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Friends, greetings in Jesus Name. Today, I will be sharing with you what I title, “Prayer Intensification.” Beloved, there are too many things demanding changes in our land that we cannot afford to fold our hands, watch helplessly when there’s a potent weapon of prayer provided by our heavenly Father to cause a shift. Evangelist Billy Graham made a profound statement when he said: “To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.” According to Mother Teresa, “God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil.” Remember, not just anyhow prayer can produce results. Prayers prayed amiss, with wrong motives, selfish interest, unbelief and doubt cannot move God. No wonder the Lord declares in 2 Chronicles 7:14 saying, “If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

What is PRAYER? Prayer is simply communication and communion with God. We engage in this exercise by praising God, genuinely confessing and repenting of our sins before Him, thanking Him, asking Him for our needs and desires, and also keying into His desires for our lives. Prayer is not one way – monologue – but a two-way communication. When we pray, we engage in loving fellowship with the Maker of heaven and earth. Hallelujah! Brethren, there’s no better time than now for us to roll up our sleeves and pray. Today, the level of wickedness and evil in the land has reached a crescendo that if you don’t pray, you’ll become a prey. This is the hour to rise, take authority in the place of prayer, issue decrees, and reverse all the wicked intents of the evil one against your life, family, business, and our nation. This is not the time to sit back and be at the receiving end of all kinds of the arrows of the devil and be nursing your wounds. No! The injuries can be avoided when you and I become proactive rather than reactive. You don’t wait until the enemy strikes before you fight back. In the art of war, it’s a bad strategy to allow your enemy to encroach your territory with an AK47, ready to aim at you before you carry your own machine gun.

If you love watching war movies like me, you’ll realise that every military base is fortified with weapons, and they have soldiers stationed in strategic positions to keep watch. You’ll see some soldiers standing on top of the building, some mounting the gate, while others with long range binoculars watching to see if there are enemies in view. Today, many believers are walking about naked because they’re lukewarm – neither hot nor cold. And as a result, all kinds of things perch on them. Jesus declared in Revelation 3:16, “So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing – and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.”

I grew up in the village. I observed as a little boy that while my mother was cooking, flies don’t go near a hot pot. They are far away from the kitchen. They only come back when the fire is completely out. Then you’ll see them perching on the pots, feeding on the spoons, and even on the stove they once feared to go near. Why? The enemy can’t stand fire. You’re on fire when you pray, and fire dispels every demon in your vicinity. “For our God is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:29). You take up the nature of God and get wrapped up in fire when you stay in constant prayer. “… Because as He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). To keep the fire burning, Jesus kept constant touch with His Father by prayer while on earth. “Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, Jesus went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed” (Mark 1:35).

Jesus made prayer a lifestyle, and we can’t be any different if we want to live an overcoming life. As a believer, how do you tolerate opening your two eyes wide to watch helplessly what the devil is doing against your business, marriage, children, health, and finances without opening your mouth to issue a decree! The Bible declares in Job 22:28 that, “You shall decree a thing, and it will be established for you; So, light will shine on your ways.” And Jesus said in Matthew 16:19, “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” All power belongs to God, and He has given you that power through His Son Jesus Christ. Beloved, you and I can only draw down the power of God through prayer. Yes, the place of prayer cannot be over-emphasized. As children of God, we’re commanded to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Let me state emphatically that you can never over pray! One major weapon that God gave to man is the weapon of prayer. I pray that as we round off the year 2023, you will intensify your prayer life, and draw down power from on high that will mark a shift in your life as you step into 2024 in Jesus Mighty Name. Hallelujah! Have a Blessed and Fantastic Week. With love, Elvis!