FAITH CAPSULE: Do you have a prayer life?
Daniel 6
Prayer demands commitment with consistency.
One that does not give self to prayer cannot prevail.
How is your prayer life?
Prayer time is not a playing time.
Prayer time is not entertainment to impress anyone but to seek God diligently for His mercy.
Prayer is a labor, not for one with the spirit of laziness.
The prayer of Jesus in the garden demonstrates that God will not ignore prayer before Him.
Luke 22:44 identifies the labor prayer of Jesus, “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
Ask for engaging in laborious prayer as a way of life, not to be a victim of a wicked world.
A prayer-less is not possible to prevail in the wicked world.
Prayer should be a continual engagement.
Engaging in prayer time is not convenient but demands commitment.
Is your prayer consistent with commitment?
Apostle Paul testifies about prayer.
Acts 6:4 states, “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Are you one with delayed experience or not getting an answer as expected in the hour of prayer?
Know that God answers prayer with yes, no, or wait.
Praying is waiting to hear from God.
Without a doubt, God waits to act for those who wait for Him. (Isaiah 64:4)
Prayer opens heaven.
The documented word of God is not for decoration but to be declared engaging the word, living by the word of God.
Jesus demonstrated what it means to give to prayer in every area of life.
At His baptism, he prayed. Luke 3:21-22 documents, “When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
Prayer is the key to opening!
God is not a partial God.
Watching and praying is a prayer of expectation with manifestation.
Jesus and His disciples called all to watch and pray.
Engaging in prayer makes the difference when committed.
Daniel is one with the testimony of engaging prayer with commitment.
Daniel had a heart for God and was continual in his prayer.
Daniel was experiencing promotion as he purposed his heart for God.
The promotion of Daniel positioned him for untimely termination.
Daniel 6:3 records the reaction of King Darius to Daniel, “Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.”
The promotion of Daniel experienced a challenge.
Daniel 6:4 records, “So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him.”
In all challenges, Daniel resolved to pray and was prevailed.
Daniel was a prayer vessel.
Prayer for today: Ask for engaging prayer as a way of life.