Words from the Lord:
"I am teaching My people to pray the right prayers. I am teaching My people to pray effective prayers. Prayer is being one with Me and being in union with Me. This is the time many things in the spirit are going to be birthed forth by My people through prayer. This is the time to go deeper in your prayer life. Pray in the spirit and worship in the spirit!"
Indeed, this is the time to go deeper in prayer, just as the disciples of Jesus did those days leading up to the Day of Pentecost (when the Holy Spirit came). They were at the upper room, praying and waiting for the promise of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-14).
You see, prayer is not just petitioning to God and asking God to answer our prayer requests. There is a place for that of course, but prayer is much more than that!
James 5:15-18 (NKJV) says, 'And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.'
What is the secret of Elijah? Why is it that whatever he prayed, God just caused it to happen?
To understand that, let's go first to what Jesus prayed in John 17:20-23, "I do not pray for these (disciples) alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."
Now, Jesus set an example of a prayer life while He was on earth.
Notice the words 'one in Us' here?
In 1 Corinthians 6:17, the apostle Paul wrote, 'But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.'
Notice the words 'one spirit with Him' here?
So, you see, prayer is a relationship with God. It is being one with God. I believe this is also the secret of Elijah in his prayer life. Prayer is oneness with God. In other words, being in union with God and being in communion with God - where God speaks and we hear; and we speak and God hears. It is a two-way communication. That is why prayer is a relationship. And it's from this oneness with God that every good thing from heaven flows - in you and through you!
And as you release all that you've received from Him, things happen! John 15:4-5 says 'He is the vine and you are the branches'. It means all the 'nutrients' from heaven flow in you and through you! And that's how you bear fruits - even the fruits of your prayers!
Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV) says, 'But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.'
Interestingly, the word 'wait' here is 'qavah' in Hebrew, and it can mean 'to be entwined together (with God), or to gather together.' You know what this means? 'To be entwined together (with God)' is 'to be one with God'! And that's how you 'gather together' all that heaven has for you! In other words, all the resources from heaven flow right into you and through you - when you 'qavah'! And that's also how your strength is being renewed, and you will mount up with wings like eagles! Hallelujah!
Do you see something now? This is very exciting! Because prayer life need not and should not be dull and boring. If you have this revelation of what prayer is really about, I congratulate you, because your prayer life is going to become more and more exciting! And like Elijah, you too are going to receive lots of 'downloads' from heaven - and you will know what to do and how to go about - while on earth. Amen!
