I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Which
we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them
from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the
LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done.
-
Psalm 78:2-4
The
3 best days to pray...
There are 3 days in which answers to prayers could come faster
(and more powerfully) than at any other time. These are the days
when mere mortals can capture the undivided attention of
Heaven. |
From: Elisha Goodman
Sunday 2:15 AM
Calvary greetings
There are 3 days in which answers to prayers could come faster (and more
powerfully) than at any other time. These are the days that mere mortals can
capture the undivided attention of Heaven.
Believe it or not, getting the attention of heaven laser-focused on your
situation even for a minute is all that you require for victory, miracles
and uncommon breakthroughs.
And...
Knowing how to stretch that one minute into one hour... one day... up to 3
days and beyond is the secret sauce for a lifetime of signs and wonders.
Before we get into the message,
a quick reminder...
Disclaimer
Please note that this material is for informational purpose
only and does not constitute professional advice. You may
or may not get any results from using the
principles taught here. In other words, this may not work for
you at all. May the Lord richly bless you.
- elisha |
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You will lift up your voice and cry unto the Lord like this:
1. O
Lord, open my spiritual ears to hear, and my spiritual eyes to see your
glory in Jesus name.
2. Any
seed of rebellion in my life I command you to die in Jesus name.
3. I
refuse to live in a captive universe; powers of captivity lose your hold in
the name of Jesus.
Now we are ready to begin.
We're going to read quite a few scriptures to give us perspective.
That is because every message must rest on a strong scriptural foundation in
order to unleash its full potential to go forth and accomplish the purpose
to which it is sent.
In Matthew chapter 15 we read:
Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the
multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to
eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
And his disciples say to him, From where should we have so much bread in the
wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? And Jesus said to them, How
many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. And he
commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke
them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And
they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that
was left seven baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand men,
beside women and children.
- Matt 15:32-38
Please take note of the phrase:
They have been with me three days and have had nothing to eat.
How many days? 3 days.
Now we take a sampling of verses from the book of Jonah:
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in
the belly of the fish three days and three nights...
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me;
out of the belly of hell cried I, and you heard my voice.
- Jonah 1:17; 2:1-2
Please take note of phrase: 3 days and 3 nights.
Incidentally many people reading this might be in a worse situation
that the prophet Jonah, if only they could see where they are right now in
the spirit.
How do you know this?
How can you be so sure?
We'll come back to this shortly...
The next scripture is from Acts of the Apostles. In chapter 9 we see this:
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man:
but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was
three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said
the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the
Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight,
and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for,
behold, he prays, And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in,
and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
Also note the phrase: neither did eat or drink.
Before I make seven incremental statements we'll take two steps. First,
we take a step back into the Old Testament, and then we jump forward
into the New Testament for a couple more verses.
(Hint: There is a reason we are going back and forth. It will all be clear
in a moment.)
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all
the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat
nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast
likewise; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the
law: and if I perish, I perish. - Esther 4:15-16
How many days? 3 days
How many nights? 3 nights
In Luke 11 we read this:
And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him
at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of
my in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now
shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give you. I say
to you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet
because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
What's the number here? It is 3.
Not one. Not two. Not 5. Not 7.
There is a reason for this.
Going back to our working scripture in the book of Acts, we notice a
peculiar thing:
The Lord told Ananias:
And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street which is called
Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus:
for, behold, he prays.
From His throne in heaven, the Lord moved with urgency in response to Paul's prayers and...
...
Dispatched an immediate answer to that prayer using a human vessel on the
earth.
I want to make sure we get this clearly:
- Paul
was 3 days without food or water
- He
spent the whole time praying
- The
God of heaven and earth responded immediately to those prayers
- By
dispatching the answer through His human agent closest to the scene of
action
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And the next...
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What happened to Apostle Paul provides us with a naked demonstration of
these two statements.
But there is a question:
Why would the God of heaven and earth do this?
It is not as if He is under
any obligation to answer our prayers.
Going back to the very first scripture we read, we're told that Jesus felt
something for this crowd of people following Him around for 3 days. So He
decided to feed them.
Why?
He gave his own reason:
Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the
multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to
eat: and I will not send them away fasting.
When you study the miracles of Jesus as He ministered to people, you
discover that oftentimes He was driven by this thing called compassion.
And what is compassion?
The dictionary tells us that it is:
A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by
misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
We see His compassion in action when He ...
