Friday, August 27, 2010

Prayer

Finished the section on Prayer.  Prayer is:

the substance behind all miracles
key to fellowship with the Holy Spirit
what births intimacy with Him and sustains our identity in Christ
what the devil hates and what he is most afraid of
changes history
changes you
changes everything
the key to revival
God's secret weapon to transform our generation
instrument to release the sound of revival on our campuses

Without prayer nothing can happen;  With prayer anything can happen

Jaeson describes 5 sequences of prayer:

1. Repentance Prayer
Everything else is just non-sense if we don't first truly repent... to truly repent is a decision, a conscious decision to completely surrender our will and selfish ambition to God, is making Jesus Lord...

2. Holy Spirit Prayer
Praying for the Holy Spirit to continually fill us.  Only the Holy Spirit can fill us with God's intimate presence,  transform our lives, and empowering our lives to be "bold" witnesses.

3. Waiting Prayer
"To wait upon the Lord" prayer.  It is the silent surrendering of the soul to God, a silent trust, a prayer longing for God.  It is to grow intimate.

4. Faith Prayer
James 5:15: "And the prayer offered in faith will make them well;  the Lord will raise them up."
Mark 11:23: "If you say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and do not doubt in your heart but believe that what you say will happen, it will be done for you."
This is a prayer of faith - to believe that God will deliver.

5. Revival Prayer
Praying for revival and awakening.  Historically, all revivals started with concerted, united and sustained prayer.  It is also intercessory prayer, praying for others to be saved, and strategic, by praying specifically, by name, for every person on campus.  24/7, day and night.

He describes, based on these principles, the setting up of 24/7 Campus Houses for Prayer in campuses around the world. See more here:

www.campustransformation.com
www.campusamerica.org
www.ihop.org

1 comment:

  1. sounds very nice!!!

    but do we ever have time to pray so much? i cant imagine having a bunch of students on campus freeing up their schedules for prayers.... am i wrong????????????

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