[0:00] Thank you for tuning into this message by David Entry. Every true revival is a product of the strong preaching of God's Word. May you receive a word from this message that will spark a revival in you.
[0:15] Hannah, in 1 Samuel chapter 1 verse 27, Hannah said, Wow.
[0:44] Did you realize that I'm describing somebody's testimony? Yes. For this child I prayed. For this child I prayed.
[1:00] And as she was saying this, the child was standing right in front of her. She said, this child, this child is not just a result of family planning.
[1:14] This child is a result of prayer. This, she said, this is what prayer can do.
[1:26] Hannah said, for this child. Next month by now, someone will say, for this thing I prayed. Before the year will end, someone will say, for this thing I prayed.
[1:41] How many of you here have ever had answered prayer? You prayed for something to happen. Okay, that was not a real thing.
[1:54] That's just to let you know, God can answer your prayers. So pray. So, the bigger one is coming. Amen. For this child I prayed.
[2:10] Let's all say that together. For this child I prayed. Say it again. For this child I prayed. Say it for the last time. For this child I prayed. And she said, And the Lord has given me my petition.
[2:26] What I asked. What my petition. He has given me. He said, I prayed. And the Lord has given me my petition.
[2:40] Say, has given me. Has given me. She was making reference to the prayer was history. The testimony was current. But the testimony was a result of a prayer she prayed.
[2:53] Now you are praying for the future testimony. And then when you get the testimony, you look today. You look. So what will happen to tomorrow if you don't pray today?
[3:06] Tomorrow will design and today will design and define tomorrow's testimony. So you don't want to wait. You don't want to come here and waste time because This year shouldn't be like last year.
[3:22] Last year was not all that bad. But some things should have happened for you. And I see them happening for you in the name of Jesus. Because of your praying.
[3:34] I see them happening for you in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. I want to mention. I might not be able to mention all.
[3:46] But certain things that guarantee answers to prayers. How many of you would like to pray and miss and to work? So the prayers that work.
[4:00] Number one for your prayer to work. Number one. It must be in line with God's will.
[4:15] In line with God's will. When we say prayer must be in line with God's will. It's a bit vast and dynamic. First of all.
[4:27] In 1 John 5. Verse 14. The Bible says this is the confidence that we have in him. That when we pray according to his will.
[4:41] What happens? Let's not read that from the screen. Let's go. And this is the confidence that we have in him. That if he asks anything, we will. He heareth us.
[4:53] So what guarantees him hearing us? If we ask anything what? According to his will. Not just according to our assumptions.
[5:05] Not just according to our whims. But according to his will. So the prayer that secures answers must be in line with his will.
[5:18] How do you know the will of God when it comes to prayer? So in James chapter 4. Verse 3. In James chapter 4.
[5:30] Verse 3. The scripture says that. Ye ask. And receive not.
[5:40] Why? Because he ask amiss. That ye may consume it upon your last. So you ask. And you didn't receive it. Because of the way you asked. Your style of asking.
[5:53] And the premise of your request. Was wrong. So you can pray amiss. It's like you fired amiss. You didn't hit the bull's eye in your prayer.
[6:05] You ask. But it was off target. And so. You can pray amiss. And praying amiss. Is when it's not in line with God's will. As I said.
[6:17] God's will. In prayer. Covers something a little bit broad. Number one. Is when we talk about God's will. We are talking about. In line with his word.
[6:29] His word. God's word is his will. God's will is his word. Okay. So it must be. In line with God. That's why. When you are listening to preaching.
[6:40] Get busy as well. Gathering prayer topics. Do you understand that? When the word of God is being taught. When you are reading your Bible. You must have. You must have your pen ready.
[6:52] To note down your prayer request. Based on what you are seeing. So what you are seeing. You can convert it into prayer. Because. If he has said it in his word. Then that can be your portion.
[7:03] All right. And when it's being preached. You are listening attentively. To receive from God. And as well. Stand on that. To build your prayer request. Amen.
[7:14] So. Um. It's. It's based on God's word. And the Christian prayer. Must be in the name of Jesus. That's. That's his will. If you pray.
[7:25] As out of the name of Jesus. No prayer gets answered. If it's not in the name of Jesus. Every other prayer. Is to devils. It's only the Christian prayer.