- Healed
the sick (Matt 14:14)
- Gave
free food to 4000 (Mark 8:2)
- Restored
sight to the blind (Matt 20:34)
- Taught
the mysteries of his kingdom (Mark 6:34)
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To receive anything from the Lord, you and I need His compassion. Absent
this, we would find our Christian journey a lot harder than it needs to be.
Now, compassion has a close cousin in the spirit realm.
In Psalm 102 we read:
You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to
her; the appointed time has come. - Psalm 102:13
Compassion and Favor.
It is wonderful enough when the Lord has compassion on us. When He now adds
His favour, then things can get mind-boggling pretty fast.
I mean awe-inspiring things. Stuff that defies logical or rational
explanation.
One of the hidden forces
that drives the universe
Please listen closely:
The Lord's favor is one of the hidden forces that drives the
universe.
Once this supernatural power invades your life, you will be promoted to a
whole new realm, a realm where you will become a sign and a wonder on the
earth.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. They
know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the
foundations of the earth are out of course.
I have said, You are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
- Psalm 82:3-6
I have to tread carefully here, before some modern-day Pharisee out there
accuses me of blasphemy. That is because their spiritual forbears attacked
Jesus violently when He quoted this same scripture in John 10:34.
I am getting ahead of myself here...
Back to what we were discussing.
In order to make progress,
this is an absolute requirement
The Lord's favor is an absolute requirement if you are to move from your
present level to the realm of the eagles.
It is an absolute requirement if you are to finally break the backbone of
generational oppression and hidden spiritual captivity.
And yes, it is an absolute requirement if you really want to possess your
possession and walk in your divine destiny in Christ Jesus.
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did
their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of
your countenance, because you had a favor to them.
- Psalm 44:3
So how did they possess their possession? The Lord's favor was at work.
Now let's check in with the beautiful Queen Esther. Last time we read about
her, she was getting herself and her troops ready for a peculiar 3-day fast
- the Esther Fast.
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel,
and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's
house: and the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, over against
the gate of the house. And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen
standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight: and the king
held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther drew
near, and touched the top of the scepter.
Queen Esther was walking a really fine line here. Her approaching this king
without a formal, royal invitation should have gotten her head chopped off
immediately. That's the way things worked in those days.
But instead she received what? Royal favor.
History makes it clear that this king was a notorious killer who thought
nothing of murdering his generals, his subjects and even his own sons.
Esther knew this very well. The Jews, upon whom a blanket death sentence had
just been passed, also knew this very well.
But they knew something else something divinely inspired.
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast you
for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my
maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in to the king. Esther 4:15-16
That brings us to the next statement.
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Please slow down and let that sink into your spirit.
When the LORD's favour wraps around you like a thick blanket, it means you
have 24-hour, round-the-clock divine protection.
For you, LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor will you compass him as
with a shield. - Psalm 5:12
Friends, at this ultra-high security level of protection, your enemies will
not even be able to see you. Yes, you become invisible to your enemies.
The only entities allowed to locate you will be your divine helpers!
PLUS those who need to restore your blessings.
And if they fail to bless you promptly, the Lord could appear to them in a
vision or dream, and instruct them to move quickly or else!
Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled
between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar. Abraham said of Sarah
his wife, “She is my sister.†So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took
Sarah.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold,
you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is
married. Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will You
slay a nation, even though blameless? Did he not himself say to me, She is
my sister? And she herself said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my
heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.
Then God said to him in the dream, Yes, I know that in the integrity of
your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me;
therefore I did not let you touch her. Now therefore, restore the man's
wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But
if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who
are yours.
Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave
them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him.
Now we are going deep deep deep.
There is another dimension to this.
The Bible says:
Forever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven. - Psalm 119:89
For the next prayer, we change location (in the spirit) so we can take it
from the vantage point of Heaven.
Please close your eyes and take this prayer with a holy shout:
By the decree of heaven, let every creation of God begin to work
in my
favour from now henceforth in the name of Jesus Christ.
I'd be remiss if I did not point this out right away.
There is another side to this thing called the Lord's Favor.
As you are receiving the Lord's favor, the enemies of your divine destiny
could well be receiving something else.
And that something is called JUDGMENT.
When Esther and her people received the king's favour, their sworn enemy
Haman received what? Judgment.
When the Israelites of old moved in to possess the land as a result of the
Lord's favor, what did the previous occupants receive? Judgment.
Within the 3 Best Days to pray, there is a way you can specifically release
the Lord's judgment on all the troublers of your Israel.
Mind you, these troublers might be different for different people.
- For
some it could be the troublers of their health (those ones go by many fancy
names these days).
