Moutain Top Life, MFM Daily Devotional, Saturday 20 March 2021

Topic for Saturday 20: 3: 21: Effectual prayer

By Dr D.K Olukoya General Overseer MFM worldwide

“Beloved, remember Salvation does not exempt you from battles of life. It only gives you power to fight and win such
battles,” Dr D.K Olukoya, 10:3:21
 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deut. 28-29

FIRE SCRIPTURE: James 5:17b

MEMORY VERSE: James 5:16b. 

 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: The hour of prayer is the hour of power.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: I prophesy to you today, you shall not pray amiss, in the name of Jesus.

The words “effectual” and “fervent” are translated from one Greek word (energeo) from which we get the English word “energy”. Here it denotes an energetic, operative prayer. As God’s children, we must not be contented with weak prayers. We must desire to have an enthusiastic, effective prayer life. The church, known as “the house of prayer” must be exuding with effective prayer of God’s saints.

We may be short on financial resources or weak in our physical strength or despised and ridiculed by those who are hostile towards the biblical doctrines that we hold on to, but the power of prayer belongs to us. The key to effective prayers is not that very large group of people get together to pray or that a particular pattern or style of prayer meeting is followed, or that we hold very lengthy prayer meetings.

Though some of those aspects of prayer are good and desirable, the effectiveness of our prayer is connected to the sanctity of our lives. Interestingly, when the Holy Spirit inspired James to provide an illustration of such prayer, he chose Elijah, whose prayers God had used to demonstrate His mighty power.

“Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit” (James 5:16-18). James’ point was that, although Elijah’s mighty prayers and exploits were legendary, he was also a man of frailties and flaws.

This was never so obvious than when after being used to display God’s power to Ahab, the wicked idolater and king of Israel, Elijah then recoiled in fear and fled from the threats of Jezebel, Ahab’s wife. He actually crawled under a juniper tree where he asked the Lord to take his life (1 Kings 19:2-4).

How can we make sense of such embarrassing behaviour from this mighty man of God, whose prayers God used to control the weather for more than three years? This was the same man who called fire down from Heaven, and who destroyed four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal. The simple explanation is that Elijah was human. He was a mere mortal, whose prayers God used in awesome and astonishing ways.

Thus, James’ message is clear. If God could hear and answer the passionate faith-filled prayers of Elijah, a common man “with a nature like ours,” He can likewise hear and answer yours and mine. The Lord is eager to answer the effectual, fervent prayers of ordinary, but righteous followers of Jesus Christ!
Beloved, ensure that your prayer is word-based and you will receive speedy answers from God.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING
1. Powers making my prayers ineffectual, die, in the name of Jesus.

2. Powers making me weak spiritually and morally in prayers, die, in the name of Jesus.

3. Father, give me an unquenchable appetite for prayer, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. Father, I ask for the grace to be a person of prayer, in the name of Jesus.

5. Open my eyes to behold wondrous things out of prayer, Lord, in the name of Jesus.

6. Help me, Father, to maintain effectual prayer life, in the name of Jesus

7. Baptise me afresh with the spirit of prayer, Father, in the name Jesus.

Special Note:

Beloved Reader, the sweetest way to enjoy all-round blessings from God in this Year 2021 is to make Jesus Christ your personal Lord & Saviour.  Remember! the Lord Jesus in John 3:3 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless ye are born again, ye cannot see the kingdom of God.”

If you are ready to give your life to Christ Jesus, please pray the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, I am a sinner. I confess all my sin, have mercy on me, forgive me all my sin. Give me grace to go and sin no more. I invite You, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to ecounselling@mountainoffire.org, +234 (803) 078-0919 OR +234 (817) 363-1657.

Beware! this period we are in today brings fulfilment of this saying of Jesus Christ:
“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold,” Matt 24:12.
Our prayer for all of us is: any power, any problem that will quench our love for God and His unfailing Word, Holy Ghost Fire will destroy and flush them away.

Good Day Beloved, Thank you for your patient with us. Thank you for all your comments, observations, feedbacks and time spent on this platform. We cherish your presence here.

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, & by the power in the Blood of Jesus, in thia year 2021 you will never be a victim to whatever calamity, affliction, flying around in the name of Jesus, Amen!