“Prayer From God’s Perspective”

December 27, 2008 prophetess7

I Timothy 2:1-8

I exalt therefore that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.  For  this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior who would have all men to be saved, and to come into the knowledge of truth.  For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.  Where unto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not); a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

In this passage of scripture, Paul puts prayer in God’s perspective.  Paul doesn’t begin with prayers, but supplication.  All prayer consists of supplication, prayer, and intercession.

Paul climaxed by saying… and giving thanks.  This means we should give thanks to God whether in prayer, supplication or intercession and lift hands thanking God without wrath or doubting.

Psalms 6:9 The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer

Zech 12:10 I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him…….

Supplication

What is supplication? Supplication is praying from God’s perspective or praying what God wants. Sometimes if we don’t pray from God’s perspective we can be praying outside the will of God.  If I pray outside God’s will, then He is not obligated to answer my prayers.

Jesus Christ is the will of God, and the Bible says all promises of God in Him are yea and amen (2 Cor 1:20).   So any prayer that is prayed outside of the will of God, God will not answer.

Supplication is what God wants at this time, this place and this people, and if you supplicate you will never miss the mark.

Supplication means “supply”.  The heart of the problem is the problem with our hearts.  God wants to put your heart in the hand of God so that He can turn it whatsoever way that He wills.

Supplication is putting your heart in God’s hand and not coming up with whats in your head.

Jesus said “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”  We have to pray God’s will.  Supplication is “Thy kingdom come, thy kingdom supply.

Supplication is asking for God’s supply and not trying to make it on your own.  So we need to ask for Gods kingdom to come and God’s will to be done.  It is simply asking for the release of  heaven’s supply. As it is in heaven, put it down here on earth.

Prayers

Once you get it from God’s perspective, Paul uses the designation of prayers because there are various kinds of prayers:

Prayer of faith

Prayer of Agreement

Praying in the Spirit

Intercession

Intercessions are interruptions.

Definition of intercession- praying on behalf of another person; however intercession goes much deeper than the concept of praying on behalf of another person.  Intercession is interrupting or guarding by the wooing, working and the witnessing of the Holy Ghost.  There is no real intercession without the intercessor- – the Holy Spirit. 

The Spirit Himself is the intercessor. Romans 8:26, 28

“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Holy Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

Intercession is when the Holy Spirit steps in and gives us an unction to function and call on the Name of the Lord on the behalf of someone else.  It is an interruption so the Holy Spirit can make an interception.  Intercession involves others outside of us.

In praying from God’s perspective we have to pray from the revelation of God’s will.  We need a revelation from God to know if we are involved in supplication, prayer or intercession.

Romans 12:12  I beseech you brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God which is your reasonable service.  Be not conformed, but transformed by the renewing of your mind so you can prove what is that good, acceptable and perfect will of God.

Prove the will of God, means to discern, and discover what is the good, acceptable and perfect will of God.

Hosea 4:2 says “Take with you words and turn to the Lord and say…..

So when we come to God, we take the Word of God with us.  Before we can move anything physically there is something spiritual that we need to overcome.   Spiritual is something we cannot see, and it is bigger than what we are looking at externally.

If we are praying the Word of God(logos) Heb 4:12, then we will get the Rhema(Eph 6).  If we pray with(logos) we will get a rhema back.  If I know what God has said then I will hear what the Holy Spirit is saying.

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