WHEN YOU AND I BEGIN TO PRAY, HOW DO WE START, IF YOU ARE STANDING UP, OR SITTING DOWN, OR EVEN IF YOU ARE ON YOUR KNEES, GOD DON'T REALLY TELL US WHAT POSITION TO BE IN, IT'S NOT THE POSITION OF THE BODY THAT MATTERS IT'S THE POSITION OF THE HEART THAT MATTERS WITH GOD.

NOW WE USUALLY BEGINNING WITH A "REPETITIOUS PRAYER." NOW YOU MIGHT ASK ME, WHAT IS A "REPETITIOUS PRAYER," ITS THE ACT OF REPEATING, OR SAYING SOMETHING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT IS CALLED A "REPETITIOUS PRAYER."

NOW USUALLY WHEN WE BEGIN WITH A "REPETITIOUS PRAYER," SUDDENLY WAR GOES ON BETWEEN THE FLESHLY BODY, AND THE SPIRITUAL BODY...NOW WHEN WE START TO PRAY, THE GLORY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DOESN'T COME RIGHT AWAY, IT NEVER HAPPENS LIKE THAT TO ANY OF US.

NOW LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, IF YOU NEVER GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN YOU PRAY BY YOURSELF ? THEN HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET IT WHEN YOU ARE IN A BIG CROWD? NOW THERE IS NOTHING WRONG IN PRAYING BY YOURSELF, OR IN A BIG CROWD, JUST REMEMBER THAT THE FLESH MUST DIE, AND THE FLESH MUST BE PUT ASIDE, AND THEN AS WE BEGIN TO PRAY, THEN THE FLESH DIES.

THIS IS USUALLY WHY, WHEN WE START WITH A "REPETITIOUS PRAYER" WE BEGIN WITH WEAKNESS, AND AT TIMES, YOUR MIND STARTS TO WANDER, AND WE START THINKING OF OTHER THINGS, LIKE FOOD OR OTHER FLESHLY THINGS, NOW SOMETIMES WE MIGHT BE YAWNING WHEN WE PRAY, OR YOU MIGHT EVEN BE FALLING ASLEEP, YOU SEE BROTHERS, THAT IS YOUR FLESHLY BODY FIGHTING AGAINST YOU.

“BUT HEAR THIS, THE LONGER YOU STAY IN PRAYER, EVEN IF YOU ARE STANDING UP, OR SITTING DOWN, OR EVEN IF YOU ARE ON YOUR KNEES, AND EVEN IF YOU ARE REPEATING YOURSELF, DON’T STOP !!!

NOW WHAT WE DON'T REALIZE IS THIS, THE LONGER YOU STAY IN PRAYER, THE MORE YOU FLESHLY BODY WILL DIE, AND YOUR FLESHLY BODY, IS BEING CRUCIFIED.

NOW THERE WILL COME A MOMENT, IN THAT PRAYER TIME, WHEN THERE WILL BE A BREAK THOUGH. THERE WILL BE A RELEASE, AND WHEN THAT RELEASE TAKES PLACE, THEN AND ONLY THEN, WILL YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FLESHLY BODY HAS BEEN CRUCIFIED.

YOU SEE, AS LONG AS THERE IS THAT SPIRITUAL WAR, THE FLESH IS STILL ALIVE. BUT WHEN THAT SPIRITUAL WAR IS GONE, WHEN THE FLESHLY BODY HAS SURRENDERED, WHEN THE "REPETITIOUS PRAYER" HAS STOPPED, WHEN THE YAWNING HAS STOPPED, AND WHEN THE FALLING ASLEEP IS GONE, AND WHEN THE DESIRES OF THIS AND THAT IS GONE, AND WHEN ALL FLESHLY AND WORLDLY THOUGHTS HAS STOPPED, THEN THE FLESHLY BODY IS DEAD.

NOW SINCE WE DISCOVERED THAT THE FLESHLY BODY HAS TO DIE, SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT, ARE PRAYERS ARE TRUE? IT'S SIMPLE, WHEN YOU FEEL ALL YOUR GUILT IS GONE, (MEANING WHEN YOU CONFESS ALL YOUR SINS INTO JESUS CHRIST YOU ARE WIPED CLEAN.)

NOW WHEN YOU PRAY, DON'T GO BACK TO THAT "REPETITIOUS PRAYER" BY SAYING "OH LORD FORGIVE, OH LORD HELP ME, OH LORD DO THIS FOR ME, OH LORD DO THAT FOR ME," AND ON AND ON. YOU SEE, THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP HERE WITH GOD. THERE IS ONLY BEGGING.

YOU SEE, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THAT "REPETITIOUS PRAYER," YOU BEGIN TO FEEL SO GUILTY AND SO CONDEMNED THAT YOU DON'T EVEN FORGIVE YOURSELF.

NOW, AM I SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS, OR EVEN BLESSINGS? NO WAY, THAT'S NOT WHAT I AM SAYING, BECAUSE THE SCRIPTURES SAY, "ASK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU, SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND, KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU. (MATTHEW 7:7.

NOW WHAT IS GOD TELLING YOU HERE, THAT IF YOU ASK GOD IN A TRUE PRAYER, IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU. SEEK HIM, AS LONG AS YOU ARE SEEKING HIM YOU WILL FIND HIM. KNOCK, ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS TO HIM, AND ASK HIM TO COME INTO OUR LIVES AND HEARTS, THE DOOR WILL BE OPEN.

NOW IS 2 CHRONICLES 7:14, IT SAYS, "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 WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS.

NOW GOD IS TRYING TO TELL US, THAT IF WE CALL BY HIS NAME, AND IF WE REALLY HUMBLE OURSELVES TO HIM IN A TRUE PRAYER, THEN HE WILL HEAR OUR PRAYERS IN HEAVEN.

