Day One and Two of Lent 2024 Feb 14, 15, 2024
God makes no mistakes! Yesterday he told me to PRAY.
Yes, I was already praying. We started a 45-day prayer series about two weeks ago. I was praying daily but not consistently for corporate prayer. The Powerhouse Revival Series was intended as a prayer for FULL restoration.
After putting a call out for PAID members and former clients to donate what they could for a severe financial need, by the skin of my teeth, God met the need through the combined giving of clients and the sacrifice of time from my younger sister.
I realized in that moment that GOD not only cared about me, He cared about the things that mattered to me. We think that the things that matter to us are simply material and don't matter. But they do. God prays for us to prosper even as our soul prospers.
From that moment to now, I committed to praying for revival and restoration. My pastor has been praying for revival. I learned that the word REVIVAL comes from Chayah (part of the name of this membership). It was everything was screaming REVIVAL from all sides so I knew I was on the right track. But yesterday during session 8 - I heard clearly PRAY!! I was led to look up the dates of Lent today and the final piece of this puzzle all came together. I know God has called me to pray but this Powerhouse Revival felt different.
I could feel the raw power coming forth in the sessions and knew that the power of God was coming forth and that momentum was mounting with each new prayer session. When the pieces came together tonight, I got the Holy Spirit-led idea to do an open (free) written message of the day in addition to the paid Powerhouse Revival Sprint for each day of Lent. This is the beginning.
Today’s Message: Pray Matters
Even if you don’t know if your prayers are getting through, Jesus encouraged the disciples to pray with persistence as noted here in Luke 11:5-9:
5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[a] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (NIV)
I believe that prayer changes things and that a praying woman is a whole problem for the gates of hell. Take some time now to STOP AND PRAY. I believe that the heart of the Father is for you to be restored in prayer and power. All things work for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to His purposes.
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See you in day number 3 of the Lent letters.
I just said three extra prayers even though I just finished writing three in my God Box Journal. I realized tonight I've been writing in my journal(s) every day for 5 full months adding in three prayers every single day. Hopefully tonight's DOUBLE helping of prayers will get noticed!