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Tuesday
31 March 2020
POWER OF PRAYER
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Today’s
devotion is taken from Luke 19:28-48 and this bible passage is mainly used for
Palm Sunday sermon. It is about the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem
riding on a donkey. That was a week of celebration with people lining the road,
spreading their cloaks on the road as Jesus rode through, and waving palm
branches shouting loudly joyful praises to God. But sadly, when that week
ended, another week began whereby Jesus was arrested, tried, condemned and
crucified.
From
that same bible passage, in verses 45-46, we recognized that Jesus was angry in
seeing traders doing business in the temple, that he chased them out and said,
“It is written, my house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den
of robbers.”
The church is, first and foremost, to be
a place of prayer. A. W. Tozer, a modern-day prophet has said that the real
size of a church is measured by who attends the prayer meeting. Why the big
emphasis on prayer?
The Scriptures are full of bible verses
on prayer. This is to tell us how important prayer is and how necessary it is
for us to pray.
Thought to ponder – Why would God invite,
even command us to pray if He were not going to answer? He is ready to answer
our prayers. It is for us to pray in faith according to His revealed will, to
persevere in prayer and leave the means and timing to Him. We do our part and
He will surely do His.
Prayer is more than just communicating
with God. There is power in our prayers. God will move mountains through our
time interceding on behalf of others. When the whole church prays, the gates of
hell tremble. When the believer prays, the enemy flees.
Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV) tells us to come
boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help
in time of need. Isn’t that wonderful? We can go boldly to God in our prayers.
He loves it when we do. We cannot underestimate the power of prayer. Let us be
like the persistent widow in our prayers. God will hear them, and He will
answer in due time.
Prayer – Lord Jesus, grow ME to be a person of
faithful, faith-filled prayer. Amen.