If Two Shall Agree, continued

Praise the Lord, Beloved, and Greetings in the Name of the One who said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, hereafter ye shall see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man” (John 1:51). The only Man that the angels of God perpetually ascended and descended on was our God in the flesh – Jesus Christ. It is In His Name that I greet you.

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “If Two Shall Agree” – there are many mothers and fathers who spend a lot of their time with their children. When the children need them (which is most of the time), prayer becomes only a side issue. Time is planned for everything except prayer, which is actually the most essential part of our day. Many parents only pray when disaster strikes. Then, they excitedly begin their search for Jesus. However, they often find that they have lost Him in the busy rush, just as Mary did when she went a few days journey without Jesus, supposing Him to have been in the crowd. It took her three days to find Him again (see John 11:17). Let me pause and say this – that’s why it’s beneficial to have two or three agreeing with you in prayer. When you get discouraged and the Lord takes more than a day or two to answer your prayer, your prayer-partners can encourage you to hold on and wait longer.

Precious Ones, let me encourage you to wait on God, because you will always find God at the very point where you left off praying. As examples, Daniel prayed for 21 days, but God answered right where he left off praying (Daniel 10:11-12). Paul prayed all night in stocks, and at midnight God was found right where he finished praying (Acts 16:25-30).

Chosen Ones, if you are surrounded by people who are in one accord with you, each person serves as a point of strength in your life at the time when you need them. When two or three come together touching and agreeing in one accord, the Lord gives a portion of enlightenment to each of you. When you all bring your sources of enlightenment together through the Holy Spirit, it fits like a puzzle. In other words, true Holy Spirit prayer partnership works like this – one may see the lesson that needs to be learned from your situation in the past, another may see it from the present perspective, and yet another may see it from the future angle. That’s what Paul meant when he wrote, “We [Christians] know [what God wants us to know about our lives] in part, and we prophesy [or preach and foretell the future for each other] in part” (I Corinthians 13:9).

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