If Two Shall Agree, continued

Praise the Lord, Beloved, and Greetings in the Name of the One who asked “Lovest thou me?”, then followed His question with a requirement, “Feed my sheep” (John 21:17). The name of the one who said these words to Peter is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is in His Name that I greet you.

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “If Two Shall Agree” - Jesus encouraged us to pray, talked to us in parables, and spent many nights praying in the mountains to show us by example the value of prayer. Yet, we have not learned that the secret of success in this Christian warfare is prayer, more prayer, and much prayer - especially with a prayer partner. Must I remind you that prayer is the only spiritual exercise that we are required by scripture to do all day and every day? Did you forget about the scripture that says, “Pray without ceasing” (I Thessalonians 5:17)? Or did you forget the words of Luke when he wrote that Jesus “spake a parable unto this end, that men ought always pray, and not faint” (Luke 18:1)? Do you remember the scripture that advocated team prayer partners and highlighted the successful results of team prayer partnership? Here it is - “Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed”. This is one result of prayer. Another result is that “the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much” (James 5:16).

Chosen ones, many have the wrong conception about praying, especially with someone else! Many seem to think that prayer is supposed to change God, but that is far from the truth. True partnership prayer is supposed to change you! That’s why Jesus sent His disciples out two by two - to show them and us that we cannot make it by ourselves. We all need to be among the sanctified. That is where our inheritance is. Partnership prayer transforms you from someone who thinks only about yourself to someone who constantly considers the needs of others.

I will write more on this subject next week.
Until then, know this,
I love you all SO very much,
In His Love,
Pastor William L. McCoy