Prayer School – Pastor Julius Suubi Day 1 – Determinants of an Impactful Prayer Life: The Mechanics of Prayer

Prayer School – Pastor Julius Suubi

Day 1. 

 – Determinants of an Impactful Prayer Life: The Mechanics of Prayer

The way we pray will determine whether our prayers will be answered. “Call unto Me and I shall answer you.” When you have answered prayers, do not keep them to yourself — testify.

Prayer must originate with God.

“Then we will not turn back from You; revive us, and we will call upon Your name.”

Psalms 80:18 NKJV

The Holy Spirit must quicken us to pray. Prayer is a territory in the realm of the Spirit. We may slowly lose ground, so we need the person of the Holy Spirit to quicken us.

Holy Spirit, quicken me to call upon Your name, that I may not backslide in prayer.

Everyone is supposed to have a covenant time of prayer. How do you choose a covenant time? The Holy Spirit will lead you. If the Holy Spirit quickens you to pray at your covenant time and you miss it, you may miss a portal into a higher dimension. Pray without ceasing and be led by the Spirit.

Knowing what is in the heart of God — we must discern what is in the heart of God, and we will enter into open heavens and into God’s timing. There will be many activations.

Holy Spirit, open my spiritual eyes to see what You want me to see. God shares His secrets with us. We will see many answered prayers in Jesus’ name.

The fragrance of your prayer.

Every prayer has a fragrance because it is a sacrifice.

“And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, ‘I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.’”

Genesis 8:21 NKJV

Prayers ascend to heaven like an aroma or smoke. Your eyes will receive clarity to see in the realm of the Spirit. One of the great manifestations of the Holy Spirit is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. All the prayer movements happening around the world are filling the “jars” of a global revival. We are in a season of divine preparation. This will be greater than what happened on the Day of Pentecost. Do not walk in fear, and do not fear the end times.

Before the end times come, there is going to be a global harvest of souls. In the name of Jesus, we call souls to come into the Kingdom of God. We call Asia forth.

Do your prayers contain thanksgiving, praise, and worship? Or do they come from a place of fear and complaint? Praise and worship regardless of the situation.

When we mix our prayers with thanksgiving and stop complaining, God moves.

Lord, I thank You for my life. Thank You for every situation that I am going through. Make our prayers rich with fragrance.

The magnitude of the prayer versus the magnitude of the problem.

Different problems require different dimensions of firepower. The enemy wants to fight over our miracle.

“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.’”

II Kings 4:31 NKJV

The rod had power, but it did not have enough power for that particular problem. The magnitude of power did not match the magnitude of the problem. Sometimes unanswered prayers are due to a lack of firepower.

Holy Spirit, increase my firepower!

For a headache, you need Panadol. For cancer, you cannot just take Panadol.

The spiritual realm operates in different atmospheres. The realm of the Spirit has measures.

“Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, ‘Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.’”

Revelation 11:1 NKJV

How wide is your altar? The altar is supposed to expand every day.

Holy Spirit, expand my prayer capacity.

When it expands, you begin to see new things in your life. You become an atmosphere changer. Things will start to shift.

Practical application:

• 1 hour of prayer — many temptations you will overcome.

• 3 hours of prayer — when the Lord prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Your level of revelation will increase, and your spiritual discernment will become sharper. We need to pray for at least three hours for impact to happen.

• 5 hours of prayer.

• 8 hours of prayer.

Lord, revive my spirit. Awaken my spirit again.