James 5:16 (AMP) ‘The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power].
DAILY READING – Acts 16:16-40; Judges 4-5; Job 35
John Nelson Hyde was an American missionary and the son of a Presbyterian minister. His father had fervently prayed that God would send more missionaries to foreign mission fields. Interestingly, John Hyde became one of the missionaries that were raised in answer to his father’s prayer. register in a
At the end of his studies at theTheological Seminary, John believed that God was calling him to be a missionary to India.
In 1892 he embarked on the mission based on his passion without first seeking the anointing necessary to make his ministry impactful.
While still on the ship taking him to India, he received a letter from a friend who highlighted this need for the Anointing. This friend wrote that he would pray to God to fill John with the Holy Spirit. Angry at the suggestion that he did not already have the Spirit, John threw the letter away. But later acknowledging that his friend was right, John then humbled himself and prayed to God for help.
When he arrived in India, it soon became obvious that he indeed needed power. For the first eight years he labored without any results and made no converts. Eventually fed up with his fruitless efforts, he made the decision to pray and fast until there was revival.
He then began to spend days without eating, praying to God to open up the hearts of the people. Sometimes, he spent whole nights in prayer and the Indians began to call him “The man who never sleeps.”
His lifestyle of fervent prayers also made him to become known as ‘praying Hyde’.
With time, his prayers began to have their desired effect. He received the power and anointing that finally broke the yoke of fruitlessness in his life. The Lord started moving in his ministry and revival broke out.
God’s revival power spread far and wide, touching many lives and causing millions of people to come to Christ through John Hyde’s missionary work.
James 5:16 (AMP) says ‘The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power].
Heartfelt and persistent prayer is an absolute necessity for experiencing revival..
To see an eruption of God’s power in our lives we must be willing to pray fervently.
The truth is that any of us can experience a change of story, if only we are willing to pay the required price.
You don’t have to settle with fruitlessness and lack of progress, there is a way out through prayers.
Prayer is the foundation for unlimited breakthroughs in life. God will do for us even what seems impossible, when we embrace the spiritual responsibility of prayer.
Christianity is a faith of responsibility, every provision in scriptures has its conditions. We will always receive the promise when we willingly fulfill the conditions.
God said in Jeremiah 29:13-14 ‘And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity,’
According to this Scripture, when we seek God with all our heart and find Him, He then turns away captivity from us. Therefore every captivity of sickness, poverty, fruitlessness, frustration etc, can all be destroyed from our lives, if only we make the choice to diligently seek God until we find Him.
Truly, God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. As we seek and find Him, there shall be a reward and our expectations shall not be cut off.
Let us therefore today make the decision to fervently seek God.
Enough of making excuses for failure, let us engage in a search to seek and find God’s power for our desired solutions. Let us get into the depth of the Word, prayer and deep worship; there we will find God’s power in a new and greater dimension.
There are many things God wants to do in our lives this year. As we begin to sincerely seek Him, we are going to see a manifestation of His glorious power that will establish us in the life of wonders He has designed for us.
Certainly, this year, by God’s grace, our story must change for the better. As we begin to seek God with greater fervency, we will experience the spiritual revival that will transform.our world for Christ.
PRAYER: Father please grant me the grace to dig into the depth of Your Word, prayers and deep worship until I experience the revival that will transform my life. As I seek You with all my heart may Your power and Presence indeed turn me into a wonder to the world in Jesus’ Name.
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