Do you believe that your prayers make all the difference?
A difference to your lives, your families, your church, your community, your nation, your world?
A difference to your lives, your families, your church, your community, your nation, your world?
Will you take prayers differently if your prayers will make a definite difference for your son’s future, for your own marriage and for your career?
Let's look into the Bible to see what difference prayers made for God's people.
PRAYERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH!
Num 16:41 – 48 there was a National Rebellion
The day after God opened up the earth to swallow up Korah, Dathan & Abiram and all who were in rebellion and had challenged Moses’ and Aaron’s leadership, V41 instead of falling to their knees in repentance and asking for God’s mercy, the Israelites came out against Moses and Aaron accusing them of killing the people of God
V42-45 The glory of the Lord appeared and the judgement of the Lord began to consume the Israelites.
V 45 For the second time in 2 days, Moses and Aaron fell on their faces and prayed.
V46 When the wrath of God went out, Aaron followed Moses’ instructions to take a censer and put fire from the altar and incense on it and took it quickly to the congregation to make atonement for them. Aaron stood between the living and the dead and the plague stopped. The incense (prayers of the saints) made the difference.
Let's look into the Bible to see what difference prayers made for God's people.
PRAYERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH!
Num 16:41 – 48 there was a National Rebellion
The day after God opened up the earth to swallow up Korah, Dathan & Abiram and all who were in rebellion and had challenged Moses’ and Aaron’s leadership, V41 instead of falling to their knees in repentance and asking for God’s mercy, the Israelites came out against Moses and Aaron accusing them of killing the people of God
V42-45 The glory of the Lord appeared and the judgement of the Lord began to consume the Israelites.
V 45 For the second time in 2 days, Moses and Aaron fell on their faces and prayed.
V46 When the wrath of God went out, Aaron followed Moses’ instructions to take a censer and put fire from the altar and incense on it and took it quickly to the congregation to make atonement for them. Aaron stood between the living and the dead and the plague stopped. The incense (prayers of the saints) made the difference.
Do you see sinful people perishing without God?
Do you see innocent people dying in crisis and disasters?
Pray for mercy! Pray for forgiveness! Pray against death and ask for life!
Our prayers can make the difference!
The story of Jaeson Ma is indeed one that prayers made the difference between life and death.
His mother when pregnant with him, checked herself into a hospital to abort him. A Christian friend passed by and saw her. She stopped to talk with her and then told her that the baby is God's gift. She got up and left the hospital.
Pray against abortion. Ask God to stop mothers from aborting their babies!
PRAYERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUNISHMENT AND PARDON!
Num 14 Refusal to enter Canaan.
Num 14 Refusal to enter Canaan.
The Israelites had a serious problem of unbelief and disobedience. God told them to enter the promised land but they didn’t believe they were able to. As a result they murmured and complained and sought for a leader to bring them back to Egypt. v1-4 God wanted to destroy them for their sin but Moses asked God to forgive them.
v 19-20 And now, LORD, according to the greatness of your unchanging love, forgive, I pray, the sin of these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."
The LORD answered, "I will forgive them, as you have asked.
v 19-20 And now, LORD, according to the greatness of your unchanging love, forgive, I pray, the sin of these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."
The LORD answered, "I will forgive them, as you have asked.
Again Jaeson Ma's story was an amazing testimony of how God turn his due punishment for his crimes into pardon. He was a thief and stole many things. After being convicted by the Lord he turned himself in to the Police. However in court after 3 sittings, the judge declared him totally free. He experienced God's grace first hand!
PRAYERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEFEAT AND VICTORY!
Exod 17:11-13 – Battle with the Amalekites
The victory that Joshua and the army of Israel had over the Amalekites was as a result of Moses’ prayer. Joshua wouldn’t have succeeded without Moses lifting his hands before God with the support of Aaron and Hur on the mountains.
If Moses didn't pray Joshua and his men would have been defeated.
Exod 17:11-13 – Battle with the Amalekites
The victory that Joshua and the army of Israel had over the Amalekites was as a result of Moses’ prayer. Joshua wouldn’t have succeeded without Moses lifting his hands before God with the support of Aaron and Hur on the mountains.
If Moses didn't pray Joshua and his men would have been defeated.
Parents and grandparents, your prayers will bring victories to you children and grandchildren! Pray and keep on praying. Pray alone and pray together! We all need prayer partners like Moses.
Leaders in churches, you need to pray for your children and youth. Pray for victory for them.
Victory over temptations, over worldliness, over their flesh etc.
PRAYERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BONDAGE AND FREEDOM!
Acts 16: 25-26 – Paul and Silas imprisoned in Philippi
Paul and Silas prayed and sang to God. A great earthquake took place and the prison doors were opened, chains were loosened. Not only they were loosed physically, the prisoners heard the gospel and were saved. They were loosed from the chains of sin and darkness.
Acts 16: 25-26 – Paul and Silas imprisoned in Philippi
Paul and Silas prayed and sang to God. A great earthquake took place and the prison doors were opened, chains were loosened. Not only they were loosed physically, the prisoners heard the gospel and were saved. They were loosed from the chains of sin and darkness.
Pray for people who are bound to all kinds of addictions to be set free.
Break the chains of addictions to drugs, to sex, to computer games, to pornography, to alcohol, to money, to gambling, to violence etc.
You will see then go free!
INDEED OUR PRAYERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE, therefore….
…..Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving (Col 4:2 NKJV)
Will you answer God’s call to STAND IN THE GAP to pray, pray and pray. Think of someone who is hanging in the balance between life and death….defeat and victory....bondage and freedom…. and pray for them today.
INDEED OUR PRAYERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE, therefore….
…..Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving (Col 4:2 NKJV)
Will you answer God’s call to STAND IN THE GAP to pray, pray and pray. Think of someone who is hanging in the balance between life and death….defeat and victory....bondage and freedom…. and pray for them today.
Thank you, Pastor Hoe Chai. That was really good to read and I am really glad you have shared it.
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