The other day, we were
talking about the unlimited power of corporate prayer and corporate anointing.
I love it when we gather together to pray, and in fact it inspires me a lot.It
is the easiest way to get me to pray and in fact most people who are growing in
their faith. I love it when am challenged by the zeal of some brother , or some
pastor when we pray together.
However today, I want to
talk to you or to look at the power of the prayer of a righteous man.As we
proceed, I will like you to note some keywords here. These words are (a) a
righteous man(b) heartfelt(c) power(d) prayer.
We will now look at the
scripture that will guide our discussion, today, and that is taken from the
book of James, chapter 5 and verse 16, we read as follows:
16 "Confess your
faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much".
Firstly, this scripture
tells us to confess our sins one to another. This I believe means to admit it
when you offend your brother, or your sister in Christ Jesus, and ask for
forgiveness. Pastor James tell us that will help our healing to come forth speedily.
However, the second part
of this scripture is the part that carries most of the revelation we are out to
receive today.
Who is a righteous man?
A righteous man is a man who has received the righteousness of God by
faith.God's nature or part of His nature is righteousness. He is always right
and can never be wrong.He is the head of all things and he created them.He
therefore is entitled to claim to be right, to know what is right, and to never
be opposed, He has the right to be the head at all times, and to never be
wrong, any other person opposing God's in any way
is practicing disobedience or sin and is rebellious or wrong.
In the book of 2
Corinthians chapter 5 and verse 21, we read as follows:
21 "For He hath made him to be sin, for us who
knew no sin;that we be made the righteousness of God in him".
This scripture gives us
the root to the fruit, this is because without you receiving that
which you have been given free of charge from the Lord, you cannot bear any
genuine fruit of righteousness.We can understand this better, with the second
scripture that I am about to share with you now. Let us look at the book of
Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 24:
24 "And that ye put
on the new man, which is created after God in true righteousness and
holiness".
We can still go on and read one more vital scripture
about the root to your fruit, where righteousness is concerned, in that it is a
gift to the believer from God. Let us read from Philippians chapter3
and verse 9:
9 "And be found in Him not having my own
righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of God,
the righteousness which is of Christ by faith.
This gift of God which
we receive by faith in Christ Jesus, now produces right living in
us-that is called the fruit of righteousness. We can see this
in Philippians chapter 1 and verse 11.
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11 " Being filled
with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and
the praise of God".
Finally again on
righteousness, in Ephesians, chapter 5 and verse 9, we read:
9 "(For the fruit
of righteousness is in all, goodness, righteousness and truth;)" ,all these now show us that a righteous man is
one that has received God's righteous son and is now living the righteous life
that flows from the Spirit of the living God.You can know that you have
received this life and that you are now living by the Spirit of boldness-'The
righteous is as bold as a lion'.
Secondly, or the second
important word we need to look at here now is the word, 'effectual, fervent, or
heart felt'. These three words which am taking as one word actually have to do
with putting in your whole attention, concentration, energy, and
focus into what you are doing when you pray. Looking in the real of the spirit
unto the father, in the name of Jesus and coming before Him, with your whole
attention, completely immersed with your whole spirit, soul and body attached
passionately to His being.
Lastly, the product of
this passionate prayer, with your whole body working and tensed up, and your
spirit and soul concentrated on God, you will surely make tremendous
power available, which will produce change in the direction that you need
it.
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