Travailing in Prayer

Hi family and friends..

It's time to get on the Threshing floor, a place of total surrender to God in prayer and intercession.

Satan hates it when we fast and trembles when we pray because a sincere prayer will cancel his plan and establish God's plan in our lives.

 But our Abba Father loves it and honors it.

It's time to get alone with God. It doesn't matter what people say or think about us now is the time to sit at God's feet and hear what He's got to tell us.

It's time to get behind closed doors.

Matthew 6:6, "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father who is unseen."

Closing the door to the world opens the door for the Heavenly Father's presence to come in.

It's said...
~A person who prays is the mightiest instrument God has on earth~Prayers that move the Hand of God in a powerful way are not limited to a select few but to all of God's children who will learn to pray with the same kind of fervency and perseverance as Elijah.
When reading the Book of 1 Kings and 2 Kings and studying the life of Elijah, one thing I've learnt is that persevering prayer is the key to open great doors, the doors to answered prayers
When we face desperate situations, there seems to be no way out, no hope and we need a miracle so...badly, what do we do?

 PRAY!
Usually in times like this we want to call it quits.
We also wish that Elijah was still around to pray that prayer of faith.
But you know what "Elijah was a man with a nature like ours."JAMES 5:17, Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.He was a man like us who faced struggles, prone to fear and loose hope, but he kept going on because of prayer!


We can see dramatic answers to our prayer, we can see loved ones saved, the sick healed and see God's Kingdom on earth extended!!JAMES 5:16b, "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
The Bible speaks about "travailing in prayer." and in fact Elijah's posture as HE prayed for rain ( just study the life of Elijah and Elisha again, you will be blessed), was of a woman giving birth.. As birth takes a lot of effort and energy so does "travailing prayer", to release the Holy Spirit's power to birth the rain that was so...badly needed after a 3 and a 1/2 years of drought.

We too need to 'travail' in prayer till we see things happen.
We need to 'travail' in prayer till we see the move of God.
It's time to get on our knees and pray.
The Kingdom needs prayer warriors.
Be blessed,



Julie