Morning Prayer Summary for Thursday, October 25, 2018

Pastor Ray shared…

Ephesians 6:18, “Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit…” Really, that’s a command to us as the Church. “To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people)” (Amp.).

When we continually lift Him up, I believe we’re led by His Spirit always. My brother contacted me about a classmate of mine that I haven’t talked to for 30 years. My brother lives in the same area as this man and he told me this man was dealing with cancer. He said if I wanted to check on him I could go on “Caring Bridge.” I went there and looked at it. I didn’t do anything for a while. Then I felt “compelled” to text him. Through Facebook, I contacted his wife and asked her if I could call him. She gave me his phone number. I called him about 3 weeks ago. We talked about the old days, but the main purpose of my call was to be sure he was saved. We were all raised Catholic back then. When I talked to him about the Lord and about being saved and about being born again, he was totally open. He said he was ready to leave earth. He was blessed by his family and loved his grandchildren. He prayed so openly and strongly to be saved. That was 3 weeks ago. A week ago, I rechecked up on him at Caring Bridge and saw he went home to be with the Lord. I can say that he “went home to be with the Lord.” I personally heard him accept Him as his Savior. Even though whatever his wife was saying, even though whatever his children were saying, it had nothing to do with the Word. They’re not sure where he is. His grandchildren asked him, “Is there a heaven?” He said, “I think so.” Now he knows so.

But I said all that to say “in the spirit” or “by the spirit” we’re directed all the time. He’s always directing us. He’s always leading us. So if we say we’re not really hearing His voice, that’s not true. A lot of times, when people will say, “Would you pray for this or agree with me on that,” concerning the future, they already know the answer internally. Ephesians tells us, first of all, to pray at all times on every occasion with all manner of prayer. But pray “in the spirit.” That’s what I want to address. When we say “pray in the spirit,” we could also say “worship in the spirit,” “live in the spirit” because this scripture tells us to pray at all times.

So just the past months, I’ve had it in my heart to continually press or believe and speak and pray about “more of the Holy Spirit.” There’s more. Whatever we have received so far, whatever awesome things we’ve experienced by the Spirit, we know there is still more to be had. When we get to heaven, I believe that in the millions of years or eons to come, we could still be asking Him, “Could You give me revelation on this?” Because there is always more of Him to be had. And that’s why He’s inside of us, leading us to more of Him. That’s how we’re able to do what we’re called to do. That’s how we’re able to lift up our prayers to Him and know without a shadow of a doubt, we will receive the answers. We’re never going to stop asking. We’re always going to keep asking for more.

I want to address this one thing. That verse tells us to be praying at all times “in the spirit.” Some wonder, “Is that just praying in other tongues?” No. It is praying in other tongues, definitely praying in the spirit. But it also includes many different kinds of prayer. It says that in Ephesians, the Amplified, “with all manner of prayer and entreaty.” So this means that being in the spirit is much broader than simply using our heavenly language. It’s bigger than that. So praying “in the spirit” doesn’t refer to “how” you pray. It’s not just about one “kind” of prayer. It doesn’t refer to the “way” that we pray. But “in the spirit” is the “place” that we pray. Get it? It’s not a certain way and it’s not a certain how, but it’s “where” we pray.

One other scripture, verse 13. This is the Message version. “Be prepared. You’re up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it’s all over but the shouting you’ll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You’ll need them throughout your life. God’s Word is an indispensable weapon. In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out.”

We can look for answers from someone else. We can be expecting a specific word by the Spirit through another person but that’s not just the way that we need to hear from Him. That’s not just the way that we get further into the spirit. But He is speaking. Like I said at the beginning, He is always speaking to us and we as members of the body, are being trained up. It’s not that we just look to a certain man or woman or prophet… We actually need all that. We need the whole body in action with every person in his or her place. But all of us are being raised up in the Church and to be the help for someone else. That’s how I take that last part. “Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out.”

Don’t you hate it when someone drops out or by the wayside? They were fired up in the beginning but then something happened. Who knows? Some people get offended or this and that. I hate that when people are in the spirit. They’re following the Lord. Their lives are changed. They’re doing what God has called them to do. Pastor Mac describes it like this. They come in and they’re down and out. They get help and they increase. The move up, literally, toward the front of the church. Then something happens. They start moving back. Then they move out.

But we will not move out. We will not go back. Why? Because there’s more of Him to be had!

Mary led group in singing in the Spirit…

Prayed…

Watching… awareness… watching over that… a sign… watching… seeing it all… we watch over it… showing and revealing and uncovering… attentive to it… that’s the right way to watch… and to know… to know and see that way… that is the way… to contend all day, all the way… pressing on… see, see, see… the spirit of seeing… see the way it should go… the direction that it should flow… the words to direct the way… calling it, declaring it and believing for it…

We watch over these situations, things that are happening in these days. We declare things will be revealed, uncovered concerning either bombs or fake bombs, however we want to address that. We believe and pray and plead the blood of Jesus over all of the authorities in every city in every state and we pray that these things that have been hidden will be exposed, revealed for what they were intended to be in Jesus’ name.

We pray for wisdom for our leaders, for our President, for those in positions of authority, for the FBI, for the police, those in that kind of positions… we pray over their eyes to see… hidden things be revealed in Jesus’ name… stopped! Stopped in the name of Jesus… whatever the purpose was, it shall be revealed for what it was intended to be in Jesus’ name… we’ll declare it this morning… nothing! No work of the enemy, no attempt by the enemy to derail the election and move it in a wrong way… it shall not take place for this nation is coming together. We know that it’s only by Your Spirit and through a move of Your Spirit, only by the blood… we have overcome because You overcame through the blood shed on the cross… we declare this morning that this nation will continually move in Your way… we pray for the awakening, a revival to break out… in every city and every small town… we pray for the Church, Lord… we pray over our leaders, those in positions of authority in the church… we cover them with the blood… wisdom, understanding, utterance by the power of Your Spirit… we watch over our nation, every aspect of it… the borders… we watch from coast to coast… we apply the blood of Jesus over our nation… open up a greater degree a move of Your Spirit… that will move us in more and more of Your perfect will for this nation… miracles, supernatural signs and direction… we loose ministering spirits to “Go, work on our behalf”… resources… finances… bring it forth now… we lift up our pastors, Mac and Lynne… prosperity of every kind—spirit, soul, and body… they have eyes to see and ears to hear…

Mary led group in worship…

Pastor Ray…

Some things right now, these days that we’re living in have tended to consume more of our thoughts than the thoughts we need to have for Him. Some natural situations have attempted to take over more territory in our minds and thoughts. I feel the Holy Spirit saying “only in a short while and in a short time from now, you will look back and see those things that were trying to captivate you and take you from Me, those things, those thoughts, attempts from the enemy to move you, or us, off from where we should be. So the Spirit of God is saying to us “we will in a short time from now look back and see that, that was nothing for Him to remove, to change, and to get you through.” So we take our places by faith under the blood of the Lamb in the name of Jesus and do what we can do to keep ourselves in that place of the Spirit and continually move ahead and now allow debris, disturbances, lack, strife, whatever the plan of the enemy was against us to move ahead, to contend for more, continually call it forth… more of His presence in our lives.

Mary led group in song…

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