God will not answer a prayer when you're praying about something that He's already done, He has already forgiven you, already healed you, prospered you, or supplied all your needs.
Paul meant that we should pray that the church (us) would receive wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. That simply means that the church will get a revelation of what Jesus has already done at the Cross. You're already healed, delivered, prospered, forgiven and supplied everything, so you won't attempt to try to do something that's already been done. Paul prayed that we would have an enlightment of the power of Christ that dwells on the inside of us.
In the Old Testament in Daniel 10, Daniel didn't have the Spirit of God living on the inside of him, Jesus hadn't risen from the dead so Daniel's prayers were blocked to God. But today, the Holy Spirit lives on the inside of you if you've made Jesus your Lord and Savior, you don't have to struggle to get your prayers to God.
Ephesians 1:15-23
15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened (to see it before your natural eyes see it) that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over allthings (incl sickenss) to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all."
You don't need more power or faith, you need to see what you already have. You cannot feel of see what you have in the spirit, John 3:6 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." - Just take what the Word says and believe it. 1 John 2:20 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things." 1 Cor 2:16 16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ." You know all in your spirit, draw out that knowledge. Colossians 1:9 do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Remember a delay is not a denying. If things doesn't happened as quick as you wanted it to be, don't let panic/fear, fear of lack, what sickness can do, provision lost, fear that God won't take care of you - it will contaminate your faith, so you must not fear. If you refuse to fear then at the same time you refuse to fail. When you find yourself stressed out you're afraid to fail, trying to do something in your own strength. God put Himself in you, there is no failure in Him so there is no failure in you. Sometimes things take time to materialize but it's not a denial, no, but a delay, it's nothing you did or didn't do, it happens when it's suppose to happen, maybe you're not ready yet. Have confidence, when you know it has been done, you know what you know, you have victory in you. The Holy Ghost lives on the inside of you.
1 Corinthians 14:2 & 14 : 2 For he who speaks in an unknown tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful." - Meditate on this and catch hold of it :
Prayer is a communication system with God, is saying to God what God has already said to us in His Word. Prayer is taking the Word and speaking to God what God has already said and done in the Covenant of Grace. Religious people pray foolish prayers for things that God has already done, example, asking God to never leave or forsake them but He won't pay attention because in Hebrews 13:5 For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Nothing happens on the earth without somebody praying. Prayer is the permit protocol for answers, heaven needs you and I to give permission for all that God has done to be released in your life. Prayer opens the door for the flow of what Grace has already made available. Prayer is not getting God to do something but opens the door for the finished works of Jesus to be manifested in your life.
The Bible says in 2 Peter 1 :3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue," . Everything you will ever need that is already been given to us. If it's already been available to me, how should I respond? Faith is a positive response to what Grace has already made available. Titus 2:11-12 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared (available) to all men,..." But how come not all men are saved? Answer : How we responded to that is why we have it, "Lord I received, I believe in Jesus" and that response allowed the manifestation of what was given to everybody to show up in our lives. So the difference between you walking in the promises of God and somebody else not walking in that promise is how you respond to it. When you understand the Gospel of Grace you're not going to God trying to get Him to do something however you're going God in responding in praise and worship and thanksgiving for what's already been done, you will see the manifestation in their lives. Prayer under the New Covenant will be fellowshipping with God/ thanksgiving/praise/worship/appreciation for what He's already done, prayers in line with His Word in the Name of Jesus, you've given the permit to bring it in and you will see what you pray on the earth because you know how to pray.
People don't say or preach about tongues (a Grace gift to us) anymore. The 1970s supernatural revivals came as a result of praying in a supernatural prayer language, that gave birth to things that we didn't even know how it showed up. In the natural when you pray about something that's in the Word and you pray in the tense that's already done and you begin to thank and praise God for it and you fight that spiritual warfare and you stand on that Word - you will see that answered prayer, it will be seen. But with the supernatural prayer language, the devil can't get involved, he doesn't know what's going on. Remember you're a child of the supernatural.
For he that speaks in an unknown tongue (language unknown to us) does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands (catches the meaning) him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. It's going to be unknown to you but not unto God - I'm saying secret truths and hidden things that are not obvious to my understanding. What am I speaking, I don't know what I'm saying because I utter secret truths and hidden things that are not obvious to my understanding. I don't know what I'm saying but I know I'm speaking a secret truth, something that's hidden not obvious to my mind/understanding. You speaking the hidden truth (revelation) behind behind your sickness/lack - that I'm healed.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. Your spirit prays and your born-again spirit is perfect and 100% like God residing in you, but your soul and body has to line up with it. Your soul in not praying because you don't have an understanding, your spirit is praying. The perfect flawless part of you, your spirit, is praying so you can only pray perfect prayers. That's the place where the Holy Spirit resides and secret truths are. I cannot tell you in my natural mind what I just prayed, secret truths and hidden things.