[7:39] That is to God. Why? Jesus said. When you pray. Say. Our father. Any prayer. That doesn't start with God. Being the father. Is to the devil. In this era. When you pray.
[7:51] The Christian prayer. Is. Our father. Who art in. In fact. That whole thing. Captures. The style of God's. Will. When it comes to prayer. Maybe.
[8:01] One of these days. I'll take time to. Maybe tomorrow. I'll take time to go into. Um. Matthew chapter. Um. Six. But. Some of you.
[8:11] Are a little bit distracted. Because I say. Every other prayer. Is to devils. Let me explain it. Every. Prayer. That is known in the name of Jesus. Is to demons. I don't agree.
[8:22] Go and try it. I've seen a lot of prayers answered. So go and try it. No. Okay. What if it gets answered. You'll pay back.
[8:33] Highly later. Because you are paying. People have gone to. Get. Uh. Money. Promotion. And things from. Acortic parish.
[8:43] How many of you have heard that before? Different communities have. Where they go. Some of their top top musicians. Their fame is coming from the backside. But they won't last.
[8:54] Or. They will pay with something else. With their health. With their family. With their children. With their. Something else. Satan does never give free lunch. So he will give you.
[9:05] So if you are sick. And you go to the. Marabu. And when I went to Sierra Leone. They call it. Marima. Marima. That's a witch doctor. When you go to witch doctor.
[9:17] For healing. You receive. So. You had. Terrible. Headaches. And all your eyes were swollen. You couldn't see. One of the eyes. And you went to witch doctor.
[9:28] They do. Some concoctions. You drink. And within seven days. It's cleared. They've healed your headache. And your eye. But they are giving you cancer. In the next. Three years.
[9:38] Cancer will come back. Cancer will show up. Because Satan. Never gives free lunch. Many people. Who go for miracle babies. I don't call it miracle. Satanic babies. Yeah.
[9:52] Most of the time. Their children. Don't live full life. Or they become unrobber. And they will stab their mother. Who went to collect them. Satan is wicked. So.
[10:03] Satan doesn't answer prayers. He makes you feel. Something has been solved. But it's temporal. A bigger problem is coming. All right. So the only prayer.
[10:15] That gets answered. Is there prayer. In the name of Jesus. Okay. Number. Is it two or three? So first of all. For prayer to be answered.
[10:25] What must. Must it be? In line with God's will. Number two. Okay. That's all in line with. Number two. This is a very interesting one. It sounds like tautology.
[10:36] But. So let me put it there. The prayer that can be answered. Is the prayer that we have prayed. Not the prayer you are wishing. God. When I get the chance. I'll pray about this. I'll pray about this.
[10:47] Yeah. That. It's wishes. Prayer is not. There's a difference between wishes and praying. Wishing. Many people are wishing. That. God would do this. I actually want to wake up and pray about this matter.
[10:59] Having prayed back. You know. God. God. God does not answer wishes. God. Answer. Answers prayers. Please tell somebody. Please. Stop daydreaming. God doesn't answer wishes.
[11:10] So. When we come here. We say we are praying. Get. Get involved. Take advantage. And pray.
[11:21] Because God is waiting. For you to ask. And. So. God. Answers. Prayers. Not. Not. Wishes. In James chapter 1 verse 5.
[11:33] It says that. If any of you. Lack wisdom. Let him ask. Of God. That gives to all men. Freely. Liberally. And I pray that not.
[11:44] And it shall be given. So. He said. Ask God. So. If you have him ask. Don't think. Oh. If it's the will of God. He will do it. He won't do it. He says that. When you pray. Say. Our father. What? In heaven. Hello be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
[11:54] Thy will be done. So. It's your prayer. That has to. Petition God. That let your will be done. So. This is the confidence we have in. That when we pray. Anything according to his will. He hears us.
[12:05] And if we know that. He hears us. Verse 15. First John chapter 4. Verse 15. If we know that he hears us. Then we know. Chapter 5. I'm sorry. Chapter 5. We know that. Whatsoever we ask.
[12:16] So. Prayer involves asking. In Mark chapter 11. Verse 24. It says that. Whatever things. So. So. You desire. When you pray.
[12:27] Okay. Whatever things. So. So. You desire. When you pray. So. In prayer. We communicate. Our desires. He says.