- For
some it could be the troublers of their marital destiny
- For
others it might be ancestral or generation evil troublers on a suicide
mission to steal, kill or destroy.
No matter.
Once the Lord's favor wraps around you, they all are in for a time of divine
judgment, without exception.
Let's see how this works.
David said:
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you because of your righteous
judgments.
- Psalm 119:62
If you know a bit about David, you will agree that he was a man who knew how
to praise the Lord, among other things.
Here he is revealing a deep secret.
He says that at the midnight hour, he would usually spend quality time in
high praises unto the Lord.
If you study some of the Psalms he penned after those midnight sessions, you
will find a strange comingling of prayers for the Lord's favour and for
the Lord's judgment - often in the same breadth.
By his midnight action through prayer, praise and worship, David
regularly precipitated a collision of two opposing forces.
1. The
force of the Lord's favor
2. The
force of the Lord's judgment
These two powers (or forces) would collide together, and then separate and
go off in different directions --¦ favor towards David, and judgment
towards his enemies.
In the pre-release version of this manuscript, I mentioned that your prayers
must cause a collision in the unseen realms, in order for certain things to
move.
In the past, so many people had expressed reservation, even shock, at how
aggressive David's prayers sometimes sound.
One moment he is praising the Lord. The next moment he is releasing terrible
weapons of judgment against his enemies.
NOTE: When you see the word
'enemies' in our
materials, we are NOT referring to human beings. Our focus is on the
invisible entities mentioned in Ephesians 6 verse 12.
With that being said, we are now ready for the next statement.
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You remember how the shout of praises brought down the ancient walls of
Jericho?
That took 7 days.
Here you have a shortcut...
You can bring down every invisible wall of captivity in 3 days or less...
If only you will learn (and master) the art of midnight praise.
Now, for those folks who are under the erroneous impression that the Old
Testament is outdated, let's see a quick demonstration of this age-less
principle in the New Testament.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God: and the
prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the
foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were
opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
-
Acts 16:25-26
Praise the LORD.
Here they were using a combination of just 2 things:
- Midnight
prayer
- Midnight
praise
Because that's all they had at their disposal in the situation they found
themselves.
But look what results they got!
This matter of divine judgment is very, very important to understand.
Once the Lord's favour is poured forth, you can be sure the sword of
judgment has also been unleashed to accomplish the strange works of the Lord
somewhere AT THE SAME TIME.
Here's a classic example:
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain
of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And
because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also.
(Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to
four squads of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him
forth to the people.
Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of
the church to God for him.
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was
sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before
the door kept the prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came on him,
and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised
him up, saying, Arise up quickly.
And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said to him, Gird
yourself, and bind on your sandals. And so he did. And he said to him, Cast
your garment about you, and follow me. And he went out, and followed him;
and knew not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he
saw a vision.
When they were past the first and the second ward, they came to the iron
gate that leads to the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and
they went out, and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel
departed from him.
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that
the LORD has sent his angel, and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod,
and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the
mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together
praying....
And on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne, and
made an oration to them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the
voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord
smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and
gave up the ghost.
- Acts 12:1-12; 21-24
There is an
A-B-C lesson here:
A.
When king Herod captured (and eventually killed) the apostle James, the
disciples did, well, nothing. The enemy moved too fast for them to react.
They had no time. No warning. Nothing.
B.
Emboldened by his success, Herod went forward to grab Peter, the chief
apostle at the time, thinking he could put him to death just as easily as
he'd done to James.
C.
But there was a little problem. This time the disciples were ready for him.
Somehow they had snapped out of their slumber and jumped into relentless,
unceasing prayer.
Because of their prayer intervention, a collision of forces was set in
motion. In the aftermath, the power of favour moved swiftly toward Peter,
drawing him out of prison, and toward the praying saints as they were
engaged in their midnight battle.
On the other hand, the sword of judgment was drawn irresistibly to his
oppressor, resulting in a less than desirable end for him. That is how the
evil package of untimely death planned for Peter was returned to sender
without any apologies.
By the way, I hope you know how to send evil arrows back to sender. It is
totally scriptural to do so.
It is time to pray again:
Lord, I ask that you sit in judgement against all those
that trouble me,
including their agents, advisors, consultants,
priests and prophets...
And let every Pharaoh or Herod sitting in judgement against
me
receive your righteous judgement and indignation right
now in Jesus'
name.
I just pulled that prayer from our little prayer book, the Prayer of
Caleb, the one book that is on the bookshelf of Prayer Academy
graduates worldwide.
