DO YOUR OWN PRAYING🙏

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 1 Peter 3:10

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Do Your Own Praying

Is anyone among you afflicted (ill-treated, suffering evil)? He should pray.

– James 5:13, The Amplified Bible

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
-James 5:13, KJV

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.

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A Star And A Sceptre

Balaam greatly angered God when he capitulated to Balak, king of the Moabites. Nevertheless, his prophetic gift still operated, and he could see the future of Israel under God's blessing. He saw far into the future, a Star and a Sceptre - some say a reference to David, but more accurately to Messiah Himself. About 3400 years ago, Balaam saw the coming Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Prophets today will reveal your immediate future, helping you to have peace about your life.

Numbers 24:17 - "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel."

An Everlasting Priesthood For Being Zealous

Before entering Canaan, many Israelites committed whoredoms with Moabite women, who enticed them to worship their god, Baalpeor. God told Moses to slaughter the whoremongers and idolaters. Even as Moses began, Phinehas (Eleazar's son) caught an Israelite taking a Moabite woman into a tent. With a javelin, Phinehas zealously slew them both. God told Moses to reward Phinehas with a covenant of "everlasting priesthood." God loves zealous people who will put to death sin in their own lives, so He can reward them with an everlasting and royal priesthood. 1 Peter 2:9

Numbers 25:13 - "...he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel."

Inheriting Your Portion

Moses numbered the men of Israel to determine how the Promised Land would be apportioned once they arrived there. Joshua and Caleb were the only survivors from those who had been twenty years and older at Kadesh Barnea. The younger generation who had NOT sinned received the rich rewards their fathers foolishly lost. If you won't claim God's promises, somebody else will!  Promise of God

Numbers 26:53 - "...To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him."

Praying About Legal Matters

God will show you how to resolve a legal matter. Moses numbered the men of each tribe just before they were to go over Jordan. The land would be apportioned accordingly. Several women complained because their fathers died without sons to inherit. They wanted an inheritance, too. Moses prayed, and God showed him a plan that satisfied everyone. This is all about equal rights. The women prevailed and interceded for their portion as will you if you intercede bringing your petitions to God.

Numbers 27:4 - "Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. And Moses brought their cause before the LORD."