[12:37] When you pray. Say. Give us this day. Our daily bread. So. Guess what will happen. If you don't pray. Satan will take your daily bread away. So.
[12:52] It's the prayer. We are praying. Matthew chapter 7. Verse 7. He says. Ask. Right. Ask. And you shall receive. Seek. And you shall find.
[13:02] Knock. And you shall. Ask. Ask. Ask. Ask. Ask. Ask. Ask. Ask. Luke chapter 11. Verse 9. Ask. And you shall receive. Verse 13.
[13:13] Talks about. How much more will your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to those who. Ask. Ask. Ask. Luke 11. 9. Ask. And you shall receive. Ask.
[13:24] And you shall receive. John chapter 14. Verse 13. And verse 14. Chapter 15. Verse 16. Chapter 16. Verse 23. 24. Let's stand right quickly.
[13:34] Fasting without prayer is starving. So because as I always will tell you.
[13:46] God does not answer fasting. He answers what? Prayers. So but fasting has a way of intensifying.
[13:57] Adding intensity to your prayers. So it's important. John chapter 13. Verse 14. 13. And whatsoever ye shall.
[14:10] I can't hear you. Whatsoever ye shall. What happens? In my name. See there. In my name there. To the Christian prayer. Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name. What?
[14:20] That. So what you have not asked. I will do. Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name. That I will do. Verse 14.
[14:33] If ye shall ask anything. Prayer involves asking. Chapter 15. Verse 16. John 15. 16. Ye have not chosen me.
[14:45] But I have chosen you. And ordained you. That ye shall bear fruit. You should. You should go and bring forth fruit. And that your fruit should remain. That was. Was. Prayer. Carbeth whatsoever.
[14:57] I like that to me. It said. Jesus said. I didn't say it. I don't know what it takes to say that. Jesus said it. So I'm just repeating. He said. Prayer. Carbeth whatsoever. Somebody say whatsoever.
[15:08] Whatsoever. John chapter 16. Verse 23. 24. 26. John chapter 16. It says that. In that day. Ye shall ask me.
[15:19] In that day. Ye shall ask me. Nothing. But verily verily I say unto you. Wosoever ye shall ask the father in my name. I will do. He will give it to you.
[15:30] What? This is a blank check. Tonight when we start praying. Take advantage of this. Take advantage of this. I see God. Answering your prayer.
[15:41] How many of you want God to answer your prayers? What does that mean? You have to pray. Because he answers prayers.
[15:51] No wishes. Verse 24. It says that. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name. Do you think this is my name reoccurring? Nothing in my name.
[16:03] Ask and ye shall receive. That your joy. Oh I like. Answer prayers good though. It brings you joy. It brings you fullness of joy. He wants your joy to be full.
[16:14] Hallelujah. Verse 26. Then I move on. Verse 26 says that. At that day ye shall ask. At that day ye shall ask in my name.
[16:26] And I say unto you. That I will pray the father for you. Ask. Someone say ask. For prayers to work. Number one. In line with God's word. Number two.
[16:37] It's a prayer that has been offered. Prayer. Number three. I like number three. Ah. It's the best one. So that's the main one I wanted to talk about. But I feel let me add a few other ones. Number three is James chapter one.
[16:51] James. Chapter. One verse five. It says that. Oh I like number three. James chapter five.
[17:05] If any of you lack wisdom. Let him ask of God. That gives all. To all men. Liberally. And abraded not. And he shall be given. Verse six.
[17:16] Is the one we are going. Verse six. It says that. But let him ask in faith. Nothing weavering. For he that weavered. Is like the wave. Like a wave of the sea.
[17:26] Driven with the wind. And tossed. Verse seven. Is very worrying. For let not that man think. That he shall receive anything. Oh why? For the.
[17:37] For double minded person. Is unstable in all his ways. It says. It says. Let him not think. You receive anything from God. So you see. There are times people are praying. But God said. Don't let him think.
[17:48] You receive anything. Why? Because. You are not asking. Verse six. The first line. Verse six. Let's all read the first line together. Till the comma. Let's go. I let him ask in faith.
[17:58] Say it again. I let him ask in faith. So. What does he mean to ask in faith? You knowing that God will do it. You know that God answers prayers. You trust the faithfulness of God.
