7 Days of Breakthrough PrayerSample

Personal Prayer: Nobody Is Beyond God's Reach

“The Gospel cannot live, fight, conquer without prayer—prayer unceasing, instant and ardent.” —E. M. Bounds

Prayer in the church is important; prayer in our personal lives is just as vital. The greatest miracles I have seen in my life are the ones that I knew with all my heart were not possible—the trial could not be overcome, the person could not be healed, the loved one could not be set free—without God Almighty stepping in and doing it. To actually see the hand of God move on my behalf is the deepest and most fulfilling thing I have ever experienced next to watching Him use me to bring someone else to Christ. That’s why the people in Jerusalem said that the early Christians were men who “have turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6). The people of that day actually saw the hand of God do incredible things, and He did it through ordinary people, like you and me. That same God, your Father, is doing the same things today.

Do you long to see those you love enter into a deep and genuine relationship with Jesus? Do you have loved ones who are in some type of bondage that just looks hopeless? Have you begun to have serious doubts that they will ever change? Have you spoken for years with certain people and the fact that God loves them just doesn’t seem to get through?

Prayer is the most powerful force known to man, so why don’t we want to turn to prayer to answer the problems in the lives of those we love? We should be quick to pray in the supernatural before we try to do anything in the natural. Prayer wields the power that unlocks heaven’s doors and brings the answers that you desire for you, your family, your pastor, and your church. 

Prayer is laying hold of the unseen reality that lies before us. Prayer is accepting the rights and privileges of a citizen of heaven. Prayer is declaring once again that God is mighty and that He has our lives in the palm of His hands. Prayer is the method God chose to align our spirits with His. Oswald Chambers’ life was focused on prayer. That is why he declared, “Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” 

The fact is that prayer is the hardest work we will ever do…and the most rewarding.