Prayer Report and Encouragement 2019
January 12, 2019      |     By: Sam McVay, Jr.      |      Category: Sermons      |      Location: Wichita
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Matthew 21:12-14 (ESV)
12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
13 He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

Isaiah 56:7 (ESV)
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

Ephesians 6:18 (ESV)
18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV)
16 Rejoice always,
17 pray without ceasing,
18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Global Prayer Movement has grown exponentially in the last 30 year:
- 1985 - 25 24/7 prayer ministries in the earth
- Today, somewhere between 10k-20k

The prayer meeting is no longer the least attended meeting in the church.
I believe this is all a sign of the times.

Dr. J. Edwin Orr said it this way, “When God gets ready to do something new with his people, He always sets them praying.”

The prayer explosion is not simply a MEANS to revival - it is a SURE SIGN that it is coming.

Wichita is experiencing this in many, many ways and it is clearly a work of the Holy Spirit, not man.

Apostolic Helps For Prayer:
1. Fuel of Intimacy:
Psalms 27:4 (ESV)
4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

Matthew 22:36-38 (ESV)
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
38 This is the great and first commandment.

Revelation 2:4 (ESV)
4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

2. Power of Praying the Word
John 15:7 (ESV)
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Isaiah 62:6-7 (ESV)
6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the Lord in remembrance, take no rest,

7 and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.

3. The Commanded Blessing of Unified Prayer
Psalms 133:1-3 (ESV)
1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
3 It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

Matthew 18:19-20 (ESV)
19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

There is a glorious visitation of the Spirit manifesting in the church that is empowering heart level powerful prayer - don’t miss it!!!
Luke 19:44b (NKJV)
44 …because you did not know (missed) the time of your visitation.”