[18:10] You trust the goodness of God. You trust the power of God. You ask in faith. Pray in faith. So. He said. Let him ask in faith.
[18:21] Mark chapter 11. Verse 25. Verse 24 again. He says that. Whatsoever. Thing he desire. When he pray. Let's not read it from the screen.
[18:31] Let's go. Therefore. I say unto you. What things so ever he desire. When he pray. What should you do? Believe that he received them. And he shall have them.
[18:43] What determines whether you have them or not. Is their believing. It's not just their praying. It's that when you pray. Some. Your prayer must have a particular ingredient.
[18:55] To determine the answer. It says. When you pray. Believe. That ye receive them. What? Believe that ye receive them.
[19:07] And ye shall have them. So when you receive what you pray. When you are praying. That's the time you believe that you receive them. Faith. Faith. You believe that you receive them.
[19:20] Say. Lord I believe. Lord I believe. And I receive. And I receive. Lord I believe. Lord I believe. And I receive. So the elements or ingredients for answered prayer.
[19:32] Number one is. It must be in line with God's will. Number two. Prayer you have prayed.
[19:43] It's the prayer you have prayed. We have to ask. Number two. Ask. Number three. Pray in faith. Pray in faith. Pray in faith. Pray in faith. Pray in faith. Pray in faith. Pray in faith. So pray in faith.
[19:55] Number three is prayer in faith or in faith. Number four is James chapter 5 verse 16. Fervency and intensity or for an easier way to understand it.
[20:10] Seriousness. You are praying and you are chewing up. Father. Father. Father. Father. Father. Father.
[20:21] Father. This thing is long. This process. Listen. You won't receive the answer. You will receive it. That's why sometimes good to sweat.
[20:34] I don't like sweating. You are not like. You don't. You don't like sweet things. That's why you don't like sweating. If you sweat in prayer.
[20:45] It gives you sweet things. So. It must be fervent. The Bible says. Effectual fervent prayer.
[20:57] Of the righteous. Have they let much. It must be fervent. Fervent means that you are really serious about it. But. Even people whose prayers will not be answered.
[21:10] They pray with intensity. It's only Christian rascals. When we are praying. They are watching.
[21:20] They are going to your bag.
[21:38] Take peanut. Nothing. I have a right. What's in my bag. I don't know. No.
[21:49] Your prayer wants me to be serious. Pray. Fifth prayer. And this Elijah one he's talking about. Elijah was a man. Life-mashing like that. Bible says that he put his head in between his thighs.
[22:01] He didn't want to know anything. He was praying. Come on. Come on. His head. That serious gym. Where? And. John Knox.
[22:13] A man of prayer. He could kneel on three inches of snow. And pray and sweat. When he died. In his room. There's a particular place he knelt to pray.
[22:24] That place was. There are holes there. Because he constantly would kneel down. His knees. His knees were like camel's knees. And that's why Queen Mary said. I don't fear the armies of France.
[22:37] The only thing I fear. Is the prayers of John Knox. The prayers of John. Because when John Knox prays. Something will happen. Yeah. So.
[22:49] Intensity. Even Jesus. Before he died. He was praying. Bible said. He sweats. He prayed. He sweats. His sweats.
[23:00] Were like drops of blood. He prayed. He sweats. What's that? Well. That means that. There's nothing strange in sweating. When you pray. Because by his sweat.
[23:11] Was like drops of blood. Yes. Look. He says that. And. Being in agony. He prayed. More. Earnestly. Intensity.
[23:23] Earnestly. And his sweat. Was. As it were. Great drops of blood. Falling down. To the ground. It wasn't blood.
[23:33] It was sweat. But the sweat was so thick. I don't know. It was thick. Like blood. Intensity. Prayer. So that's why. One of the things I like about fasting and praying.
[23:44] Some people get serious. People say. As for charismatic. You have prayed with a lot of energy. What should you do? I pray. I pray. I pray. I pray. I pray. It's better than the ones who are spraying and scorn. I pray. I pray. I pray.
[23:54] I pray. Yes. Let me pray with intensity. Let me pray with intensity.
[24:06] And let them laugh at me. Let me pray like I'm at a gym. No problem. That doesn't guarantee the answer to prayer. But at least intensity is one way.
[24:17] Beautiful. Intensity. So get serious when we are praying. I don't understand when people are praying and you are sitting and looking at them. Hey, this lady.
