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PATTISON’S PERSPECTIVE

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Ivan Pattison, Australia

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PRAYER – THE BACKBONE OF THE BODY OF CHRIST

 

The Power of Prayer, of a righteous man, (woman)…

 

JAMES 5:16 CONFESS YOUR FAULTS ONE TO ANOTHER, AND PRAY ONE FOR ANOTHER, THAT YE MAY BE HEALED. THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILETH MUCH.

 

Not just legally righteous, where we say, I am the righteousness of Christ Jesus, and go about doing our own thing, but we have to practice righteousness daily.

 

Of course we are the righteousness of Christ Jesus, but our righteousness needs to be just more than words.

I believe that we also really need to confess our faults one to another prior to prayer for our healing, and our other needs, (without making a big thing of our faults) so there will be a free flowing of the Power for our healing, and receiving our needs met.  In these days, confessing our faults one with the other. We need to be also careful of who we confess our faults to, so when we do this, it will be to someone reliable. Confessing our faults to one another helps to keep us humble.

 

1 PETER 5:6 HUMBLE YOURSELVES THEREFORE UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD, THAT HE MAY

 

EXALT YOU IN DUE TIME:

 

PSALMS 10:12 ARISE, O LORD; O GOD, LIFT UP THINE HAND: FORGET NOT THE HUMBLE.

One of the things most of us fail to do when needing prayer, and that is confessing our faults, and humbling ourselves before the mighty hand of Jesus, and not only to Jesus, but with each another.

Treating each other as the other person is better than ourselves.

 

PHILIPPIANS 2:3 LET NOTHING BE DONE THROUGH STRIFE OR VAINGLORY; BUT IN LOWLINESS OF MIND LET EACH ESTEEM OTHER BETTER THAN THEMSELVES.

 

There are many books written about prayer, how to pray, why pray, etc.

It is said that the person who kneels in prayer, can stand up to life.

Praying gives us power, and strength to go through situations that are hard to go through.

Confessing our faults one with another, really humbles us

 

2 CHRONICLES 7:14 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.

 

Do we as Christians have a wicked way in us?  I think some do, and most of us need some sort of cleansing done within us, some sort of overcoming, and to my way of thinking, our life is a life of continual overcoming, and I don't think that satan will give up on tempting us in one way or another especially if we have a weakness.

 

MATTHEW 26:41 WATCH AND PRAY, THAT YE ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION: THE SPIRIT INDEED IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK.

 

LUKE 18:1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALWAYS TO PRAY, AND NOT TO FAINT;

 

MATTHEW 26:40 AND HE COMETH UNTO THE DISCIPLES, AND FINDETH THEM ASLEEP, AND SAITH UNTO PETER, WHAT, COULD YE NOT WATCH WITH ME ONE HOUR?

 

To Jesus one hour of prayer seemed a short by what He said to Peter, could you not pray for one hour

JOHN 17:9 I PRAY FOR THEM: I PRAY NOT FOR THE WORLD, BUT FOR THEM WHICH THOU HAST GIVEN ME; FOR THEY ARE THINE.

 

Many pray for the world, when I believe our prayers would be better spent praying for those around us, family, and our Christian friends.

 

ROMANS 8:26 LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR INFIRMITIES: FOR WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR AS WE OUGHT: BUT THE SPIRIT ITSELF MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US WITH GROANINGS WHICH CANNOT BE UTTERED.

 

PROVERBS 15:29 THE LORD IS FAR FROM THE WICKED: BUT HE HEARETH THE PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

 

Love and Blessings Ivan