Prayer changes destinies
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: Prayer is essential for the Christian life and is encouraged throughout the Bible. Prayer changes us first, renews our perspective, and connects us with the spirit world and divine energy. Fasting is also important and is a weapon of war, violating all principles of logic by weakening us to become strong. Fasting is a way of praying with our bodies and saying to the Lord that we prefer His blessing and pleasure over food. There are many creative ways to fast and enter into a life of fasting and prayer. The foundations of our spiritual life must be solid to handle the burdens of life and ministry, and prayer, fasting, and holiness are important wheels to strengthen those foundations.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of prayer in our daily lives, whether it be for small or big things. He shares a personal testimony of how prayer changed a situation that seemed irreversible. He encourages us to pray for every aspect of our lives, including our health, finances, and relationships. The speaker then turns to the story of Hezekiah in the Bible, who cried out to God when he received a death sentence from a prophet. Hezekiah's faithfulness and commitment to the Lord gave him the authority to come before God with his arguments and negotiate with Him. Through his passionate prayer, God changed Hezekiah's destiny and added 15 years to his life. The speaker urges us to be ardent in the spirit and to cultivate our prayers until they become a reality in our lives.
The speaker discusses the story of Hezekiah in the Bible, who cried out to God in prayer and was blessed with protection, national prosperity, and 15 extra years of life. The speaker encourages the congregation to also cry out to God in prayer during a week of fasting and prayer, seeking blessings for themselves, their family, their home, their community, and their church. The speaker emphasizes the importance of periodically returning to the basics of love, passion, delivery, and spiritual fire in order to maintain perpetual revival in the church. The congregation is urged to pay the price of seeking God's face in prayer and to commit to a visitation from the Holy Spirit. The speaker concludes by blessing the congregation in the name of Jesus.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of prayer in our daily lives, whether it be for small or big things. He shares a personal testimony of how prayer changed a situation that seemed irreversible. He encourages us to pray for every aspect of our lives, including our health, finances, and relationships. The speaker then turns to the story of Hezekiah in the Bible, who cried out to God when he received a death sentence from a prophet. Hezekiah's faithfulness and commitment to the Lord gave him the authority to come before God with his arguments and negotiate with Him. Through his passionate prayer, God changed Hezekiah's destiny and added 15 years to his life. The speaker urges us to be ardent in the spirit and to cultivate our prayers until they become a reality in our lives.
The speaker discusses the story of Hezekiah in the Bible, who cried out to God in prayer and was blessed with protection, national prosperity, and 15 extra years of life. The speaker encourages the congregation to also cry out to God in prayer during a week of fasting and prayer, seeking blessings for themselves, their family, their home, their community, and their church. The speaker emphasizes the importance of periodically returning to the basics of love, passion, delivery, and spiritual fire in order to maintain perpetual revival in the church. The congregation is urged to pay the price of seeking God's face in prayer and to commit to a visitation from the Holy Spirit. The speaker concludes by blessing the congregation in the name of Jesus.
I want to mark your spirit here concerning prayer and the power of prayer to change destinies, the power of prayer to impact the heart of God and evoke, elicit from your heart a word in response to our needs, radically change our situation. Prayer changes destinations.
I want to put in your heart through an event, an episode in the life of King Hezekiah, I want to encourage all of us to a life of prayer, a life of clamor. And we want to frame what we're doing this week with an image that burns in our hearts about what we should pray for.
I want to put in your heart through an event, an episode in the life of King Hezekiah, I want to encourage all of us to a life of prayer, a life of clamor. And we want to frame what we're doing this week with an image that burns in our hearts about what we should pray for.