Skillfully applied, this one prayer can deliver more that its full weight in
gold.
One prayer eagle recently sent in this praise report, after her friend took
the prayer out for a 'test drive'.
"When I started the Prayer Academy in October
last year I told a friend
about it.
I did not see her until two weeks ago when she asked
how I was getting on.
I shared a lot of testimonies and told her that even
though it is hard
work you fall in love with the results
and keep going.
She, on
the other hand, was struggling with many things
including problems at
work and was at risk of losing her job.
I shared the book "The
Prayer of Caleb" which I carry
with me all the time and encouraged her
to pray.
She used her phone to take a picture of one of the prayers
which she went away and prayed over a difficult issue at work.
A few
days later I received a text saying that the issue
had been resolved in
her favour!
In her words she said,
"I am starting to like the
results! Praise God!"
This is the prayer she prayed:
Lord, I
ask that you sit in judgement against all those
that trouble me,
including their agents, advisors, consultants,
priests and prophets...
And let every pharaoh or Herod sitting in judgement against
me
receive your righteous judgement and indignation right
now in Jesus'
name.
May God continue to bless and increase your ministry."
- Eagle Rejoice
Praise the LORD.
Moving on.
The 3 Best Days To Pray
is Like a 3-Legged Stool
1st leg is:
The 3 days without eating and drinking
2nd leg is:
The midnight praise action during those 3 days
3rd leg is: The prayers, the prayers and the prayers
In the spirit realm things are not always what they seem.
An innocent-looking prayer like:
O LORD, clothe me with your garment of divine favor
... can have far-reaching consequences than you can ever imagine. While you
might only be thinking of all nice and wonderful things, that same prayer
can at the same time trigger an earthquake of divine judgment somewhere.
At the midnight gate, you need to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit very
very closely. You must learn to move in lockstep with Him, not rushing ahead
of Him, and not falling behind Him.
You must be in step, in sync and in tune with Him.
How do you do this? By His WORD.
As you immerse yourself in the Word, many hidden nuggets
will be dropped in your spirit.
If you know how to grab those golden nuggets and convert them to fast-action
prayer bullets, then you will be off to the races.
Before the feeding of the 4000 that we saw earlier, Jesus said:
I have compassion on the multitude,
because they have been with me now
three days
They had been with Him doing what?
Listening to Him teach. Hanging on to His every Word. Hungrily taking it in.
day after day after day.
They replaced their physical hunger with a hunger for His word.
Now watch this:
Once they replaced their physical hunger with a hunger for
His word His compassion was triggered.
To a limitless and overflowing degree.
We are now approaching what might well be...
The most important statement in this entire letter...
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He will begin to feed you with the Bread of Heaven i.e. Himself.
He will plug your life into the divine electricity grid¦ and suddenly you
will begin to shine like the light of the world that you were meant to be.
At this level, internal barriers operating in some dark area of your life
unseen will begin to melt away. All the strangers will hastily find their
way out of their hiding places in your body or risk being incinerated by
the divine electricity now coursing through your veins.
This is for real.
At this level nothing will be hidden from you. The secrets of your life
(that the enemy has been taking advantage of) will suddenly be laid bare
before you.
If you DARE to follow through with this experience, the
voice of the Spirit will be activated from deep within you.
This is like an internal GPS telling you what to do, how to do it, when to
move, when to stay still, etc.
We are getting ready to make our final statement in a moment.
Before then please let's pause again for prayer:
O LORD, I need divine direction;
order my steps in your word in Jesus
name.
In Psalm 119 verse 105 it is written:
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. - Psalm 119:105
I want to make sure you get this.
What we are talking about here is the voice of the Word that you receive by
revelation¦ which must be perfectly in agreement with the Word of God in
scripture.
Your ability to hear and discern the voice of His word is
the single most important thing in your life. And the only way you will be
able to develop hearing ears to hear the voice of His word in the spirit is
through DEEP prayer, like the type we're discussing here.
The voice of His word.
This is no ordinary word.
It contains within itself a rare seed indeed. Within this seed lies the
power to focus and motivate you¦ through fire and pouring rain.
The power that will propel you forward¦ especially when things look hopeless
and you feel like giving up.
With this power, giving up won't be an option. Rather you will find yourself
thrust forward, driven inexorable towards your divine destiny by something
inside you which you may not be able to put a finger on.
