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Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

YOU MUST PRAY

“Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women: for the people wept very sore”
Ezra 10:1
Main Text:

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. John 16:21

 Dr. A. T. Pierson said: “There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in united prayer”. In 1952, Albert Einstein was asked by a Princeton doctoral student what was left in the world of original dissertation research. Einstein replied, “Find out about prayer”. Pastor Paul Y. Cho attributed the phenomenal growth of the church then in South Korea to the commitment of the people of God to pay the price, to ‘‘pray and obey”.

In our text, the Lord is setting before us the prerequisites to revival and restoration to acceptable worship. Ezra indeed prayed and paid the price in repentance, confession and fervent prayer unto the Lord who promised that ‘‘If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (II Chronicles 7:14).

Today, if we are going to hear the sound o revival, have the fullness of the Spirit upon us like in the time of Ezra, there must be a voice raised to heaven, fervent prayers driven by pure love for God and the glory of His Name. It must be prayer that is predicated on deep confession and renewed obedience to His word. This effectual, fervent, and prevailing prayer must be centered on the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom on earth through evangelism and holiness of life. Are you ready to pay the price? Prayer is the force that moves the hand that moves the universe.

Prayer: Help me to pay the price of serving you to the end

Further Reading: Ezra 10-1-17

Read through the Bible: Leviticus 6   & Psalm 5-6