The Indispensable Power of Prayer
In addition to the Indispensable Word of God we shared last week, another Indispensable habit and lifestyle that a new believer in Christ needs, and in fact all of us who continue in Him as well as aspiring humanity is the Power of Intentional Prayer bathed in the power of the Holy Spirit. The definition of Prayer is simply a dialogue, communicating with God. We all need such a help because we all daily are in some situations that we cannot help ourselves, especially in the effort to live the authenticity of our Christian faith.
In John 15:5-7, Jesus Himself said and admonishes us with the analogy, “I am the vine, and you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing… If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you”.
The reality of our spiritual life with growth and maturity thereby is our dependence on the Lord Jesus who has given us His Holy Spirit to be our helper. In addition, we all face challenges and battles of life daily for which we need power that is greater than us to confront and overcome. Self effort cannot win such difficulties, challenges and battles for us. Even in the exercising of the Prayer power, reality dictates that we need help as per Romans 8:26-27 thus, “In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groaning too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God”.
We thank God that as He so much loves us that He gave us His Son Jesus Christ to save and redeem us back to Himself from the power and destructive nature of sin and all powers and principalities, He also made provision for us through the power of prayer in times of need which we have every day.
So as we face the challenges of this day and week ahead, which will definitely come in various sizes, we are encouraged to humble ourselves to admit that we need God’s help and tap into the free help of prayer resource to assist us to face and overcome. While we are limited in our own strength and abilities, praise God that we all have available to us the unlimited power of the Lord Jesus as we commit challenging issues of our life and trust Him to see us through. With God all things are possible by the power of Holy Spirit. God is always available to us anytime and anywhere and all small or great circumstances.