In Revelation 3:14-21, God rebukes the Laodicean Church because of its lukewarmness. Their lukewarmness was brought on by attempting some degree of Christianity mixed with materialism and self-aggrandizement. What a fire-quenching combination. The fact is, we need fire in this dangerous period and we will need a reserve of oil before we depart from here. I am encouraged to know that we can still get both. Sure, there is a plague of heretics and hirelings, churches and entire denominations are apostatizing, and the world system is becoming very hostile to and dangerous for Christians. But none of those factors are welcome in my \u201cprayer closet.\u201d<\/p>\n
I encourage Christians to pray. It is one of the most powerful things you can do. It is also one of the greatest battles that you will fight. Everything in the kingdom of darkness is alerted and comes against the child of God that begins to pray. What was the first thing our government did to begin this long decline into moral poverty? In 1963, prayer was banned from the public education system.<\/p>\n
The Counterculture took force, ripped society with drugs and so-called \u201cfree\u201d love, anti-establishment riots, the hippie movement, and other evils. It spawned the Jesus Movement, an unaccountable group infested with heresies that invaded Christianity and changed its music. 10 years later, the same court legalized the slaughter of unborn children. 44 years later, one of the Counterculture\u2019s main leaders, a murderer and terrorist, hosted in his home in Chicago, the announcement of the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama<\/p>\n
The beginning of the end times invasion of New Age heresies that threaten to destroy several denominations, and have polluted nearly all the Christian colleges and universities, began with acceptance of diabolical Contemplative Prayer. It is another attack on prayer.<\/p>\n
What is Satan so afraid of? He\u2019s afraid that Christians will grasp the concept of prayer, its power to defeat him and strengthen them. He fears that they will begin praying like they did when the Great Awakenings occurred in the last century. Additionally, he is terrified of them becoming so fiery that they roll back 44 years of darkness and destruction, undoing his entire evil agenda.<\/p>\n
If this nation and Christianity are to survive, it will because God\u2019s people began praying in earnest—and more than 5 minutes per day. If we \u201ctithe\u201d on our time, 3% of one 24-hour day is about 45 minutes. I know beyond any doubt that if the Remnant spent at least 45 minutes each day praying, we would become an army of fiery warriors. Spend more than that time in prayer and you\u2019ll begin to spread the fire. Glory to God!<\/p>\n
Just one more time, Lord, one more time\u2014send us forth a fiery army that shakes open prison doors, sets captives free, preaching like trees of righteousness, and fearlessly bringing the Gospel to the lost, that He may be glorified!!<\/p>\n
Some may ask, \u201cBut what if it doesn\u2019t happen?\u201d Then you will go into meet the Bridegroom with fire and plenty of oil!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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