Publicly tie yourself to your prayer

How many times have many of us decided not to pray publicly on an issue for fear of failing and looking bad to others? Let's be honest! That kind of omission, born out of a defensive attitude and a lack of faith, represents a subtle expectation of defeat that robs our prayers of power.

When we let others know that we are praying about a specific issue, we establish a spiritual commitment that adds power and weight to our prayers. By verbalizing our requests in a public way, this constitutes a prophetic act, a statement of faith that unleashes the power of God and invigorates our prayer.

Obviously, this does not apply to occasions when the Spirit Himself directs us to reserve certain intimate requests in private that only at a later time, or perhaps never, are shared with the people around us. But generally, the outsourcing of our spiritual requests and decisions represents a declaration of war on the principalities that seek to overwhelm us, and a strong declaration of confidence in God's faithfulness.

I tell my congregation, “Get engaged! Hold on to your spiritual goals. Declare them. Share them with two or three people who believe and remember what you have stated ”.

There is a time to cultivate visions of God in silence, quiet, and privacy. But the time also comes to announce the vision, to declare it, and prophesy it (Hab 2: 2). That way, you are committed and tied to your statement of faith, and it is more difficult to back down and leave the battlefield prematurely when the going gets tough and tough.

God honors the faith of the one who believes him enough to share with others what he is asking of him. Declare your visions and your requests to those around you. That public statement will become a prophetic word that will unleash divine support for your request and bring the answer you need.