Prayer that changes things | Praying in the Spirit

Victory Christian Centre, Hutt City, New Zealand

Psalm 11:3 (NKJV)If the foundations are destroyed,_ what can the righteous do? _

Earlier this year, our current (outgoing!) Labour-led government has passed a law to decriminalise the killing of unborn babies in abortions, right up to birth.

This ungodly law, passed by ungodly & nasty people (liberal MPs), has further contributed towards the destruction of the foundations of our nation:

• Foundation of moral decency
• Foundation of the sanctity of life
• Etc.

Our upcoming General Elections will include 2 Referendums that, if voted "yes" by a majority of people, will further destroy the foundations of our nation:

1. Cannabis legalisation and control referendum
2. End of Life Choice referendum (Euthanasia) [binding referendum]

Psalm 10:4 (D-R)For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: _ but __ what has the just man done? _

Evil can only flourish when good men do nothing.

Quotes by Edmund Burke:

• All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

• When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptable struggle

Question:

What are we doing, the good, the just and the righteous, to stop the destruction of our nation's foundations.

When pastor David Yonggi Cho was asked about the secret to the success of the Christian church in South Korea, he said:

1. We pray (and)
2. We obey

We too adopt this same strategy, especially with view of the upcoming Elections and Referendums.

1. We pray defeat over the liberal left and the mad far right
2. We pray defeat over both (Government-initiated) referendums
3. We obey God's instructions by voting for God-fearing candidates & conservative parties (Electoral Vote and party Vote)

Psalm 75:6–7** , ** 9–10 ** (LB) For promotion and power come from nowhere on earth, but only from God. _ He promotes one and deposes another. _ … _ 9 ** But as for me, I shall forever declare the praises of the God of Jacob._ _** 10 ** "I will cut off the strength of evil men," **_ says the Lord, "and _ increase the power of good men in their place."**_

Based on this Scripture, we can (and should) pray for evil people to be removed from Parliament, and for good people to be raised up in their place.

1. Praying in the Spirit

Romans 8:26 (NKJV)Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but _ the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. _

• The Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses (limitations)
• We do not (always) know what, or how we should pray as we should
• The Holy Spirit makes intercession (prayers) for us with groanings

Groanings: Gr. stenazo - to express grief by inarticulate or semi-articulate sounds

The Holy Spirit doesn't make these groanings without us or outside of us.

He lives in us and He prays & groans through us.

J.B Phillips N.T. … but his (__God's) Spirit _ within us _ is actually praying for us in those agonising longings which never find words.

(Douay-Rheims) … the Spirit himself asketh for us with _ unspeakable groanings. _

This groaning in Romans 8:26 is reference to praying in tongues.

Praying in tongues is a heavenly prayer language that we receive when we are baptised with the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:27 (NKJV)Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because _ He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. _

• He (the Holy Spirit) makes intercession for us (in tongues - through us)
• … according to the will of God.

Praying in tongues is praying Holy Spirit-inspired words that are always in line with God's perfect will.

Acts 2:4 (NKJV)And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and _ began to speak with other tongues _, _ as the Spirit gave them utterance. _

When we pray in tongues, we do the speaking, but it is the Holy Spirit who gives us the words.

Therefore, praying in tongues (also called "praying in the spirit") is a co-operation between us and the Holy Spirit within us.

• We pray verbally and out aloud
• The Holy Spirit supplies us with the words to pray

1. " Prayer Walk the Nation 2020" – Saturday 3 October

When you go out into your neighbourhood next Saturday during "Prayer Walk the Nation 2020", pray strongly in tongues as you go:

• For the families who live in the streets around you
• For God to pour out His Spirit in your neighbourhood
  • For spiritual blindness to be removed from the people's eyes
  • To give them ears to hear the gospel and an open heart to received Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour
• Pray against the Coronavirus and its effect the people and on the nation
• Pray for God to give the population discernment in the upcoming election & referendums
• Also pray for God to take down ungodly politicians in the upcoming election, and to replace them with God-fearing people

Jude 20 (NKJV)But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, _ praying in the Holy Spirit. _

Praying in tongues has numerous functions and multiple benefits:

1. It is a supernatural prayer language
2. It is a "pre-approved" form of prayer that changes things
3. It is praying the perfect will of God for every person and every situation
4. It is an effective form of intercession for cities, regions and nations
5. Its "flow-back" effect is that:

• It lifts you out of the natural realm into the realm of the Spirit
• It is the doorway into the supernatural
• It builds you up spiritually
• It positions you to receive revelation knowledge

Colossians 4:12 (NKJV)Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, _ always laboring fervently for you in prayers _, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

If our prayers lack passion, they also lack power!

So when you pray (in tongues), pray fervently and passionately!

James 5:16 (NKJV) 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. _

Ampl. … The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].

Lets continue to pray boldly & fervently - we are changing the nation!