James 5:16 [AMPC] ‘Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].’

’DAILY READING; – Luke 22:1-38; Genesis 39; Psalm 30

John Nelson Hyde was an American missionary to India in the 19th century, who became famous for his fervent prayers. Interestingly, John himself was an answer to the prayers of his own father.
John’s father was a Presbyterian minister, who would frequently pray for laborers to be sent into the harvest. Eventually, three of his six children were sent to the Mission’s field as an answer to his prayers.
John’s elder brother Edmund, who had gone to seminary to become a missionary, unfortunately died before he could accomplish his goal. As a result, John decided to take his brother’s place on the mission field. Once John had settled the issue with God, he started praying for missions. It was during those years that the foundation for John’s prayer life was laid.
After graduating from the seminary, months later John set sail for India. When he first arrived in India he found the people very unreceptive to the Gospel. For eight years he labored without any results. The lack of conversion drove him into deep prayer. He would spend hours and hours with The Lord, forgetting about sleep and food, standing in the gap for believers and those to be saved. “Oh God, give me souls or I die!” would become one of his most famous prayers. He finally decided to pray and fast until there was revival. During those days, he spent continuous hours on his knees, begging God for His power until he became known as “Praying Hyde. The Indians began to call him “The man who never sleeps.” .
Not long after this, his prayers began to have their desired effect and the Lord started moving. When John Hyde started the Sialkot Conventions in 1904, God’s revival power came down. This revival greatly affected many missionaries and indigenous people. Indeed through the prayers of John Hyde, God eventually changed the spiritual landscape of India.

Truly, we are in the last days, which are the days of the manifestation of God’s power on earth. It is also the time of the manifestation of the sons of God. In this era, the power of God will be on display more than ever before. However for us to manifest the power of God in our lives, prayer is an absolute necessity.

James 5:16 [AMPC] says ‘…The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].’

Effectual prayer is absolutely necessary for our empowerment and manifestation. The truth is that we will only take our place of dominion on earth when we become willing to pay the price of prayer.
It is through prayers that we connect to the power needed to confront every challenge we may face in life. It is in the place of prayer that we settle matters of our divine calling and assignment. Victory in battle and success in life happens in the place of prayer. It is the deficiency of prayer that leads to the deficiency of power which results in failure in life and ministry.

God is committed to answering us every time we sincerely seek Him. In prayer we are able to deal with any issue of concern and demand for heaven’s intervention.
Jesus promised us in Mathew 21:22 that ‘all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.’

Indeed there is so much available to us through prayer. We must therefore fight against spiritual laziness and begin to pay the required price of prayer to achieve all God has in store for us. Enough of making excuses for failure. Let us engage God’s power for our desired solutions. let us get into the depth of the Word, prayer and deep worship. As we do so, we will see God’s power in a new and great dimension. Indeed through a committed prayer life, we can reign in life and dominate as sons of God on the earth.

PRAYER: Lord, please grant me a deeper hunger for prayer, praise and Your Word. Help me Lord to experience the revival that will lead to my desired change of story in Jesus Name.

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Praise always guarantees you power for a raise, learning to praise God in season and out of season is key to fulfilling destiny. Wordbite 222