NOW WHAT I AM REALLY TRYING TO TELL YOU IS NOT BE IN A "REPETITIOUS PRAYER," BY SAYING BLESS ME, FORGIVE ME, BLESS ME, FORGIVE ME, OR GIVE ME THIS, AND GIVE ME THAT.

YOU SEE HE IS YOUR FATHER, HE KNOWS WHAT YOU WANT, HE KNOWS YOUR NEEDS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST TALK TO HIM, HE HEARS AND UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING YOU SAY AND DO, JUST TALK TO HIM!!

NOW REMEMBER, THE FLESH CANNOT PRAY, AND THE FLESH DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO PRAY. AND WHEN WE FACE THE CROSS, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST THAT COVERS US, AND WHEN EVERY PART OF OUR BODY SURRENDERS, THEN GOD COMES AND HE TOUCHES US, AND THEN WE BECOME AS ONE, AND THEN, AND ONLY THEN, WILL YOU BE IN A TRUE PRAYER.

NOW PRAYERS IS GOD'S COMMUNICATIONS WITH US, IT IS ON A ONE TO ONE BASES WITH US. PRAYER ALSO IS THE POWER THAT RENEWS US, THAT FILLS US WITH THE VERY PRESENCE OF GOD ALL MIGHTY.

YES, THERE IS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT PRAYERS, BUT FIRST LET ME SAY THAT MANY BELIEVERS HAVE NOT YET GONE INTO THE HOLYS OF HOLYS. YES, THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOR, AND SEEN HIS LOVE AND GRACE, BUT HAVE NOT CRUCIFIED THE FLESHLY BODY, BECAUSE WE STILL PRAY IN THE FLESH, AND WITHOUT CRUCIFYING THE FLESHLY BODY, WE CAN'T KNOW THE POWER OF HIS WORD.

NOW ONCE WE COME TO THE WORD, WHICH IS JESUS AND WHEN WE LEARN HOW TO PRAY BY HIS HOLY SPIRIT, THAT ALSO DWELLS IN US, AND WHEN WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD, THEN WE HAVE A TRUE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, AND NOW HE CAN INTERCEDE OUR PRAYERS.

NOW WHEN WE READ HIS WORD, THAT HE GAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, WE START TO SEE WHO WE REALLY ARE IN JESUS CHRIST. WE START TO SEE WHAT HIS WORD IS REALLY ALL ABOUT. AND NOW ONCE THE WORD FILLS YOUR LIFE, AND THE WORD STARTS TO AFFECT YOUR LIFE, SOMETHING HAPPENS ON THE INSIDE OF YOU, AND NOW, YES, TRUTH COMES IN.

NOW THE BIBLE DECLARES TO US, THAT THE WORD OF GOD MAKES THE SOUL, THE INNER MAN, THE SPIRITUAL MAN, COME ALIVE. AND NOW SUDDENLY PRAYER BECOMES A LIVING THING. YES, PRAYER IS REAL, IT HAS POWER! NOW BY KNOWING THIS AS YOU START TO PRAY, YOU BEGIN TO PRAY ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD.

NOW REMEMBER WHAT IS PRAYER. FILLING YOU AND CHANGING YOU INSIDE, AND IT ALSO IS CHANGING THE FLESHLY MAN, INTO A SPIRITUAL MAN, THEN BROTHERS, YOU WILL BE ABLE THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS TO TOUGH THE VERY THRONE OF GOD.

1. CONFESSION - YOU CONFESS WHO GOD IS, YOU CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD.

2. NOW BESIDE CONFESSION IT IS SUPPLICATION, IT IS MAKING YOUR REQUEST KNOW TO JESUS OUR LORD THROUGH YOU PRAYERS.

3. PRAYER BESIDE SUPPLICATION, IS ADORATION, NOW YOU ENTER UNTO A TIME OF LOVING HIM AND WORSHIPPING HIM.

4. PRAYER IS NOT ONLY ADORATION, BUT PRAYER INTIMACY, AND ONENESS, THIS IS A TIME WHEN YOU AND GOD ARE ON A ONE TO ONE BASIS THROUGH PRAYER.

5. NOW PRAYER IS ALSO INTERCESSION, WHICH MEANS PRAYING FOR OTHERS, WHETHER IT BE SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL OR FINANCIAL, ALWAYS PRAY FOR OTHERS, YES, EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE NOT CLOSE TO GOD.

6. NOW PRAYER IS NOT ONLY ALL OF THESE THINGS, IT IS ALSO THANKSGIVING, NOW WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, NOT ONLY THANKING HIM IN GOOD TIMES, BUT ALSO THANKING HIM IN BAD TIMES, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD ALWAYS GIVE GOD THE PRAISE AND GLORY.

7. AND NOW BROTHERS, LASTLY IT IS PRAISE, NOW PRAYER IS NOT JUST CALLING ON GOD, IT IS BECOMING A LIVING PART OF HIS GLORY AND PROMISE.

LITERALLY YOU TAKE THE WORD AND SAY, YOU SAID LORD!!! MEANING I BELIEVE IN EVERY PROMISE, AND EVERY WORD THAT YOU SAID. BELIEVE ME, ONCE WE DO THIS AND TRULY, TRULY, BELIEVE, THEN MY DEAR FRIENDS. WE HAVE TRUE PRAYER, WITH JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF GOD.

I HOPE THAT THE WORD OF CHRIST, AND OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT FILLS YOUR LIFE. AND ENABLES YOU TO GO INTO THE HOLYS OF HOLYS, THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS. AMEN AND AMEN.