Power and Passion

In prayer. Perhaps I should say - in your praying.? Remember:

   "... pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]." [James 5:16]

Would you classify you as a persistent and righteous pray-er? Persistence is really an act of faith. It's not just requesting prayer results that you are focusing on but have yet to come to fruition. Do you ever use praise as your act of prayer when you haven't seen the hoped for results? How about understanding? Maybe acceptance?  Are you following the instructions in Hebrews (4:12. 16}? Confidence is never spoken in demanding terms, so what is your attitude when asking?

So, is your praying full of power? Of passion? Perhaps a definition would be in order. I would suspect that if there is no passion it’s unlikely that there’s much power. Harsh? Perhaps… but that doesn’t make it inaccurate. Power speaks confidence. Passion speaks personal involvement. Both are needed in prayer and without them, what does your praying look like?

When I use the word 'power' I'm not using it in terms of over other people. You can legitimately utilize influence, competence as two examples of the proper use of power. However, manipulation and threats do NOT apply. And exactly Who are you attempting to use that power over when the context is prayer?

Another component is how you view the various manifestations of God that He uses to help us understand Who He is and What He does and How He does it? Example: healing. Do remember that healing is more than physical, though that's part. When we think about healing I think we should think spirit, soul, and body. And look to the result - restored. 

Through prayer we can tap into all that is in the Father's will and can act with assurance because He's with us and helps us. Prayer is one of our communication tools that makes satan furious because we have the blessing and honor to talk with God - something satan never wanted. Why would we give up one of our greatest assets? 

As we pray, believing, our own power is increased against the work of the devil. Remember our weapons of warfare are not carnal. Actually I think the devil would want to deceive us in believing our warfare is carnal because then he can attempt to mislead us, lie, steal... and kill. Killing is more than just death of the body... it's the killing of our spirit that's the devil's target and he uses our soul to target our spirit. 

As long as we stay connected with the source - God in all His manifestations and attributes. When we come expecting, come confidently we do tap into this source. We are so much more than we realize and the devil spends a great deal of his time and energy directed at separating us from the loving Father. 

When you come confidently knowing, your power and passion is increased to be effective, to become the Ambassador to the world we live in.