The Word – Feb. 8, 2012 - PRAYER, THE LIFE-BREATH OF A PERSONS' SOUL

"You can ask for anything in My name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it" (John 14:13-14).

A person may reach heaven without education, or books or knowledge, but no one ever reached heaven without prayer! Prayer is the very breath of the soul. Without prayer we may have a name that we live, and even be counted as a Christian, but be completely dead in the sight of God.

The awareness of our soul is that we must cry out to God for mercy and peace recognizing that this is a mark of grace. We all have the need of spreading out before our Heavenly Father our souls needs, and this is the evidence that we indeed are His children.

There is no time as well spent as that which a person spends on their knees. Make time for this, whatever else you do. What did David say? "Evening and morning, and at noon, I will pray and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice" (Psalm 55:17).


Prayer is the only way to produce the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on our hearts. He is ready to come with all His precious gifts, renewing, sanctifying, purifying, cheering, teaching, directing, and guiding us into all truth. But He waits for us to entreat Him!

If we are to resist the world, the flesh, and the devil, we must pray. There must be specific times when you speak to God face to face; you must have a time set aside for prayer, and then learn what it means to pray without ceasing. Beloved, You must pray!