11.3 Changing circumstances through prayer
As priests, our function is to pray. Why are our prayers important? Prayer changes circumstances. But the opposite is also true. God cannot work to change circumstances on this earth unless someone prays. You may be surprised to hear that. A great man of God once said, “It seems that God is limited by our prayer life, that He can do nothing for humanity unless someone asks Him to do it.”
We mentioned a few lessons ago that God gave the dominion of the lease on this earth to Adam (Gen 1:28). When Adam sinned, Satan usurped his authority and became the god of this age (2 Cor 4:4). But when Jesus went to the cross and broke the power of sin with His blood, He took back the spiritual authority on this earth from Satan.
Jesus has delegated His spiritual authority on this earth to us, the Church, which is His body on earth. If the Church does not enforce this authority on earth, Satan will continue to rule. Jesus says that whatever we bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever we loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Heaven will back us up when we enforce our spiritual authority.
Throughout the Bible, prayer has preceded every important event. Many days of prayers preceded the outpouring of the Spirit and the explosive birth of the Church (Acts 1:12-14). Constant prayers were made throughout Paul’s missionary journeys that established the Gentile churches and ultimately brought the gospel to the ends of the earth (1 Cor 14:18; Gal 4:19; Col 4:12).
How do we use our spiritual authority to enforce His victory and establish His kingdom on this earth? It is accomplished through prayer. Your role as a priest is to exercise your spiritual authority through prayer to change circumstances on this earth. Through prayer, we enforce the victory of Jesus over the dominion of Satan in our lives and the lives of others.
The people who do not know Jesus have yet to enjoy spiritual authority in Christ. They are still subject to the power and authority of the enemy (Col 1:13; 2 Cor 4:3-4). The Bible promises that the gates of hell shall not prevail (Matt 16:18). We are to storm the gates of hell through prayer to rescue the lost to the kingdom of light.
To those in the kingdom of light, we are to pray for them to be perfect and complete in the will of God (Col 4:12).We must realize that our destiny and that of our loved ones, our churches, our countries, as well as history, can be changed for the better when we exercise our spiritual authority through prayer.
We mentioned a few lessons ago that God gave the dominion of the lease on this earth to Adam (Gen 1:28). When Adam sinned, Satan usurped his authority and became the god of this age (2 Cor 4:4). But when Jesus went to the cross and broke the power of sin with His blood, He took back the spiritual authority on this earth from Satan.
Jesus has delegated His spiritual authority on this earth to us, the Church, which is His body on earth. If the Church does not enforce this authority on earth, Satan will continue to rule. Jesus says that whatever we bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever we loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Heaven will back us up when we enforce our spiritual authority.
Throughout the Bible, prayer has preceded every important event. Many days of prayers preceded the outpouring of the Spirit and the explosive birth of the Church (Acts 1:12-14). Constant prayers were made throughout Paul’s missionary journeys that established the Gentile churches and ultimately brought the gospel to the ends of the earth (1 Cor 14:18; Gal 4:19; Col 4:12).
How do we use our spiritual authority to enforce His victory and establish His kingdom on this earth? It is accomplished through prayer. Your role as a priest is to exercise your spiritual authority through prayer to change circumstances on this earth. Through prayer, we enforce the victory of Jesus over the dominion of Satan in our lives and the lives of others.
The people who do not know Jesus have yet to enjoy spiritual authority in Christ. They are still subject to the power and authority of the enemy (Col 1:13; 2 Cor 4:3-4). The Bible promises that the gates of hell shall not prevail (Matt 16:18). We are to storm the gates of hell through prayer to rescue the lost to the kingdom of light.
To those in the kingdom of light, we are to pray for them to be perfect and complete in the will of God (Col 4:12).We must realize that our destiny and that of our loved ones, our churches, our countries, as well as history, can be changed for the better when we exercise our spiritual authority through prayer.
posted by Joshua Lye @ 12:31 AM
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