0:00 Father, we give you the praise and the honor. Thank you for this third day of the prayer and the fast. And thank you for the altar call. Thank you for life's changed and destiny is revolutionized. We worship you. We honor you. Thank you, master. Speak to us tonight as we move into praying and intering for the remaining half of the year. We worship you Lord in Jesus precious name. Amen. Give the Lord a praise as you take your seat in the presence of the Lord. Hallelujah. Welcome to the third day of the fast dominion fast 2025. This third day there shall be resurrections in Jesus name. I'm speaking on the necessity
0:46 of prayer. The necessity. This is on the general syllabus of our month of prayer. The necessity of prayer. Why prayer is is a month of prayer? Objective actually is to understand why prayer is necessary. Most people pray because it is a religious obligation. Most people pray because their conscience will convict convict them
1:31 if they don't pray like others pray. But why is it necessary to pray? Why is it necessary? In Luke 18:E1, he gave a parable to the effect that men ought always to pray and not to faint. Why is it necessary? Number one, we pray to service and strengthen our relationship with our father. We pray to service and strengthen our relationship with our father.
2:21 Communication lubricates relationship. It is necessary and critical to pray. If our relationship with God must be alive, if our relationship with God must be functional, if our relationship with God must be real. Prayerlessness is confirmation of relationship breakdown. Prayerlessness is confirmation of relationship sickness, relationship with God. Even among human beings, when people have a breakdown in relationship, they are not in talking
3:07 terms. They are not in talking terms. When when you greet him, he doesn't answer. You he greets you, he don't answer. That kind of a thing. When a man and his wife have a relationship breakdown, they there's a a communication breakdown. We pray to service. It is necessary. If your relationship with God is important to you, you will not be begged to pray. If your relationship with your heavenly father is important to you, we pray to service and strengthen our relationship with our father. Matthew chapter 6 verse 9. When you pray after this manner, therefore pray our father which art in heaven, hallowed be
3:52 thy name to strengthen. Number two, we pray to enforce the will and plan of the father in the earth. To enforce the will and plan of the father in the earth. Why is it necessary to pray? So that the will of God can be enforced. So that the plan of God can be enforced. The will of God will not just happen. It is enforced. The the plan of God does not just happen. It is enforced because there are forces contending with it. In Matthew 6 and in verse 10, he said, "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven."
4:39 In 1 John chapter 5 verse 14 and 15, and this is the confidence we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us. So the place of prayer is where we are enforcing the will of God in the earth, the will of God for your life, the will of God for my life, the will of God for our nation, the will of God for our generation, we force it to happen at the place of prayer. If you are interested in God's will happening in your life, in your time, in your generation, if you are interested in God's will happening in your family, if you are interested in the plan of God coming to pass in your nation, then you must be interested in prayer. Number three,
5:25 we pray to tackle satanic activity in the earth. increased satanic activity in the earth. Our prayer is what we use to tackle the activity of Satan in the earth. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespass as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Matthew 6:13, we break, we break, we tackle increased satanic activity in the earth.
6:10 Why must we pray? Because the devil has intensified his activity in the earth. In Matthew 13:4 and 25, he said, "Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field. And while but while men slept, when people failed to pray, when people are slumbering, the enemy came and sow tears among the wheat." If you don't want the devil to plant your field, be awake and pray. If you don't want the devil to plant your field, if you don't want him to sow tons in your life, tons in your destiny,
6:57 turns in your business, you must be awake to pray. Why must we pray? Because we have a devil that is on rampage looking for where to sow tears, looking for where to plant wajala, plant trouble, plant calamity, plant disaster. If you don't want that devil to plant calamity, we must be awake and pray. Very very painful story of young lady married young lady around 4:00 a.m. she was woken to pray and she felt as felt tired and felt like let me sleep a little bit and then I'll pray. She slept till about 5 but about that 5 she was woken up by calamity.
7:44 She was woken up by disaster. God saw that an enemy agenda was in was was around the corner and woke her up to pray but she was not able to pray. The the balance was calamity. Young man that I know very well was led into a fast and instead of fasting till the the the end of the day he saw food in the afternoon and ate. That same day the enemy attacked him. That attack has lasted for over 20 something years while men slept. Why do we pray? We pray because we don't want the devil to do over time in our lives. We pray because we don't want our lives to be the battleground for the devil. Our life, the battle ground must not be our lives.
