Culture of the Kingdom
Today’s Topic: Prayer: Prayer of Faith
Scripture: Matthew 6:31-33; James 3:13-16
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
We have been studying prayer as an element of the culture of the Kingdom of God and what we do know is that as we mature, our prayer life should mature. We should move from praying for things to praying for the Kingdom to come and the Will of God be done in earth as it is in Heaven. Jesus tells us to not pray or say to the Father what shall we eat, drink or how are we to be clothed. But seek the Kingdom of God first and all these things shall be added unto you (Matthew 6:33). As we look at current church culture we see people praying for all types of things but the Kingdom and His Will. See many believers have seen the Kingdom but have not entered the Kingdom and let me explain. When you accept Jesus as Lord you are translated from Satan's Kingdom to the Kingdom of God. You are now able to see the Kingdom but to enter or experience the Kingdom that requires submission the the rulership of Christ over your spirit, soul and flesh. So based on the type of prayers we hear we can safely say that we have some immature believers, regardless of age, not understanding the importance of the prayer that lines up with the Will of God for that season.
When we pray for the Kingdom and His Will we in some instances put our very own lives on the line. However to the believer, he or she does not worry about, or should not worry, about their life because they live knowing death is simply a transition from time to the eternal. It is that maturity and prayer for the Kingdom and His Will that aligns the request from Earth with the Will of God in Heaven. When that happens the prayer is answered. Now you may ask what is the prayer of faith? Now I want to introduce this briefly and go in depth in the next message. The prayer of faith is found in James 3:13-16:
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual and fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Look at verse 15 in the above scripture. It says the prayer of faith shall save the sick. In the next message we will look at this scripture and dissect it and see this powerful revelation and anyone who receives understanding will look at prayer and sickness in the light of Christ and be forever changed.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
