DCLM Higher Everyday 8 December 2024 — The Power of Prayer
DCLM Higher Everyday 8 December 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Power of Prayer
Topic: The Power of Prayer
Text: Acts 16:25-27
25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
Key Verse: “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God” (Philippians 4:6).
Message
In our daily lives, there are bound to be times we are faced with challenges, needs, misrepresentations, delayed expectations, etc. Such was the case of a brother who left his employment but his employer refused paying him his due benefits. After a few months of waiting and committing it to God in prayers, he was finally paid. Prayer is a spiritual exercise that births supernatural results. No mountain is too big to take to God in prayers. When we breathe in prayers, we breathe out power. Prayer draws us closer to God.
Paul and Silas suffered persecution and were imprisoned but they prayed. The order of their prayers as seen in our text is: i. At midnight – engage in night prayers ii. Paul and Silas – engage in corporate prayers iii. Prayed – make your requests known, not complaints iv. Sang praises – by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving make your request known to God v. Unto God – when we pray, we pray to the Almighty, not to man or any other deity. Paul and Silas had answers to their prayers.
Quote: Prayer is a spiritual exercise
Challenge: Prayer is the key.
Prayer for today: Lord, give me the grace to persevere in prayer.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
