Prayer Changes Things

Prayer changes things. It is your responsibility to pray. Prayer is simply communicating with God and Responsibility is the ability to choose your response.

In the book of Isaiah Thirty-Six is the story of the threats made by the king of Assyria against the people of God that he would come and destroy them. Hezekiah, instructed his own people who received this message and treats to be silent, not to say a word.

The first lesson and application is that anytime you are threatened, you must not say a word in your defense because the threat is really not against you but against The God in you. Plus, if you say anything, your voice really cannot accomplish anything but when GOD speaks, ever enemy is destroyed because the voice of the Lord is Powerful and majestic and does wonders (Psalms 29:3-9).

Hezekiah was smart enough to run into the house of God, the place of refuge and protection, to talk to GOD; he took the responsibility to PRAY. It was there, God gave him the instruction to consult with His prophet, Isaiah (Isaiah 37:1-2). Even though Hezekiah received a word from the Man of GOD, a letter still arrived from the King of Assyria with even more threats. Hezekiah went to the House of God again with the letters and spread it before the Lord and PRAYED (Isaiah 37:14-15).

Another lesson and application is that whenever you are faced with a challenging situation, learn to go talk to GOD about it. You must learn to PRAYabout it. This must be your default programming about these kind of situations. Do not try to figure things out by your own limited mind. It is not by power or might but by the help of The Holy Spirit that victories are won (Zechariah 4:6). It is not about depending on the man of GOD to pray for you, rather, you must take the responsibility to PRAY for yourself. This is how you can experience victories perpetually. Every prophetic word for the year will only come to pass when you take on the personal responsibility by engaging in prayer so you can receive what God has promised.

Nothing just happens! You must pull into your physical reality through prayer, the victories God has already made available for you!

In the first verse of Isaiah Thirty-Eight, Hezekiah again had a great challenge. This time it was a health challenge and his default programming kicked in; he went to talk to God about it especially because the man of God had said to him that the illness will result in his death. But Hezekiah was wise enough to run to God in earnest PRAYER, reminding God how faithful, loyal and righteous he had lived and served in the past.  As a result of his earnest prayer, GOD added fifteen years to his life!

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The final lesson and application is that no matter the verdict of hell against you, God can turn things around for you, if you can just PRAY through. God can overturn every judgment and every decree that is against you for favor.

Job 28:9 says God overturns mountains at the roots. This season GOD will overturn every mountain in your life and give you a brand new song of victory to sing. Your life will be proof that taking the responsibility to PRAY pays a great dividend.

PRAYER IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, begin today!