We have an assignment to pray prayers that make a difference. On earth as it is in heaven is not just a nice prayer to keep us positive; it’s the dream of God’s heart to co-labor with us to see His will done in the earth. Jesus promises “Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full” (John 16: 24). We were designed for joy, and we were designed to make a difference.

the lord invites us into the inner

chambers if you will

of the king of all kings

of the lord of all lords of the great i

am

to converse with him

so that out of the conversation certain

events would be changed

certain things would be affected on the

earth because of our conversation

from the beginning it starts in genesis

chapter one and it goes to the end of

the book that god’s primary design for

us

is to be a co-laborer

he didn’t create us as robots and

program us to do specific things

we are

living entities who through surrender

yield our will to his purposes

and we find that he shapes our heart and

our mind our thinking until we become

recalibrated in what his dream is for

the planet

he said to pray for his will to be done

on earth

as it is in heaven

can you imagine him

saying now pray this prayer

it’s not going to happen

but it’ll keep you busy

it’ll keep you busy keep you positive

while nothing happens

and that’s my design for you

is nothing happens

it’s silly we would never give an

assignment like that in our own areas of

responsibility and the lord gave us a

specific assignment because of his dream

praying his prayer links me to his dream

links me to his process links me to

engage with the one who can actually

make these things happen that i cannot

possibly make on my own

so we have an assignment to pray

on earth as it is in heaven we have this

assignment through our engagement our

interaction with him to actually have

him fulfill the cries the dreams of our

heart and that’s part of the revelation

of him as a father

is that the things that are prayed for

actually happen

john 16 has this a very important verse

there’s four times in three chapters

john 14 15 and 16 there’s four times in

those three chapters where the lord says

ask for whatever you want and it’ll be

done for you

we know that’s not an invitation to

become arrogant and independent and

selfish and build your own empire what

it is it’s an invitation to die

until you can represent his heart

and see a continuous flow of answers to

prayer that keep you filled with

joy god designed us

if look at it this way he designed us

with a capacity for overflowing joy

but he said the way you enter into the

fulfillment of that capacity is through

answers to prayer

so in in john 16 it says

whatever you ask for will be done for

you that your joy may be full

that your joy may be full so here here’s

the here’s the process engage with this

pray till something happens and the

result of that is you’re gonna have

absolute overflowing fullness of joy

it’s the design

you’re designed for joy you’re designed

to pray and make a difference and those

two things working together keep you

fulfilled

in proverbs it says proverbs 12 says

hope deferred

makes the heart sick

the second part is as important

desire realized is a tree of life

desire realized is this life-giving

fruit

fulfilled desires how are they fulfilled

in the believer’s life through prayer

it’s the automatic implication that you

engage with god and things happen

because you met with him

and those

responses from god the fulfilled answers

and dreams that

is the tree of life for you

so we were designed to live with ongoing

answers to prayer and the problem is

if i’m not getting answers to prayer see

we tend to pray enough

to ease our conscience but not enough to

make a difference

we have a lot of relief valves in our

lives

when the lord is moving us to pray

for

government

we tend to relieve the pressure by

criticizing government

it eases the conscience just enough to

remove the pressure when actually the

pressure was supposed to be a divine

invitation to enter into the courts of

god and make a difference through prayer

to stand before the lord and to accuse

people is the misuse of my authority

and he’ll defend the person i’m accusing

he will not bless the curses

of one of his priests if you will

because we’re not giving that assignment

so if i am designed to live with

overflowing joy because of answers to

prayer

and i’m not getting answers to prayer

then i have to get my joy from the

discipline of prayer

if i get my joy from the discipline of

prayer

then i’m training my heart to celebrate

form

and not impact

what is religion form without power

it’s the beginning of the end

when there’s no answers to prayer and we

have to find our joy in the fact i

prayed

when we’re actually designed by the lord

to see things happen around us