[24:28] I like the way you look. But I think won't her wig fall down? The way she's shaking. I look at the other one too. You have come to church like you are at the cinema. Watching people.
[24:39] You are not serious. You won't. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. So, fervency.
[24:52] Fervency. Let me give you the last two. Is that okay? I think I will leave. I will give fire and leave the other one for tomorrow. Righteous.
[25:04] Righteousness. Righteousness. Righteousness. You come here. And then we are coming to pray. And whilst you are praying, you know you have a girlfriend.
[25:21] You are not changing. In fact, you have a plan. After the prayer, you put your hand in her knickers. Yes. Hey, yeah. Hey!
[25:39] Perfect. Lucky. I have nothing. Yeah. Genesis chapter 20 verse 17 God said go and let Abimeh, Abraham prayed for Abimeh He's a righteous man and Abraham prayed unto God and God healed Abimeh and his wife and his maid servants and they bear children but God told him go and pray go to him he's a prophet he's a righteous man you've gone for a righteous man's wife Magadoche Proverbs chapter 15 verse 29 says that God does not listen to the wicked yes the Lord is far did you see that bad people people who are not working with God and you don't do church you don't do anything you live your own life gossip about people live all kinds of things and lying and you think God will hear you
[26:42] God does not God is Bible says that God is far so God is far from San Mipolo you will not be that kind of person God is far from the wicked but he hear the prayer of the righteous you see that when a righteous person is praying God hears him God hears him God says go on talk to me talk to me talk to me talk to me son talk to me daughter God listen he hears the prayer of the righteous he hears chapter 5 verse 16 verse 17 verse 16 no verse 16 sorry verse 16 says that confess the effect the effectual fervent prayer of what a righteous man righteous man you have a right stand with God it it facilitates your prayers in first king chapter 13 verse 6 first king chapter 13 verse 6 and the king answered and said unto the man of God entreat now the face of of the Lord thy God and pray for me that my hand may be restored to me again restored me again and the man of God besought the Lord and the king's hand was restored to you again and became as it were before the man of God wow the man of God prayed in second king's chapter 20 verse 2 3 4 second king's chapter 20 verse 2 he says that then he turned his face to the wall and prayed unto the Lord saying
[28:25] I beseech thee O Lord remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight and hezekiah wept so see that content of prayer will you be able to say that to God will you be able to say that to God or you say God I've been lying too much now I'm in trouble God I don't even give up I don't keep paying my time God I've been lying to people I've been gossiping on people I've been complaining about your work I can say God remember me I've been devoted to you I've been genuine I've been genuine to my wife yeah tomorrow I'll continue the prayers what's Paul's answer to prayers the way you treat your wife many many many people don't know especially husbands when you have a sad wife you have a sad prayer answer alright let's finish the text he says that remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good look at the next verse verse 3 and it came to pass before Isaiah was gone out of the midst of the court the word of the Lord came to him saying deal the game and tell hezekiah captain of my people that says the Lord that the God of David thy father
[29:55] I have heard thy prayer and I have seen thy tears why because listen to the content of the prayers God remember me my righteous walk I've walked before you and God said I have to hear this one God hears the prayers of the righteous let me add Ramon text in Job chapter 42 verse 8 therefore take unto you now seven blocks and seven realms and go to my servant Job and offer up for yourself a burnt offering and my servant Job shall pray for you hey my servant Job shall pray for you for him will I accept that when he prays I will listen yeah he said ask for him when he prays I will ask for you to forget get out of my face but for you unless I deal with you after your foley in that you have not spoken of me the things which is right like my servant Job did you see righteousness did you see righteousness even in your language you can't be finishing prayer after prayer you go and spoil it with your mouth
[31:13] God answers prayers number six is pray in the spirit with your spirit prayer in the spirit prayer with your spirit so in the book of Jude verse 20 it says that build up yourself in your holy most holy faith praying in the holy spirit praying in the holy spirit in other words don't pray without being aware of the presence of the spirit watch this this is so important thank you Jesus when you are praying for the prayer to be effective be conscious of the holy spirit who is helping you in your prayer life because
