Prayer - The Weapon

Prayer is one’s communication with the Creator of all things. It is necessary to understand. It is something every true believer must know how to do, and how to do it correctly. Prayer is called a communication, yet it is such because it carries a language inside of it. The language of a prayer, the message sent from man to God is the message written on your heart.

See the message of a true believer is humility, reverence, burden, thanksgiving and praise. It is that of a beggar, asking for something that he knows he does not have. It is the beggar asking for something he does not deserve, yet he needs. We who want to pray a prayer that God will hear, a prayer that changes lives, that moves mountains and heals the sick will pay attention to the commandments which Christ delivered.

Matthew 5:3 says “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

This series on prayer I have been researching is more than just a research project, it is an important message that we must recognize.

“So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Revelations 3:16

We must become what we were sent here to become. We must attain the level of prayer that the apostles had. It is in prayer that we can become everything God wants us to become, and it is then that we can be used by God the Father. We read many times of the prophets, their communication with God, have you never wanted such a relationship with Christ? If you can slay yourself, your sinful nature, you can then become pure or spirit, become a child of our Lord, a man or woman of renown, a son of God.

Prayer is a weapon used to fight a battle that is going on around us, which apathy and wimpy souls are too afraid or too busy to recognize. God has already warned us in Revelations 3:16 that you must be active, Christ told us what happens with branches that produce no fruit.

I remember a retreat I went to in my youth group. We got to go to Western Michigan University, and each year there was a different phrase printed on the shirts. Today the message is made clear to me. “Even a dead fish can go with the flow.” We must put our nature to death, become poor in spirit so that we may become alive in Christ.

We must recognize this battle around us, and we must learn to fight. Our weapons are clear, as is our armor. The Word of God, Prayer, and Faith are the weapons we are given, and the Armor Ephesians 6 12-17. Then read verse 18: “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”

God the Father has given us “Power from on High” (Luke24:49), when we learn to be devoted and humble, to be poor in spirit and rich in our faith, we will be able to use it.

When will you give up your life, so that you can be used?