CHRISTIANS – The world needs us to pray!

​Because we believe that God will intervene on our behalf and others because of prayer, we are super blessed, because He will! When we pray, we give earthly permission for heavenly interference in our lives and the lives of others in ways that we cannot even imagine. In fact, if we could see behind the curtain at the effects our prayers have on the smallest things right up to the biggest things, we’d be astounded.  It is why Jesus advocated and promoted prayer so much. He is our example. He only did what his Father told him to do. How’d he know? By praying. He said that prayer could move mountains. 

​Every single time we pray, Heaven responds. Do you believe that? Well, I do. God answers each and every prayer with:  YES. NO. or WAIT A WHILE. Sometimes God grants our requests right away. Other times you sense a definite “no, this will not be good for you” or you have no peace about what you’ve asked for. Lastly, do you realize that everything good in your life usually requires waiting? When we ask God into the situations we’re praying about, hope should be the first thing that springs up inside because we’re asking the Maker of the Universe to have his way as we surrender our way because he won’t violate our will.  When I consider what he has made and that the universe is still expanding,  is anything too hard for him?  How many celestial bodies are out there? Trillions. It is estimated that there are trillions of planets and that's only true for the observable universe. Just imagine, there are already hundreds of billions planets in a single galaxy and for the whole universe consisting of billions of galaxies, that number is almost incomprehensible. At last count, we have 7.9 billion bodies on the earth. If we place that number beside all the celestial bodies that God has created, he is well able to look after each and every person on the planet.

Psalm 19:1-4 says:
The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words;
    no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.

​ The world is in such a terrible mess. Everywhere we look evil, immorality, deception and sin seem to be dominating. As Christians we simply cannot afford to stick our heads in the sand with the “out of sight, out of mind” mentality. If we won’t intercede for the world, who will? We have been put on this Earth to be salt and a light for all to see; the vessel that God wants to work through to bring His will on earth as it is in Heaven. We know that God will not violate man’s will even if we pray, but I believe God brings much pressure on someone because we’re praying. There are people out there that we are praying for that are constantly battling God because of yours and my prayers. So don’t give up on your wayward loved one! Even if there is no evidence God is moving, you can be sure He is!  

My husband has always been keen to know what’s going on in the world and likes to watch the news each morning. The amount of information of what is happening world-wide is at our fingertips today for anyone with a cell phone. It has however been a challenge for me personally to not let it bring me down until I realized something:  Instead of glorifying what Satan is doing, why don’t I begin praying about what’s going on in the world? It is one sure-fire way to stomp on Satan’s head and do damage to the kingdom of darkness. Like I said before, we inject hope into the most hopeless of situations when we pray. Just because it’s impossible for us does not mean it is for God. Matthew 19:26 spells it out: “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Do we think we are made aware of the world’s problems and are not expected to respond? (This list could be much longer.)
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Do we think that the people in the recent earthquake that have lost loved ones, don’t desperately need our prayers?

Do we think that the people in war-torn countries don’t need our prayers?

Do we think that the person who lost their life in an accident last night reported by the news that God isn’t involved, and doesn’t need us to pray for their families?

Do we think that the gang conflict in our cities don’t need God to intervene so these people can wake up before they themselves are murdered before they discover the truth?

Do we think the people perishing through the drug overdose crisis don’t need our prayers?

Do we think that those young girls involved in sex-trafficking don’t need our prayers?

GOD IS THEIR ULTIMATE ANSWER, AND WE ARE MEANT TO INTERCEDE FOR THEM THROUGH PRAYER!

I realize that we are also the hands and feet of Jesus and action is needed as well, but many times it is impossible to get there. I have therefore decided that the News is a means for me to pray against all the specific tactics the enemy is using among us, and to pray for the individuals who are affected. We may never know the impact we’ve had until we step into glory but it would be a crying shame if we arrived there and only  then found out what beautiful effects our Holy Spirit-led prayers could have had while on earth but we let the enemy persuade us to forego praying.  It is what Jesus has led me to do.  I pray that He moves you to do so, as well. Together, we will have world-wide impact.