Today's Pause for Prayer 05-21-2019
- May 21, 2019
- Michael Blank
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Ladies and Gentlemen, how is your PRAYER LANGUAGE?
I wish you could all speak in tongues, but even more I wish you could all Prophesy. For Prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church will be strengthened.
Dear brothers and sisters, if I should come to you speaking in an unknown language, how would that help you? But if I bring you a Revelation or some special Word of Knowledge or Prophecy or Teaching, that will be helpful.
Even lifeless instruments like the flute or the harp must play the notes clearly, or no one will recognize the melody. And if the bugler doesn’t sound a clear call, how will the soldiers know they are being called to battle?
It’s the same for you. If you speak to people in words they don’t understand, how will they know what you are saying? You might as well be talking into empty space.
There are many different languages in the world, and every language has meaning. But if I don’t understand a language, I will be a foreigner to someone who speaks it, and the one who speaks it will be a foreigner to me.
And the same is true for you.
Since you are so eager to have the special abilities the Spirit gives, seek those that will strengthen the whole church.
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Dear ones, have you ever seen a person read a message from a “teleprompter” without any emotions, no emphasis, or lack of attitudes? A robotic monotone voice will cause an offense and rejection by most of the listeners as they “tune OUT” and the speakers’ words will fall on deaf ears.
The opposite end of this spectrum is also TRUE, when a parrot is flapping its’ wings and continuously repeating the same phrases over and over again it a loud uncontrollable squawking manner, we will avoid such demonstrations, no matter how sincere the parrot/person is by drawing attention to themselves.
We must discern in our spirits what is the true nature of each man’s or woman’s speech and their communication patterns.
Holy Spirit of the Living LORD, we PRAY in agreement with Your Word in John 4:23-26
But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth. The Father is looking for those who will Worship Him that way.
For God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and in Truth.
The woman said, I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When He comes, He will explain everything to us. Then Jesus told her,
I AM the Messiah!
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When we read His Word without His Spirit to interpret His Word we dry UP!
When we try to read His Word with the spirit of this world, we will blow UP!
However, when we PRAY over His Word with the Holy Spirit that lives within us, we will GROW UP! We are maturing in Christ - 1John 2:13-14
Make it so Dear LORD, make it so!