SCRIPTURE: Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. – James 5:17.

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Prayer fills a person’s life with the Presence of God.

 

Prayer, the flow of communication between man and God proceeding from a healthy and lively relationship, is vital in the life of every child of God; it is a basic requirement if one must stand to fulfil God’s purpose for one’s life.

 

Prayer is much more than asking and receiving from God. 

 

There are many reasons prayer is necessary besides casting our cares and worries upon God.

 

We shall consider one important necessity of prayer:

Prayer connects man with God’s Presence.

Prayer is a basic necessity because it establishes a contact between man and God. It fills a person’s life with the Presence of God. In Exodus 33:15, Moses said, “If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.” What Moses was saying in essence is: “I have seen all manner of wonders but I need Your Presence. If Your Presence does not go with us, there is no need to move us from here.”

 

This tangible, palpable and feelable Presence of God is connected by prayer.

 

Therefore, endeavour to give yourself to the life of prayer in order to connect God’s presence.  Make communion with God a necessity in your life.

 

Remember this: Prayer fills a person’s life with the Presence of God.

 

ASSIGNMENT (S):

1. Ask God for a fresh baptism of prayer fire.

2. Cultivate the discipline of personal prayer consistently.

 

PRAYER: O LORD, I ask that You baptize me afresh with prayer fire. Help me to be disciplined at the place of prayer, worship and study of the WORD IN Jesus’ Name. 

 

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER.

 

QUOTE: There is a relationship between prayer and a new beginning – the beginning of a year, a marriage, career, business or whatever it may be. Culled from PRINCIPLES AND POWER OF PRAYER by Dr Paul Enenche.

 

AMAZING FACT: There are more than 600 different types of bacteria in the mouth and a millilitre of saliva contains 1,000,000 of them.

 

TODAY IN HISTORY – 2/6/1953:  Queen Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Territories & Head of the Commonwealth.

 

DAILY READING: 2 Samuel 19:11 to 20:13, John 21:1 to 25, Psalm 120:1 to 7, Proverbs 16:16 to17