseverance is essential. Sometimes things don’t happen that fast, but keep standing and persevere in prayer and not give up! Λέει ο Λόγος, that we should pray without ceasing (1 Θεσσαλονικείς 5:17). When you plant a seed in the soil, you will not find a tree with fruits the next day. Therefore be patient, and persevere.
Pray for the leaders of the church and country. Pray for your fellow brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. And pray, that the will of God shall be done on this earth and that His Kingdom shall come on this earth, as it is in Heaven.
«Γίνε το αλάτι της γης’
