Thursday, April 21, 2016
10:23 PM

Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone." So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem. And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
Genesis 35:1-5

Orphan beg but son ask from the Father.
Come to alignment with God everything will flow
Put God first, lead by the Holy Spirit

1. Get rid of all idols! (Anything that interfere your relationship with God)
Don't be superstitious

2. Back to Bethel - House of God (presence of God)
Burning bush never burned out.
If we rely on our flesh, we will get burnout

**Presence driven, not purpose driven! Be led by the Holy Spirit

3. Build a family altar - place of consecration n covenant with God
Have communion with family

4. God will terror our enemies

WATCH AND PRAY

1 Peter 4:7 - life mission

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
I Peter 4:7

Learn to pray
God loves me

I don't need to understand everything

The only right that Christian has is to carry the cross and follow Jesus. Die to yourself.

Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.

Read AMP version

The Truth vs fact
E.g. the truth is if we tithe everything will be changed
The fact is we don't have money.
The Truth is God has money

Proclaim the truth!
Honor one another

but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.
Matthew 13:25

When we pray, we rely on Him. We realise we need Him desperately.
DO NOT be independence from God

Go with the flow. The Holy Spirit is like a river.

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Mark 14:38

You need to know your weaknesses
Make our spirit strong by praying in tongue
Avoid and turn away from temptation

Put your head on Jesus heart. (John)

Prayer - Ability to move the hands of God

Angels are Sympathetic to those who follow God's commandments.

Acts 4:24-31 / psalm 2
So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things? The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.' "For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus." And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Acts 4:24-31

Observations:

1. Pray in unity!
2. Look to God (this problem is nothing to You God!)
3. Pray the scriptures!
4. Believe God is sovereign Hebrew 11:6
5. Be prepared to be the answer to your prayer
6. Pray for God's hands to move

Obedience vs submit
We always submit but we don't always obey
Submission is an attitude (humble, kind, take punishment if hv to)
If you compromise no one will be changed

Important:
Sniper prayers

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:7 NKJV

Rhema - living word. Precise word. God makes the words alive
Logos - general word of God

Must forgive!

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is the  conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
I Corinthians 14:14-15 NKJV

Singing in the spirit and in understanding

Ask the Lord what s the reason for not having breakthrough

Lord what do you want me to do?

Declare. Jesus spoke
Pray until you feel peace

One bullet hit the target

Pray in tongue and pray with understanding
You decreed what you see

You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.
Job 22:28

Declare, decreed, Proclaim

God has chosen to work through us.

Pray to have the mind of God, then declare

to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,  according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.
Ephesians 3:10-12 NKJV

Sometimes in prayers we need pay the price

Are you prepare to pray until..

Fasting will change your life

Abstaining from food for spiritual purposes
"Renouncing the natural to invoke the supernatural!"

Jesus:
Luke 4:1-2
John 14:12
Matt 6:16-18
Acts 13:1-3
Acts 14:23

You cannot earn God's love

Commit

Fasting was important part of Judaism: Day of atonement
Lev 23:26-28
Acts 27:9

Fasting is to humble ourselves
Matt 18:4, 23:12, James 4:10
1 Peter 5:6

David - Psalm 35:13, 69:10

Ezra 8:21-22

The only power we have is that of the Holy Spirit
What God has for us- Ephesians 3:20

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
Ephesians 3:20 NKJV Rhema

Roman 8:7 (mind- I think,  will- I want, emotions -I feel) yr body is wonderful servant but terrible master

1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.  And everyone who competes for  the  prize is temperate in all things. Now they do  it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for  an imperishable crown.  Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one  who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
I Corinthians 9:24-27

Jona 3 they fasted n repented. Fasting to stop us from busy

Esther 4:16-17

But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him." But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
I Corinthians 2:9-10 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/1co.2.9-10.NKJV

Jeremiah 33:3
'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV

James 5:13-20
Effective prayer

Asking what
Seeking as how to do it
Knock the door to occupy & prossess it

Presence vs anointed

Anointing - power given to a person to do the work. For a task

Feel fire goosebumps - presence of God

Against the work of darkness
Pray for God's fire to come into our life

Isaiah
Luke 4:18 the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because He anointed me

Ask the Lord what He want you to do (He endorsed you to do - anointing )
Function in your anointing, the Holy Spirit will empower you.

Hebrews 4:15-16
Pray with confidence not doubt

Pray in faith - mark 11:23-25
In my heart I believe it already happen

Confess - homo logeo  (to say what God is saying)

Pray according to God words
1 John 5:14-15

Forgive
Mark 11:25