THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER

SCRIPTURE: And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. – Luke 18:1
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The depth of your inner life determines the height of your outer life.
 
It is important to note that prayer is a measure of certain qualities in a man’s life. The value a man has for prayer portrays many things in his life and is a major determinant of other events of his life.
 
There are two critical facts that confirm the necessity of prayer, and I want you to ponder on them deeply. 
 
1. Spiritual health is confirmed by the buoyancy of your prayer life. 
Anybody who is struggling to pray is manifesting spiritual infection and infirmity. Such a person is infected by what I like to call spiritual virus, or spiritual bacteria.
 
2. Public victories are products of private or closet prayers 
For anybody to see victories in the public, he must pray in the private or closet. Before Elijah came out to speak to Ahab, he already settled the matter in the closet (1 Kings 17:1). You must travail in the closet in order to prevail in public. You must travail in prayers in the closet in order to prevail in victory in the public. The depth of your inner life determines the height of your outer life.
 
Beloved, pray without ceasing; pray as you breathe. 
 
Remember this: The depth of your inner life determines the height of your outer life.
 
ASSIGNMENT(S):
1. Make prayer a consistent and constant schedule in your life.
2. Pray as you breathe.
3. Desist from every character that will reduce your prayer life.
 
PRAYER: Lord, thank You for the privilege of having access to Your Presence. As I seek You early, let me encounter You for a change of life, LORD, in Jesus’ Name.
 
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER.
 
QUOTE: Prayer is much more than asking and receiving from God. Culled from THE PRINCIPLES AND POWER OF PRAYER by Dr Paul Enenche
 
TODAY IN HISTORY – 23RD MAY 1785: Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocals.
 
AMAZING FACT: Women have shorter tongues than men. The longest female tongue was 2.76 inches long
 
DAILY READING: 2 Samuel 2:12 to 3:39, John 13:1 to 30, Psalm 119:1 to 16, Proverbs 15:29 to 3