This is “Developing a Life of Prayer.” We were made in God’s image to fellowship with Him. It wasn’t about a church service—it has always been about a daily relationship with Him. There is also something called an “altar fire,” which is to never go out. Our prayer life is that burning altar. To forget to pray is to forget God.
God not only intends for his people to
pray
but now I’m going to really hit you hard
right here I’m going to tell you
straight up in your face
that it is a sin not to pray
first Samuel 12 and verse 23 God forbid
that I should sin against the Lord
in ceasing to pray for you
I’m telling you that verse right there
grip this pastor’s heart several weeks
ago and he said if I cease to pray for
you
and pray for this ministry and pray for
these families and pray for people
coming and pray for the Lost
I am sinning against the Lord by ceasing
to pray
if you forget your prayers you are
literally forgetting God
if prayer is not real to you
it means God is not real to you
those of you in Ministry if you don’t
heed what I say to you today about
prayer
you will not stay in this ministry long
God will weed you out I know no one who
doesn’t pray I’m just telling you
this has come
to this
it’s pray or die
it’s pray or dry up
so I’m going to give you the Five Laws
of Prayer
number one
these are this is it this is how you
develop a prayer life it’s very very
important
number one prayer must be a priority the
priority of a Christian prayer when you
read the Bible That’s God talking to you
but when you pray that’s you talking to
God
it’s the most important thing that a
Believer can do is develop a prayer life
a consistent unbroken place and time of
prayer every day in your life well I’m
just not that’s just not me um
I’m telling you what is vital to victory
in your life
there’ll always be something else you
need to do there’ll always be something
in somebody intruding that’s why Jesus
said when you pray go into a closet a
solitary place is all that he’s saying
the word closet is found four times in
the New Testament and it literally means
a secret place a secret chamber a secret
a private place a place of privacy go
into that place and he put says these
words shut the door
shut the door don’t let people interrupt
you don’t let calls this is our time
this is it and it must be a priority in
your life instead of instead of you
building your life on like this and I
got this and I got that and I got this
and I got that and then I’ll try to work
prayer in you’re not going to pray
you’re not going you’re never gonna have
a prayer life you’re never going to be
powerful and be what God wanted you to
be you’re never going to do it if you
don’t build prayer into your calendar
and everything else has to work around
that
not only do you need the priority of
prayer you cannot take it casual anymore
you cannot say well that’s for those
other people no you
you
secondly you need a time of prayer
are you listening to me
if you don’t have a time of prayer
you’re not going to make it in the
ministry
you’re not going to make it I’m just
going to go on and tell you go on and
resign you’re not going to make it
I’m not being mean I’m telling people
the truth
there must be a time to pray
well you know I kind of Pray when God
leads me I will look you in the face if
you tell me that and say oh so in other
words you don’t have much of a prayer
life
because life runs on schedules
you you don’t you don’t go to work when
you feel like it you’re on a schedule
you don’t get up and get ready when you
feel like it you don’t eat when you
you’re on the schedule and you may alter
that every once in a while but pretty
much you’re on a pretty tight schedule
with everything in your life except
prayer
because it’s not that big of a deal to
you
but
you know
here’s how I want to say how many of you
ever go to work and sometimes you just
don’t feel like going
I’ll join you on that one but you know
what I’ve learned is God God says
there’s times when you’re highly fired
up excited about going to work and all
into it and and then there’s times you
just got to go because you’ve got to go
and you do you know what you get paid
either way
and that’s how prayer is God says if you
show up with the time of prayer and you
put the time in even if you don’t feel
it and you just walk in there and you’re
kind of mumbling
in Jesus name and and in Jesus name
my father went yarn in heaven how to
beat our name thy kingdom because I know
we’ll be done and you sound like an
Auctioneer but it doesn’t matter it
doesn’t matter because if you just show
up you get paid in the prayer place
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