THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THE DEVIL IS MOST AFRAID OF IN A BELIEVER

The devil is not afraid of the miracles God works through you, he is not afraid of how smart you are or how good you preach. He is not afraid of you or your name or your fame, or your family or your wealth or anything to do with you. The devil is afraid when you get on your knees and say Father, I come in Jesus' name. Why ? because he is afraid of God. The devil isn't afraid of you, he is afraid of God. Prayer is more important than power. The power of God is important, yes but prayer is more important than power.

The apostle James was a man of power but that power could not keep Herod from killing him. Peter was a man of power but that power could not keep Herod from throwing him into prison. Paul the apostle was a man of power but that power could not keep him from a shipwreck more than once, being in prison more than once, being beaten almost killed more than once. The church in the book of acts learned that I'm going to give you.

Jesus said I give unto you power but that power did not keep devil from doing the harm he wanted to do to the church. Power did not keep Ananias out of the church to lie against the Holy Spirit. The power did not reveal that Ananias lied. The church woke up to the truth that only prayer can deliver, only prayer can defeat Satan. Only prayer can defeat the purpose of Satan in your life and mine.

So they took James, Herod took him and killed him. James the son of Zebedee, who walked with Jesus. James who saw the almighty God come up on him on the day of Pentecost, James who walked shoulder to shoulder with the son of God. James who was on the mountain of configuration with Moses and Elijah. James who saw the risen Messiah and held his hands. James who felt his breath penetrate his being. James who knew the Lord, walked with him is killed by Herod. Then Herod said haa I killed James, I can kill peter but before he could kill Peter, the church woke up and said we are not going to let him do it. we are going to pray. These men and women got together in the house of John, Mark and his mama. They got together in Jerusalem and prayed without ceasing. God sent an angel from heaven, opened the prison doors and got peter out of Prison why ? not because of power but because of prayer. Therefore prayer is more powerful than power.

I have been in ministry 37 years. I begun when I was 21 years old. I did not know a whole lot about the bible now I do. One thing I have realized is that without prayer the very power of God on my life can be lost. Without prayer all I have done for God can be canceled, without prayer all the rewards awaiting me will be canceled. Without prayer I'm stuck. Ladies and gentlemen you need to know this,

Jesus spoke to us in his blessed word. These words were spoken by the son of God. Mathew 7:7, Ask, and it shall be given to you, seek, and you shall find; knock, and and it shall be opened unto you. verse 8, For everyone who asks receives ;and he that seeks finds; and too him that knocks it shall be opened.

verse 9 and 10, Or what man is there of you, who if his son asks bread will give him a stone? Or if he asks a fish, will he give him a serpent ?

verse 11, If ye the being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more will your father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

The poverty, the powerlessness, the average Christian finds it's explanation in the words of James the apostle, James the Lord's brother not James the son of Zebedee. James the son of Zebedee was killed by Herod then James the Lord's brother replaced him in the new Testament church and wrote James the book we have in the bible. He said in James 4:2, Ye have not because ye ask not. So the poverty, the powerlessness of the average Christian finds it's explanation in the words of James. You don't have because you don't bother to ask.

Now understand this clearly, asking is not just getting on your knees and looking up speaking empty words, It's not simply to utter words that mean nothing. God is not asking us to utter words, He is asking us to pray from the heart. Prayer must come from the heart or it's not prayer. Prayer must come from the inner being or it's not heard. prayer must come from the depth of your soul or it's not accepted. Jesus explained it when he said ask, seek and knock. You have got to understand how to pray, They said teach us to pray. Ladies and gentlemen I'm begging you please understand this. I'm talking about something so powerful and so heavy, the devil almost destroyed me because of my own foolishness. I know what he is afraid of, he is not afraid of the anointing on my life. He is afraid when I get on my knees before God. The devil isn't afraid of you, he is afraid of God. Prayer brings God on the scene.

My brother if you are seeing no progress in your Christian life, if you are seeing no power, there's only one answer 'neglect of prayer" if there's no fruit, one answer "neglect of prayer" You can't stop that sin, you can't fight that sin, you can't overcome that sin, why? neglect of prayer. My brother the only way you can defeat sin in your life is not when you sing about it, it's not when you praise about it, it's not when you read promises about it, It's only when you get on your knees and pray about it. that's it , prayer and only prayer brings power in your life. Power over sin, Power Over weakness, power over demons, Power over sickness, power over the secret sins of your heart. every body has a secret sin. That secret sin is your biggest problem. It will destroy you, take it or leave it and I'm giving it to you that I may be clean from your blood.

i don't want God to judge me for not telling you.

In Acts 2:42, We see the secret, And they continued steadfastly in the in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and breaking of bread, and i prayers. That's the key. It's not about praying, it's continuing, steadfastly in prayer. It's not doing it one day It's doing it every day. It's doing it when you don't feel like doing it. It's doing it when all the devils of hell come at you telling you not to do it. It's doing it when your family says oh dad we need more of your time. Prayer comes before family, because when you pray, you keep your family, and when you pray, you will bless your family, when you pray, there will be healing in your family or otherwise the all thing will fall apart any ways.

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