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The Power of Corporate Prayer
Written by FAVORED1 on May 7, 2009 – 8:16 am -
Thursday, May 7, 2009
If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
[2 Chronicles 7:14]
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found of you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. Now for a long season Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. But when they in their trouble did turn to the LORD God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them. And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. You be strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and destroyed the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. And they offered to the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and He was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
[2 Chronicles 15]
“The Power of Corporate Prayer”
Good Morning Beloved,
Today is the “National Day of Prayer”. With everything going on today, prayer is crucial. My grandma used to say that history repeats itself. That falls in line biblically with, “there is nothing new under the sun“. We are technologically savvy. We can travel to around the world, in a fraction of the time it took in ‘olden’ days. Yet, people are people, and the heart of humanity has never changed. As people prospered in ‘bible days’, there was a tendency to “forget the Lord their God”. Over and over again they were warned of what would happen to them as a nation, just like the people in the verse above. While reading scripture, it is easy to overlook how many years there were between events. One thing happens in chapter 1, something else in chapter 15, a whole generation could have passed. I used to wonder how people who crossed the red sea could ever forget the God that brought them out of hard slavery. I believe that they could forget, because there were children, not yet born, who did not experience the wonder of that day for themselves. After a few generations it lost its effect on them and became a history lesson. Sort of like today. We are losing a generation of Big Mamas, Pop-Pops, Auntys and Uncles. People who lived through some of the greatest struggles of our country. Some of these people relied on God for their next meal, had tribes of children they raised to honor God, and may not have had much in the way of ’stuff’, but they took care of what they had. They carried themselves in a dignity that can only come from a person who knows who they are in Christ and understands their purpose in life. It is vital that every blood-bought believer have a personal prayer life. It is a privilege to be able to access the Throne of God at any time. We can actually talk to the Creator of the Universe, who is pleased to call us His ‘child’. We have the benefit of the Bible to teach us also how awesome it is when all of His children, from all over the nation and abroad, come on one accord, even for one day, set aside denominations, isms and skisms, and have a corporate, family reunion, in the Spirit, around the Throne… as we all worship God and pray together.
… That Family… is Good News!
U Blessed
Have A Fabulous Day
Regina
“What If His People Prayed”, Casting Crowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1P2xtGkpl0
“Order My Steps”, GMWA Women of Worship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbjqUjeIGEA
“Here We Are”, Don Moen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePN-eVaA_cU
“Days Of Elijah”, Judy Jacobs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUIa674GGCo
“Days Of Elijah”, Donnie McClurkin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb00G9euI98
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