With this in mind, our last of the 7 incremental statements goes like
this:
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Look, the Bible says:
And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains within
you, and there is no need for anyone to teach you. But since His anointing
gives you instruction in all things--and is true and is no falsehood--you
are continuing in union with Him even as it has taught you to do.
- 1 John 2:27
It is within YOU. It may just be dormant. It is not outside!
Praise the LORD.
You see today most people have heard endless messages from teachers,
preachers and other ministers.
They know what is right and what is wrong.
They can quote many scriptures and tell captivating Bible stories.
Yet, when confronted with medium-to-tough situations, they find no strength
to carry on. You see them running from pillar to post, looking for
'anointed' persons to do everything for them.
When they are told to do the simplest things like reading one chapter of the
Bible and praying just a few prayers, they find no strength or motivation to
go through with it.
They attend many seminars, learn many things but find that they lack the
focus and motivation to follow through and apply whatever it is they
learned.
All too often you find the words of the old apostle coming to pass:
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for
someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and
you have come to need milk and not solid food.
- Heb.5:12
So life becomes a never-ending treadmill.
No progress. Nothing to show for years of walking the Christian walk.
Only misery, torture, oppression.
But things don't have to be this way.
Change can happen. Dramatic change.
It will take something being triggered deep within you for this change to
happen.
Welcome to the world of the eagles of prayer.
What I have described to you here is the biblical path to unstoppable
anointing.
There are NO shortcuts.
The Best 3 Days secret is at the root of every anointed minister or ministry
there
is anywhere in the world.
Are there believers you think are more anointed than you?
Is this their
SECRET SAUCE?
This is the absolute starting point on their journey up the mountain of
power.
They all start from here and then go on to surrender leadership to the Holy
Ghost who would then take them anywhere He wishes.
Depending on the particular mountain you want to climb (Everest
anyone?) the Holy Ghost can stretch what I've described here to 7 days, 10
days, 14 days, 21 days, 40 days and even beyond.
For instance I saw this one in my inbox a few days ago:
Hi Elisha
God has smiled on me! Remember I told you I was in a 21
days fasting
in April from the 10th to the 30th. Tell you what? God has
answered my
prayers!
I HAVE BEEN PROMOTED!!!!
If you
remember my story, for nine years I was earning peanuts and
everyone
seemed hostile at work at my promotion. Many a times
recommendations were
made which never came to pass. Following up on
them was futile.
But just 30 days after fasting I have my promotion and guess what! Its
double what I have been earning. Isn't it wonderful. I thank the Lord
and
I thank you Elisha for teaching me the secret of the 'back door'
because
in all those 21 days I woke up at the midnight hour just to
worship God
and pray in tongues. And it happened!
- Itumeleng
Notice what she did, besides fasting:
"I
woke up at the midnight hour just to worship God and pray in tongues."
Reminds you of David, doesn't it?
Thousands of believers write to me, claiming they had gone through
deliverance countless times yet the problem remains. In many cases the
problems keep on multiplying.
I ask a simple question:
Can you describe to me a typical deliverance session that
you've gone through?
Over the years I have heard things like:
1. I
had tea with a powerful prophet and he declared that I was delivered.
2. A
pastor prayed over me and told me I didn't need deliverance.
3. I
received a prophecy that all my problems were going to be over shortly.
4. I
fell under the anointing as hands were laid on me.
5. I
was told to drink anointing oil and take a holy bath (whatever that means).
6. I
was told to sleep with a Bible under my pillow every night.
7. etc,
etc.
When I hear things like this I gently advise them to look for a
Bible-believing Christian ministry that understands deliverance and make
haste to join their program without further delay.
While not telling them whether their "deliverance" in the past was good or
bad, usually I give them one hint:
"If you can find a ministry with a deliverance program that begins or ends
with a 3-day Esther-style fast, then chances are you're in the right place."
Just one clue. But it is a crucial one.
There is a divine pattern for effective deliverance.
Some ministers know it. Some don't.
Some churches practice it. Some don't.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to put
on the uniform of a spiritual detective and go find the genuine ones.
Otherwise in your desperate quest for a solution to your problems, you run
the high risk of falling into the pit of serious error (one that has taken
some believers many long weary years to dig themselves out of).
Look at this email I received years ago from Ireland:
Thank you Elisha for the great job you are doing. May God
bless you abundantly. There was one of your prayer bullets that
I used. It was about arrows of death. I prayed that prayer at
midnight, and that night I had a dream. I saw myself inside a
fridge buried underground. Thank God in that dream I had the
power to get out. When I came out, I saw armed people coming
to me. They were all carrying dangerous-looking weapons, but I
told them that I serve the Living God. They came near as they
wanted to finish me off but their weapons refused to work!