[32:18] Romans chapter 8 verse 26 it says likewise the spirit himself wow I like that bit likewise the spirit himself help us that's King James help us in our infirmities in our human limitation in our human restrictions in our human frailties in our human boundaries you can't know everything you don't know what's about to happen tomorrow but you might be calling for prayer maybe as we are in church some people are sitting in the pub planning your dismissal they will be dismissed before they execute it yeah so as you pray but how would I know how to pray that one that's why you pray in the spirit and with the Holy Spirit so you pray in the Holy Spirit and with your spirit so pray likewise the spirit also help us in faith for we know not what we should pray for as we ought today they are in the pub planning against you but you don't know they are planning and you gotta pray about it but we don't know but once you begin to pray with the spirit the spirit himself takes over the spirit himself takes over and begins to deal with things that you don't have an idea about because we know for we know not what we should pray for as we ought to there are some things that you gotta pray about but I didn't know they were planning against me
[33:56] I didn't know I didn't know that I let the cooker on I didn't know and I am in church singing I didn't know but as you pray engage the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit begins to make intercession now New King James the spirit himself is interceding make intercession for us with groanings which you can't even talk about your words cannot catch he goes further than your words can go oh I feel like preaching the Holy Spirit goes further in prayer than your words can go so when you are praying the Holy Spirit begins to mmm when you are praying in the spirit not only tongues when you are praying in spirit when you are in the spirit we have always been taught that praying in the spirit means speaking tongues yes it's true but really it means the Holy he said praying always in the Holy Ghost Jude chapter 1 verse 20 build up yourselves in the
[35:00] Holy Ghost which is different from praying with your spirit praying in the Holy Ghost is not necessarily just speaking in tongues because there are people who are speaking in tongues and they are not even praying they are not in their spirit at all they are not really interested in their prayer you are speaking in tongues but it doesn't mean you are praying in the spirit so praying in the Holy Ghost is when you can't pray in the Holy Spirit and not pray in the Spirit it's actually to pray in the Spirit that's where you pray with your spirit 1st Corinthians chapter 14 verse 14 said I will pray with my spirit 1st Corinthians 14 it said if I pray in my spirit prayer by my understanding okay verse 15 it said what is the conclusion
[36:01] I will pray with the spirit and I will also pray with the understanding but when you read verse 14 again it said if I pray in tongues my spirit prays my give us King James now King James says that for if I pray in an unknown tongue my spirit pray it but I don't really know what I'm talking about my mind so leave those who are judging about your speaking in tongues let them stay in their own realm don't mind them your results will show says if I pray in tongues my spirit pray but my mind is unfruitful what does he say the next one said I'll pray with the spirit and I will pray with the understanding that spirit there is not the Holy Spirit I'll pray with my human spirit and that's the spirit he said Paul said I serve God with my spirit first
[37:02] Romans chapter one verse nine I serve the God of my father with my spirit the time is coming and now is when the true worship shall worship in spirit and in truth okay so you when we are praying for prayer to be effective engage your spirit and depend on the Holy be conscious of the Holy Spirit so pray with your spirit and pray in the Holy Ghost and pray in the Spirit because the Spirit himself he's the master prayer he's the master intercessor he's the chief intercessor amen number seven is praying with a thankful heart that's why we're singing all those songs a prayer meeting that is void that is dry of thankfulness or thanksgiving is not effective prayers it's not an effective prayer meeting in prayer meetings we must always be quick to say thanks but whilst you are praying your heart is thankful that you've gotten the opportunity to pray oh god that
[38:14] I can pray today that I'm praying thank you you are actually grateful to be able to pray so it's a prayer with a thankful heart if you lack a thankful heart if you lack a thankful heart you block your prayers Philippians chapter 4 verse 6 says that be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication and then what and then what with what thanksgiving pushes it further pushes it up you serve your prayer on the plate of thanksgiving you serve your prayer to God on the plate of thanksgiving so thanksgiving is the vehicle that takes the petition and the request to God God doesn't answer the prayers of memories complainers oh God look at all this why is it me never go into prayer and say
[39:26] God why me why me that why me is an expression of complaint and it blocks heaven in fact it doesn't allow heaven to accept you why me but who who should it be why me we should say God I am grateful oh Lord I am grateful oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Paul and Salas no don't say that Paul and Salas were in prison and they could have complained bitterly because what have they done they only cast a demon out that's all they did they cast a demon and they set somebody free and they have been brutally maltreated and thrown into prison without trial why but at midnight at 16 25 at midnight
