Thursday, May 28, 2009, 11:50am

BREAKTHROUGH PRAYER 3

Where do you go when you are faced with a crisis?  If you were in danger you would probably call 911.  In that call you have confidence that there is a trained person coming to your aid.  We trust police, firemen, medical professionals, etc.  We know who to call when we’re in trouble.  Too often we do depend on humans and organizations to get us to safe ground.  Why has prayer taken a back seat to these situations.  I’m not suggesting that we shouldn’t call 911, but calling on God first and in conjunction to these other helps seems logical as He is already there.  He IS Jehovah-Shammah.  He has the answer and the ability to help and protect.  “We need a new spiritual reflex that causes us to pray each time we face trouble.”  Don’t be afraid of the available helps in our society, but don’t trust them ahead of our God.  He is and should be the first line of defense and help in our time of need.


Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 10:47am

BREAKTHROUGH PRAYER 2

I don’t think there are many of us who believe that God needs us to accomplish His mission.  He doesn’t need you and He doesn’t need me.  He chooses to allow us to participate in His mission.  There are many Biblical references and historical ones that communicate that God will use us to answer our own prayer and He typically uses people to answer the prayers of others.  Prayer is believing in the ability of the Most High God to do absolutely anything.  “We have not yet begun to experience the infinite power and possibility that becomes available when we call on the name of the Lord in prayer.”  Not only do we need to raise our standards in terms of what we ask, but we need to be ready and willing to be a part of the solution.  Obedience is another key component to answered prayer.  Be ready to move and to act as the Holy Spirit dictates.


Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 5:49pm

BREAKTHROUGH PRAYER 1

One Old Testament theme that perhaps is missing in the New Testament Church is the idea of God’s blessing.  “If anything is going to change, if the church is ever going to reach its potential, one critical ingredient is absolutely required.  We cannot live one more day without breaking through to the blessing of God.”  God blesses the person and/or church that sells out to prayer.  Breaking through to God requires intensity and endurance.  We must determine that His blessings are more important than anything else we may think we need.  I am determined to experience the blessings of God.  It is when I am full of Him that I can be a blessing to others.  Blessing others comes easily when we do so out of the overflow of our hearts.  This should be one of the great assets of the church.  We have opportunities to be edified and we have the privilege of encouraging and blessing others.  Let’s be a church of blessed people who go out of their way to be a blessing!

Breakthrough Prayer
Jim Cymbala
Copyright 2003
Zondervan Press

Because of the cross of Christ, The Crossing Church of the Nazarene purposes to help seekers cross over to life, the saved cross over to completeness, and to cross boundaries of culture to build the Kingdom of God.