Praise the LORD
This is what I meant when I said earlier that many people today are in a
worse situation than Jonah in the belly of the fish.
I don't mean to digress here.
But does't it just make you sad to see fellow believers falling for all
kinds of myths and half-truths¦ and having to go through a prolonged period
of painful (and expensive) trial and error to correct their past mistakes?
You see all these wonderful Christian brothers and sisters everywhere.
They're born again. They love the Lord, and they try to put their
heart and soul into walking with the Lord daily.
They want to have a healthy relationship with the Lord (but
without much prayer). They want to create a good life for themselves and
their families. They want to make a meaningful impact on the world, using
godly principles.
They work so hard. Still they fall flat. Their focus is scattered, and they
spend most of their time running after all kinds of different things that
someone told them will work, but just aren't going to (thanks to little or
no prayer).
So they get cynical. Their heart grows stone-cold. They stop trusting the
Word of God.
Many send me emails giving all kinds of excuses why they couldn't fast and
pray as I teach (to be sure, many of these reasons are genuine, as when
someone is pregnant or on medication).
Sometimes, I check back to see how they are doing. A season after they first
landed on our websites. Or half a year. Or more.
And I hear endless stories about
...
- An
abandoned dream.
- An
abandoned marriage
- An
abandoned goal
- An
abandoned destiny.
It breaks my heart each time, and each time, I wish someone would do
something about it...
... help take us back to the basics of PRAYER THAT WORKS.
Then one day the Lord told me to be that someone.
And the result is this (rather) long letter you are now reading.
As we bring this to a close, please note that you are not under any
obligation to believe anything I've said until...
You go ahead and prove it to yourself
By diligently applying these principles, you may be able to see the PROOF of
what you're reading here.
He says:
Thus said the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I
am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone;
that spreads abroad the earth by myself;
That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns
wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
That confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his
messengers... Isa. 44:24-26a
Praise the LORD.
On our part, we're daily taking all these principles out for a 'road test'
This is something that can neutralize
everything I've said so far!
You might already know that it requires an intimate relationship with
someone in order to truly know and recognize his voice when he speaks.
Same thing with God.
Without a relationship with Him -- and an intimate one for that matter -- it
will be very difficult to operate the 3 Best Days principle.
Or hear His voice. Or enjoy his compassion or favor or 24-hour protection
or all the other wonderful things we've been looking at here.
If it is of interest to you, you can start that relationship with Him right
away (if you have NOT already done so).
Bible tells us there is only one thing that can ACTIVELY sabotage your
relationship with Him.
And that thing is SIN.
Hearing the gospel day in day out, but continuing to live in any known sin
will cut you off from the presence of God, and make your prayers to fall
flat¦ no matter how well you put into practice all the other things we've
been discussing here.
Sin is a killer. The Bible says:
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his
ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between
you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not
hear.
- Isa 59:1-2
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord. - Rom. 6:23
Some believers reading this may be harboring deep, dark secrets they dare not
share with anyone. Today I counsel you to take everything to the Lord in
prayer without further delay.
You need to fall on your face today and cry out to Him in sincere
repentance.
For those who have never surrendered their lives to Him, now is the perfect
time.
The Bible says:
For he says, In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of
salvation I helped you. I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is
the day of salvation. - 2 Cor.6:2
Seeing that the warning still comes to us, "To-day, if you hear His voice,
do not harden your hearts as your forefathers did in the time of the
provocation." - Heb 3:15
You can give your life to the Lord today, even now, while this is still in
front of you.
Here's how to proceed:
First, realize you are a sinner.
"As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one:" Romans 3:10
"... for there is no difference. For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God;" Romans 3:23
Realize that good works can NOT save you.
"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy
rags ..."
- Isaiah 64:6
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us ..." Titus 3:5
Realize that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for your sins.
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, ..." 1 Peter
2:24
"... Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,"
- Revelation 1:5
Simply by faith receive Jesus Christ as your personal Savior.
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name:" John 1:12
" ...Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."" Acts 16:30,31
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
THIS IS A SALVATION PRAYER
Then pray this prayer, and mean it with all your heart.
LORD, I know that I am a sinner, and unless you save me I am lost forever. I
thank you for dying for me at Calvary. I come to you now, Lord, I repent of
my sins and I ask you to save me. I now receive you as my Savior. In the
name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Congratulations!
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Be An Overcomer
elisha
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