Morning Prayer Summary for Friday, May 18, 2018

Pastor Ray shared…

I’m going to read from a book by Andrew Wommack entitled, “Don’t Limit God.” I like something he said. I reminded me of something a day or two ago. He was talking about what we imagine, based on Proverbs 23:7, as a man thinks in his heart. I’ll just read a couple pages.

Don’t Limit God

We have to change the way think. We need to study the Word and imagine the truths God has given us, until they paint a picture on the inside of us—until we see ourselves healthy, righteous, and full of peace and joy. We can never see anything happen on the outside unless we see it happen on the inside first.

Many of you are praying for big things to happen—restoration of your marriage, healing in your body, or prosperity in your finances. You are praying for these things, but you can’t see them—and it’s frustrating. But if you’ll just meditate on the Word and allow it to paint a picture on the inside of you, it will come to pass. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he (Pro. 23:7).

Paul said, “We walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7). As a Christian, your imagination should paint such a real picture that you live by what the Word says more than you live by what you can see with your physical eyes. You can do that. You have God almighty living on the inside of you.

Are you picturing what God’s Word says about you? Can you see yourself healed? Can you see yourself prosperous? Can you see yourself doing the miracles Jesus did? If not, you need to meditate on the Word of God until you can see yourself doing these things. You need to change the way you see yourself. You need to see yourself as God sees you. You need to take the limits off and engage your imagination in order to see God’s will for your life come to pass.

Seeing on the Inside

Before I saw anything happen on the outside, I had to see them happen on the inside. Jesus said, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father” (John 14:12). I began the process of seeing things on the inside by meditating on every scripture where Jesus healed somebody or raised somebody from the dead. Then I closed my Bible, shut my eyes, and saw myself raising Lazarus from the dead. I saw myself raising Jairus’ daughter from the dead. Everything Jesus did, I saw myself do. I pictured what it would look like when Jesus said, “Take ye away the stone” (John 11:39). I was engaging my imagination.

I began believing it was possible to see people raised from the dead after reading what Jesus said in the Gospel of John. This inspired me to believe that God would do miracles through me. I thought about all of the miracles Jesus performed and said, “Father, can I raise someone from the dead?” I meditated on this so much that I raised a dozen people from the dead every night in my dreams. I had dreams about going into morgues and emptying them out. After about six months, I actually saw a person raised from the dead with my physical eyes, but then ten or fifteen years went by before I saw this happen again. One day, I again felt inspired by God to start imagining people being raised from the dead, and pretty soon, I was dreaming about it again.

Then, one night I got a phone call that my own son had died. He had been dead for four-and-a-half hours when I received the call. I just started thanking God for His goodness and magnifying Him above the circumstances. By the time I arrived at the hospital, my son had come back to life—but it wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t been meditating on and imagining God’s “raising-from-the-dead” power!

Before you can see something happen on the outside, you have to see it on the inside. It has to become so real to you that you see yourself doing it. You won’t see the miracle power of God if you are defeated, discouraged, or depressed in your imagination. Stop limiting God with your imagination. Resurrect your imagination, and start using it in a positive way.

Pastor Ray continued…

In the days that we’re living, it would be easy to imagine things not going right if we pay attention to all the negativity that is around us that is being spoken every single day. 14/7 negativity. That’s why we have to stick with the Word, right? Pastor Mac spends time every day imagining what he would do with a billion dollars, or whatever. He imagines seeing how he would use it for the ministry. Each one of use need to work on imaging the prayers we pray in the chapel really truly have an effect worldwide. If we’re lined up with the Word, we can see it in our hearts. Our faith goes along with that. I never feel like it’s a waste of time. Brother Hagin used to say, as long as I’m praying in the spirit, I know that when I’m finished praying, God’s will would be accomplished.

Do we see the stadium filled? Let’s close our eyes and imagine the stadium filled and the overflow filled. Let’s see souls coming to the Lord. Out of 66 thousand seats, there’s got to be a lot of people that will get in that do not know the Lord. We declare it shall come to pass. What needs to be done spiritually speaking, it shall be done.

Prayed…

It came up in my right now, I can see this building paid off. I see it. I got a witness on that. This building is paid in full. We have more than enough to pay it off and do what we’ve been called to do… it involves airplanes and an airline… teams of believers going to other nations… the finances are up enabling us to do what we’ve been called to do…

I see limbs growing out… hearts whole… blood pressure normal… legs walking… pain gone…families worshiping together… I see Maranatha having to expand needing more space… the sanctuary is too small… overflow… people lined up in the walkway… chains broken off… miracles… signs and wonders… our President doing more… walking in victory… doorways of opportunity… money… loose ministering spirits… businesses increase… busting out… restored… increase today… open, opening up even greater… momentum in the church… new cars, new homes… people coming into the light… an awakening… revival… impossibilities turned around… openings… things blocked are open… I see the vision of this ministry, Living Word, coming to pass in its entirety… one thing after another… by faith, we notify the building across the parking lot on the north side, we may have need of you soon, so get ready… get ready for increase… this is a supernatural park… the houses on the other side… those people blessed to be somewhere else… the sports field built… all the buildings around here, we notify you, we’ll be coming for you soon… we’ll need more room… breaking out… lost things restored… seven times greater… finances lost, restored… moving into some things… walking in the fullness of it… we pray for those in authority… our President… those that have influence… we call them into the kingdom… no hindrances… we pray for the churches gathering tonight… pastors will receive increase in their ministries… we notify Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Church is on the rise… we call forth a supply of the Holy Spirit… we declare Jesus is Lord over these cities… over these suburbs… doorways, paths… the Great Commission… we call for it all… Your greatness and mercy in our cities… we declare our cities to change… in the government… in the businesses… we will not be held back… we’re not turning back… we line ourselves up with Your Word…

In the name of Jesus, yes the words going forth… out of the hearts of those… causing those things to be… changing those things… bringing those things… the words… no longer… the words… coming forth in the name of Jesus… coming forth and changing the world… changing your mind… changing your circumstances… changing those situations… the words coming forth… the constant barrage of the anointed word of God against the darkness of this world, bringing down those walls of darkness…. walls of obstruction… in the name of Jesus, that anointed word going forth denying the right for these things to exist… the anointing… no more… no more sickness… poverty… the insight of the Holy Spirit bringing to humanity the reality of the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ… the anointing that comes by the Holy Spirit to bring a revelation into the body… in such a manner that they are convinced that the things that the father of lights… bringing those things to pass… for such a time as this… the vision, purpose, plan… salvation of millions… spoken from the hearts of those who believe, and appointed by God… coming forth from their hearts… taking hold of the things of God… with their language… with their thoughts… with their ideas… apprehending that… movement… changes going on now… possibilities… to see the glory of God in the land of the living… revival sweeping across the land… souls of men coming in daily by the thousands and even the millions… anointing of God in the highways and byways… angel of the Lord coming down on the earth… in a way that the news is no longer captivated by things that are ridiculous… but are captivated by the miraculous… imagine a day… your body filled with the anointing… your body being made whole… having the fullness of the Power of God in your body… imagine being influential… being able to write a check without thinking about whether you could cover it or not… so much bounty… moving into the plan of God…

Comments are closed.

Post Navigation