Pr Julius Suubi
12-11-2017 (1st service)
2 Kings 4:29-35 New King James Version (NKJV)
29 Then he said to Gehazi, “Get yourself ready, and take my staff in your hand, and be on your way. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; but lay my staff on the face of the child.”
30 And the mother of the child said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her. 31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, “The child has not awakened.”
32 When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed. 33 He went in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the Lord. 34 And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands; and he stretched himself out on the child, and the flesh of the child became warm. 35 He returned and walked back and forth in the house, and again went up and stretched himself out on him; then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
Why are prayers not answered?
Because we are not fulfilling the divine requirements.
God answers prayers.
But why are prayers taking so long to be answered?
Elisha prayed for the woman. In one year, she has a child. One day the child fell sick. The sickness progressed and he died. The woman took him to where the prophet used to sleep.
The woman told her husband that "It is well."
Develop a relationship with God before battles come.
John 15:7
There needs a continuous relationship with God before we see a continuous flow of answered prayers.
Elisha gave a stick to be taken to the child.
1) Certain prayers cannot work for certain situations.
The weight of the matter - what is the issue that you are praying about? Eg. Panadol doesn't work on cancer.
You are praying for something that is life-threatening. Or you are praying for revival. But your prayers are simple.
The child was dead. How are you expecting to put a stick on a child and he will come back to life?
This kind of stuff could not work. It doesn't work to address weighty issues.
In Luke 14:28-30, Jesus made it very clear. If you are going to build a tower, you have to sit down and calculate the costs that you are paying because many people are going to die to build the tower.
What is it going to cost?
Revival is coming to Malaysia.
AMEN!
REVIVAL, COME TO MALAYSIA!
You can have the prophesy but you may not see the prophesy come to pass. Every prophesy must come with a level of sacrifice.
In 2 Kings 3, only part of the prophesy came to pass. Israel lost the battle.
Ask yourself, "What is it going to cost us? What is the price that we are going to pay?"
In this case, the power was not enough. The stick did nothing to the child.
2) Elisha closed himself alone. This stands for concentration to pray.
Learn to get into the presence of God, and concentrate on the issue and pray.
Elisha closed himself in the room in order to concentrate on the issue at hand and just focus on God.
Matthew 6:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
3) Elisha slept on the child. Submerge yourself in the issue in much prayer.
Out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water - rivers of revival, healing, deliverance, prophesy, etc.
Activate that river in your belly and release it.
As you pray, rivers are flowing out in your spirit.
There is no such thing as too much prayers.
You have to pray much prayers.
There is quantity and quality required in prayers.
4) The flesh of the child began to warm. The child never came back to life. You cannot see warmth but you can feel warmth.
How do you know that God is about to answer your prayer?
You spirit begins to sense something. There is an excitement.
God will never revive people who are not excited.
Before God delivers, He raises up the level of expectation and faith.
Are you expecting God to revive Malaysia?
The scripture says the expectations of the righteous man shall not be cut off. (Proverbs 23:18)
Get excited because of the Holy Spirit, and not because of the speaker.
Are you on fire? I AM ON FIRE!
Your spirit becomes excited. There is a sense of hope.
God is going to visit Malaysia. There is so much excitement. People are excited about prayer.
Why now? Why not 20 years ago? God is raising up the hope and excitement in the people of Malaysia.
5) There are many indicators. People get excited. People have hope and expectations. People are having dreams and visions.
Elisha walked around. He was generating power. All the power that he had had gone into the child but he did not come to life.
Pray in the spirit to generate power.
6) What kind of prayers that make our prayers to be answered quickly?
Isaiah 66:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children.
Travailing prayer is desperate prayer.
You need quality time to cry out before God.
Cup of iniquity:
Genesis 15:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Cup of abomination:
Revelation 17:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
This cup must be full of prayer.
Revelation 5:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Worthy Is the Lamb
8 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Prayer is accumulated.
Fill the water to the brim.
John 2:6-8 New King James Version (NKJV)
6 Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it.
Fill your prayer to the brim.
How long will it take to fill your cup?
You can say you've had enough and begin to cry out to God.
There is a desperation and a cry. "LORD, we are tired."
This cup will be filled very quickly.
FILL YOUR CUP!
Then Jesus will turn it into wine.
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