OMBS7/ Do your Own praying

PRAYER - "In Watchings (Night Prayers) And Fastings Often" Paul's credentials in the ministry included every kind of labor and suffering: stripes, imprisonments, stonings, shipwrecks, being robbed, threatened by friends, foes and false brethren, and on and on. No one outside the ministry can comprehend the price that a man has to pay to preach the Gospel. Every effort must be accompanied with fervent prayer and much fasting. 2 Corinthians 11:27-28 - "In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches." PRINCIPAL - "The Head" Who covers you? The Eternal Spirit of God covers the Son of Man Jesus Christ. Jesus covers the man. The man covers the woman. That is the Divine Hierarchy. It is more significant and important than mortal men can comprehend. Almighty God wants that hierarchy to be displayed throughout the human race using the symbol of HAIR to illustrate who is covered, and by whom. 1 Corinthians 11:3 - "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God." PRINCIPLE - "I Preach Without Charge, That I Abuse Not My Power" Although Paul made a solid defense for ministers to be supported by the income of the ministry, he insisted that he had not taken advantage of that privilege. "We have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. ...I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me." 1 Corinthians 9:18 - "What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel." PROPHECY - "Uncut Hair Affirms A Woman's Power With Angels" The Holy Angels can only do as commanded by God. They have no power or will to do otherwise. On earth, "are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" (Hebrews 1:14). What could prevent an angel from ministering to a woman if she is an heir of salvation? Their authority is somehow tied to the "power on her head." What is on a woman's head but her hair? 1 Corinthians 11:10 - "For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels." A Perfect Service WatchThis amazing Video  Do Your Own Praying

Is anyone among you afflicted (ill-treated, suffering evil)? He should pray. - James 5:13, The Amplified Bible

The Greek word translated afflicted doesn't mean the result of sickness and disease. It means "troubled." If you're in trouble, you need to pray. That's what the Word says. Notice it didn't say your pastor needs to pray for you or your friends need to pray for you. It says you need to pray. Too often we try to find a quick fix to our problems by asking everyone else to pray for us. There's nothing wrong, of course, with having others pray for you, but you'll never get your life to a place of permanent victory until you begin to pray yourself. The biggest church in the world is in Seoul, Korea. It's pastored by Dr. David Cho, and the last I heard, it had more than 700,000 members. How did that church grow to be so large? According to Dr. Cho, the key is prayer. Not just his prayers but the prayers of his people. Praying is a way of life in that church. They have a place called Prayer Mountain where thousands of people come every day to pray. I once heard Dr. Cho's mother-in-law on television talking about the emphasis they put on prayer. She said that when their church members are in trouble, when they have marriage problems or problems in their personal lives, before anything else is done, those church members are told to go and fast and pray for 24 hours. We need to do more of that here in our churches in the United States. We need to quit training our people to run around asking others to pray for them and train them instead to do their own praying. You see, if I pray for God to solve one problem for you, you may enjoy success for a while, but then another problem will come along because you'll still be making the same old mistakes that got you in trouble the first time. But if you buckle down and do that praying for yourself, if you discipline yourself to start searching out the things of the Spirit, you'll get permanent answers. You'll learn how to make adjustments in your life that will keep those problems from cropping up again. If you have made Jesus your Lord, you have access to the throne of Almighty God. He has every solution to every problem you'll ever have, and He's just waiting for you to come to Him, so He can give you the answer. It may take some private time alone with Him for you to hear it, but He will never disappoint you. Don't depend on others to do your praying for you. Go personally to the throne of God today.

Plan of Salvation read acts 2:38

Across The Bridge