[40:32] Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard them what are people hearing you say what are they hearing when they listen to you is it a heart of thankfulness or a heart of ingratitude or murmuring murmuring complaining there will always be times when things will not be good there will always be better days ahead but remember it is always important to be thankful thankful so number seven ingredient let me add one more number eight ingredient to make a Christian that makes a Christian prayer acceptable ingredient number eight is let me give you a scripture first Matthew chapter 18 verse 19 it says that if two or three again
[41:35] I say unto you if two sorry two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask it will be done for them by my father so you see there is a guarantee for an agreed prayer a corporate prayer there is a certain advantage you gain when you are praying in a corporate environment you understand that it is not the main thing that makes your prayer get answered but it has it gives you an advantage so corporate prayers is a big ingredient that adds to the effectiveness of your prayers does that make sense corporate prayers corporate prayers that that means the people you hang around when you are praying and the people you pray with that's why don't say I'm doing my fasting and I'll pray at home we are gathering to pray when the believers gather to pray don't exempt yourself because there's always an added advantage
[42:42] Peter was kept in prison but prayer was made by the church Acts 12 5 is the church that came together in prayer and they Acts chapter 4 verse 24 they lifted up their voice their voice not their voices King James says that they lifted up their voice to God because it's a corporate thing they became God said that their people is one Genesis chapter 11 and whatever they said they had to do nothing come from I think verse 3 4 5 6 yeah and the Lord said behold the people is one that's funny English the people is one let's say the people is one say it again it sounds like it sounds like South London English the people is one the people is one and they have all one language you see that one language what they are all saying the same thing together when we say let us pray about
[43:51] United Kingdom you are not saying God you know they say you should pray about United Kingdom but my hair loss is more important for me but the time you finish your hair has gone further down they all have one language and this they began to do and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do why because they are is one the people is one prayer of agreement unity we come together we all raise our voice to God we are praying for every marriage represented in this house every marriage every single person who is not married who intends to be married oh Lord we are raising our voice remember homes remember people remember your people we are all lifting our voice to pray so prayer corporate in a corporate environment you get an added advantage it's an you know that's why there are different type of jolop even though basic ingredients are the same some ones the way they've combined they may add a one is that thing called a one they don't use it for jolop food enhancer okay food but people like it maggie maggie okay margaret shrimps maggie shrimps they can add something though basically they finish the jolop they can add something sometimes they do it like this put it on the top and it makes it sweeter most most food you buy from the street they have to make it sweeter it's not necessarily your health they are thinking about it's your money they are thinking about you must enjoy it and so an added ingredient for effective prayer is corporate prayers are you getting it so from point one to point seven you can have basic jolop but if you add enhancers
[46:07] I'm not getting all that ah then the smell ah yummy yummy the aroma ah yeah yeah yeah in revelations I think chapter I didn't intend to quote it but I think it will be good chapter eight I think it's revelation chapter eight it's not for revelation chapter eight it says that yes that's the one I'm looking for thank you and the smoke of the incense which came with the prayers of the saints ascended before God out of the hands of the angel so the angel was burning some incense but there's an ingredient the smell of the prayer of the saints and so the incense our prayer is like fragrance that's why the gentleman said first it was a fragrance so our prayers it's like a fragrance that is added to incense in heaven when you read the text it says that there was silence in heaven yes I think from the verse two or so verse one look at verse one quickly just put it out for me and when I opened the seven you see there was silence in heaven for about the space of half an hour not too long half an hour and what happened and I saw seven angels which stood before
[47:25] God and to them were given seven trumpets and another angel came and stood at the altar having a golden censer and there was given unto him much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne so incense and then add the prayers and say and then begin to ascend God say hmm so that ingredient when you add the corporate one it makes things smell better that's why there's no future for a lone rager Christian lone rager Christian yes incense of the saints go up incense go up with this prayer of the saints amen thank you for listening to this message by David Entry we pray you have been revived towards God you can connect with David Entry on all relevant social media platforms including Instagram and LinkedIn you can also hear more messages from David Entry on all relevant streaming platforms and the Karis Church app don't forget to like and share the message be blessed you you you you you you you you you