“Powered by Google” and “Proudly powered by WordPress,” I am reading on the screen of the monitor.

Powered by ……..What?

I don’t know about you, but I want to be powered by PRAYER!

I have learned that “‘PRAYER is the soul of man talking to God.'”

HOW CAN WE BE POWERED BY PRAYER?

Let me mention here two things, praise and asking.

First of all we are encouraged to praise.

One part of prayer should be ADORATION. What is adoration? Adoration is when our soul is praising and worshipping God. Please read Psalm 95:6

When I am thinking about praising the Lord, two passages from the Bible are coming to my mind, namely Second Chronicles 20 and Acts 16.

In Second Chronicles chapter 20 King Jehoshaphat is in trouble,  but singing and praising gets him out of his trouble. And have you ever prayed like king Jehoshaphat? This is the last sentence of his prayer. You find the last sentence of his prayer in Second Chronicles 20:12  “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.”

In Acts chapter 16 Paul and Silas are in prison and praying and singing gets them out of prison. Let us also notice that Paul and Silas were singing about midnight. What a time to sing hymns to God. But they did. What happened? An earthquake happened.

Read the whole story for yourself in the New Testament in the book of Acts. (Acts 16:16-40) Yes, the Bible is a very exciting book!

Secondy we are encouraged to ask.

And here again two Bible passages: Matthew 7:7 and James 4:2.

In Matthew 7:7 The Lord Jesus says, “‘Ask and it will be given to you;…'”

I like especially James 4:2 where it says, “YOU DO NOT HAVE, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT ASK GOD.” Can I encourage you to ask!

And here are the three answers God gives to prayer: 1. Yes, 2. No, 3. Wait.

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“We will never learn to pray by reading books on the subject. We must pray. Be sure to thank Him constantly for answered prayer.” – Alban Douglas in ONE HUNDRED BIBLE LESSONS.

Billy Graham says, “Without constant, daily, systematic prayer, your life will seem barren, discouraging, and fruitless. Without constant prayer you never can know the inner peace that God wants to give you.”

I say once more: Yes, I want to be powered by prayer!