Acts 1:8 8 But you shall receive power (ability to get results) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Why did He give us power, to do what? Ability to get results, even in hard places.
Acts 2:1-4 1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire (like tongues in a fire place), and one sat upon each of them.4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (the words)." The result/evidence of Holy Spirit.
The power to get results in your life is when a man prays in other tongues, the Grace gift, it will make available to you manifestations that will build you up. It's perfect because it takes you out of the picture because you don't know what you're saying so you can't doubt or second guess it. It's the purest release of faith in prayer because your mind can't mess with it.
The church built religion on what's right and what's wrong. There is something greater than knowing what's right and what's wrong - it was never God's best for us to know the difference. God didn't want them to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, He did not want men to know the difference between good and evil. And we base our whole religion on what's good and what's evil, what's right and what's wrong. People say the first sin was when they ate from the Tree, no it was not. The first sin was when God told the to eat of all the trees of the Garden and they didn't. Had they eaten of all of the trees like He said, they'd been too full to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. God didn't want them to know good and evil, He only wanted them to know what was better than to eat of the Tree. They were submitted to the love of God, nothing was kept from them. The devil told them to eat of the Tree so they could be like God and they would know what God knows. They were already like God and God didn't want the to know good and evil, He just wanted them to know Him. When your total focus becomes just Him and you get so lost in His presence, then you don't care about evil, because you're in Him. Questions like is it right to drink wine or isn't? - you don't care about it, that question does not even come up in your mind because you're enjoying His presence, He meet all of your needs, He is the One you depend on, you are totally God-conscious. He never wanted to split your consciousness up - one side knowledge good and other side knowledge of evil. He just wants you to be God-conscious. I look to God for everything and He supplied all of my needs. God wants us to get back to this, there is the Covenant of Grace, He has done everything and settle everything for you.
When God put the sacrificial system into place, notice the priest did not examine the sins of the person that brought the sacrifice but the priest examined the animal (the sacrifice) and if that animal was good then the man was good. so likewise Jesus is our perfect sacrifice and as long as Jesus is good, you're good because He doesn't examine you but He examines the Sacrifice, Jesus.
Under Grace there is not law:
Jewish people got the Law of Moses.
Gentiles have the law written in their heart, i.e. the Law of Consciousness, they knew right and wrong in their heart because it was written in their heart.
The church is not lawless, we have the Law of Love, if we will do everything out of love it fulfills the Law of Consciousness and the Law of Moses because Love is a fulfillment of all of the Law. Just by doing what we do by the Law of Love, we won't kill or steal. We can accomplish much more by doing out of love versus doing it out of what's right and what's wrong- that's what God is trying to get us back to. Do it all out of love, that's the perfect place He wants us to be. Let's be God-conscious and love-conscious and everything falls into place.
Romans 5:5 because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us." When you speak in tongues, it is motivated out of love. When I speak in tongues about this hidden truths and secrets that's not obvious to my mind, God knows what I'm saying.
Jude 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith', praying in the Holy Spirit is your most holy faith. The faith of God which goes in and apprehends (become aware of, grasp the meaning of) what Grace has already made available to us, we have a knowledge of that. Most holy faith goes and apprehends that hidden truth, that mystery, that thing that's not obvious to your mind and it brings to pass what your mind couldn't comprehend and the next thing you know you're looking at a manifestation that you didn't had the wisdom to pray to get it here. But when you pray in tongues it release wisdom to apprehend the manifestation and to give permission for that manifestation of that hidden truth/secret/that was not obvious and brought it into manifestation. When you praying in tongues you will bump into stuff that you didn't pray for but it happened from praying in tongues. Building yourself up not based on your knowledge what you need but based on the Holy Ghost's knowledge of what you need.
"Romans 8: 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. "
Things going on in our lives that we don't even know what's going on, some dirty deal against you and you don't know it but the Holy Ghost knows everything - He will help you to pray about what you don't know about. The Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. So the Holy Ghost will help you by giving you the utterance to pray something in tongues about something you don't know about. You can't pray it in English because it's not obvious to your mind, so He is going to help you so the devil can't shut you down. Use this Gift - do you see why the devil has fault this? If you get an understanding about this, nothing is going to stop you. Just pray in tongues to get pass your limited mind until you get the Peace. Then you walk in confidence that all is well because you released the permit for heaven to allow the manifestation of both what I prayed that I knew was already done and what I prayed that I didn't know was already done. What did we do to deserve to speak in tongues like this? We must begin to use this Grace gift everyday. The Holy Ghost has been sent to help you!
"Ephesians 6:18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
You can now pray for everybody that needs prayer and the Holy Spirit now directs your prayer wherever He needs it!
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