8:31 The battleground must be the gates of the enemy. It must be the gates of hell. We must turn the battle to the to the gates. Why do we pray? We pray to tackle increased satanic activity in the earth. It's not a matter of when whether you you want to pray. It's a matter of whether you want to pray. It's a matter of you we have to pray. Why do we pray? Number four, we pray to access our inheritance and promises from God. Our inheritance and promises from God. There are things that are our inheritance. There are things that are our promises from God. We access them at the platform of prayer. Give us this day our daily
9:18 bread. God has bread for us ready for every day. Matthew 6:11. It is on the altar of prayer that we access our inheritance and promises from God. In Daniel chapter chapter 9 verse 1 and 2, God promised the children of Israel that they will stay in captivity for 70 years. But 70 years came and was going and Daniel went to the place of prayer. In verse two, he said he said in the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet that he will accomplish 70 years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And then I set my face unto the Lord to seek by prayer and by supplication. God gave a promise and he
10:06 had to enforce it at a place of prayer. God gave a a prophetic word came and it must be enforced. If you are interested in what God has promised you, if you are interested in your inheritance in God, if you are interested in what is yours in God, you can't be lazy in prayer. There are so many Christians who are lazy in prayer. They are very active in many things. If you if you talk about um jamboree music things and that they are very ready to just lift their hand and just be enjoying themsel and dancing which is not bad. But if you are interested in getting your inheritance from God, you are interested in in in in receiving the promises of God for your life. You can't be lazy at the place of prayer. We pray to access our
10:55 inheritance and promises in God. What God has for us, what he has promised us may not come to pass until they are enforced by prayer. Number five, we pray to keep ourselves spiritual and in close proximity with God. We pray to keep ourselves spiritual and in close proximity with God. To keep ourselves spiritual and in close proximity with God means we pray to keep away from caral fleshly and earthly living. To keep ourselves away from cannal from
11:42 fleshly from earthly living. to keep ourselves spiritual and keep ourself in close proximity with God. In James chapter 4:8, it says, "Draw near to me, draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people." So every time you you draw near to God, he draws near to you. He cleanses your hands. Is God speaking to somebody here? The truth of the matter is prayerlessness is the doorway to carelessness of life. Prayerlessness. Prayerless people are reckless people. Prayerless people are clearless people. If you want your spirituality to be
12:28 spiritual, that is you are a spiritual person that is in close proximity with God. You cannot do without prayer. When your prayer fire is going down, your spirituality is going down. When you are when you are when you are becoming less prayerful, you are becoming less spiritual. And then you are becoming more more natural, more normal, more earthly. You can't afford that because we live in a highly spiritual world. We said that yesterday. We live in a highly spiritual world. I was talking with somebody today and I told the person it appeared as if you you were in the service yesterday
13:15 when I was preaching. The person is connected to a very high ranking person, top person. She said the man is busy signing things that he doesn't understand. I said that yesterday only realize after he signed he said a particular man that is the right hand man of this man who is his greatest strength he signed and sacked him without knowing.
14:02 Do you understand what I'm saying? He brought a letter to sack this man. That is all the people around you are lions. This one is your eagle. Signed only knew after it has been. Do you understand? We live in a highly spiritual world. You can't afford to be normal. You can't afford to be natural. You can't afford to be cannal. You must make up your mind to to to to to walk in this spiritual realm. One man was driving in a hold up and his car slowed down
14:49 and he felt like giving a beggar money and he gave the beggar money. As he drove a little bit, the Holy Ghost said, "Go and collect back your money." That is money that they will use for ritual and transfer your destiny. And he went and just looked at it. He knew the note he gave, picked it and returned. If he wasn't spiritual, he would have been doing misplaced benevolence. Benevolence without sensitivity. Charity without spiritual sensitivity. Like many have done. Many crashed after they gave money to people in the village. Yes sir. Yes sir. So we live so you cannot afford to be normal. You can't afford to be natural.
15:37 And that will lead me to the next point. We you we must be spiritual. For that purpose you must be prayerful. Number six that is that leads us to the next point. Prayer. We pray to keep in touch with heavenly signals and transmission. We pray to keep in touch with heavenly signals and transmission or with signals and transmission from heaven consistently. You pray to keep in touch with transmissions and signals from heaven consistently. We pray to maintain currency to be current in the spirit.
16:23 Habac 2 verse 1 to verse verse chapter 2 verse 1 to verse two he said I will stand upon my watch that is the place of prayer and I will I will watch to see what he will say unto me and what I shall answer when I am reproved I'm standing to watch the place of prayer is the watch place where you you maintain touch with spiritual signals and transmission so that you don't miss the signals from heaven heaven. You don't miss transmissions from heaven. You are current per time. Jesus was praying in Luke 3:21. When the heavens opened, he was baptized. Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also being
17:08 baptized and praying the heaven opened. And then the voice came in verse and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him and a voice came from heaven which said, "Thou art my beloved son, in thee I'm well pleased." He was praying and he heard the voice in Luke chapter 9 29 and then verse 35. Luke 9. And as he prayed the fashion of his countenance was altered and his reignment was white and glistening. Verse 35. And there came a voice out of the cloud saying this is my beloved son. Hear him. That is this is what prayer is. That this is why it is critically necessary to be in touch with transmissions in touch with signals from heaven consistently. Is is not compulsory that you heard a voice but
17:54 you just finish praying even if you heard nothing you go you go ahead and sleep and then you got a a prophetic dream a revelation a pro a a a prophetic revelation a dream a prophetic dream in the night you woke up God led you to a passage of scripture and then he begins to lead you and guide you. This is going to be the thrust of our prayer tonight. Father, for the rest of this year, may I not miss your signals. Is that a good prayer at all? For the rest of this year, may I not miss my steps. May I not be found at the wrong place at the right time at the wrong time. That is our prayer tonight. So, we pray to keep in touch with signals and transmissions from heaven consistently. Number seven, we pray to avoid fainting
18:41 or giving up in the journey of life. We pray to avoid fainting or giving up in the journey of life because life can be demanding. Life can be demanding. Luke 18:1, he said, "Men ought always to pray and not to faint." You can read it to me. Pray and don't be tired. And you can also read it to me. Pray so that you are not tired. Pray so that you don't give up. Pray so that you don't you don't you don't you don't throw in the towel. If you don't pray, the devil will wear weary you out. If you don't pray, the devil will tire you out. Are you hearing what I'm saying here today? Men ought always to pray and not to give up. In Galatians 6 and in
19:27 verse 9 he said and be not weary in welloing which includes praying for in in due season we shall reap if we faint not. I see a prayer re revolution happening a prayer revival is already on. 24-hour prayer chain is right on there and I believe it's our season. Somebody here who is about to give up or to faint. I declare energy fresh energy is released upon you. Say a loud amen. Now, so why do we pray? Let's look at the seven points very, very quickly. Number one, we pray to service and strengthen. I I want you to read with me because we are in a class right now. Number one, we pray to strengthen and service our relationship with our father. Number two, we pray to enforce
20:14 the will and plan of the father in the earth. Number three, we pray to tackle increased satanic activity in the earth. Number four, we pray to access our inheritance and promises from God. Number five, we pray to keep ourselves spiritual and in close proximity with God. We pray to keep ourselves from canal fleshly and earthly living. Number six, we pray to keep in touch with signals and transmissions from heaven consistently. We need to hear God. And number seven, we pray to avoid fainting or giving up in the journey of life. Somebody shout hallelujah. This is my counsel is three-fold. Number one, pray as a matter of spiritual necessity
21:04 and not religious activity. Pray as a matter of spiritual necessity, not just religious activity. There's a difference. We have a lot of religions of this world who we must pray at this and no as a matter of spiritual life. Look at what Paul the Apostle said. 1 Thessalonians 5:17, he say pray without ceas. I'll come to that in the second point. Pray as a matter of spiritual necessity, not as a matter of religious activity. Number two, pray not because
21:51 it is commanded or convenient, but because it is expedient. Pray not because it is commanded or convenient. Not just because because some people may say it is a command so let me follow the command. Not just because it is commanded and don't pray because it is convenient because it will not be convenient all the time. If you follow feeling to pray you sign for failure you sign for defeat. There are times okay what about commanding the day night prayer 600 and something days do you think it is easy to come out
22:38 every day and every time it is 11 in the night it you are is something that you are excited about yes you are happy at what God will do but many time the flesh itself wants to relax that's the truth if we see otherwise it's not realistic that is you keep yourself going. Those who do convenient things never arrive at destiny. Not because it is commanded alone, not because it is convenient, but because it is expedient.
23:24 Take your seat. What is the meaning of pray without ceasing? What do you do without stopping? Breathing. Pray like you breathe. Pray like you breathe. Let prayer be your breath. Let prayer be your blood stream blood flow. Pray like you eat. Except during fasting. Hallelujah. Pray without ceasing. Pray not because it is commanded or because it is convenient but because it is expedient. That was what we saw in Luke 18:1. Men ought always to pray and not to faint. That was what we we also saw in 1 Thessalonians 5 and in verse 17.
24:12 Pray without ceasing. Finally, never give up on praying until results are experienced. Never give up on praying until results are experienced. Never. Prayer is like vision. Never give up on the vision until the results are experienced. Galatians chapter 6 and in verse 9 he said let us not be weary in welloing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. Don't give up. Don't give up. Reason why you
25:00 must not give up is because when you don't give up the enemy gives up. Resistance handles is handled by persistence. You remember Isaac? Why would you give up? Because if you don't give up, along the line, God may give you light and insight on how to handle the matter. Jeremiah 33:3, "Call unto me and I will answer you. And if there is a need of anything you need to know to bring this answer to pass, I will show you great and mighty things which you know not." There are times where God need to show you something before the prayer is answered. There are times God need to
25:46 show you something to do or show you a dimension to pray or show you how to go about it before the answer. So you keep praying until whichever way it happens, something happens. Stand up on your feet. Oh yes. Whichever way. Whichever way. He sends an angel. He opens your eyes on revelation of the night. He gives you a word from the from scripture. He changes the systems. He creates a seed that was not existent before like he did for Joseph. Whatever it is, something happens until something happens. Somebody say a loud amen. Did you receive something tonight? Are you ready to pray with aggression, to
26:32 pray with brutality? Are we set? Lift up your hands and give him the praise. Tonight, we're going to be praying specifically on God ushering us into light, revelation, direction, his plan, and his purpose. Lift your hands and your voice and say, "Father, thank you for your word tonight. I am grateful for your word. Be glorified Lord in Jesus name." Go on ahead and pray. Oh, [Laughter]
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