Move over.....

There does seem to be more and more people sensing a new stirring in prayer! That to me is so exciting. At the same time, I can see where I beleive the next challenge will be!

There have been a number of moves of prayer, since I started praying. Each move has gotten it's own style and in some cases, even it's own language.  Each move has brought an increased awareness of prayer and revealed more understanding of the power of prayer. The other thing I love, is that most of the moves I've been in have either increased the personal power of prayer, or the corporate power of prayer. Soooooooooo...that's all good, right?

The one thing I think we, as prayer people need to be aware of is, NOT to hang onto our personal styles and in doing so, MISS a new move of God.  Sometimes that 'last move'...needs to move over, and make room for the 'new move'. We as older intercessors have got to let the generation express themselves in their language . We should act as mentors, and resources...and God willing, partners in the new move -willing to come alongside and be a part of the new season.  It's hard tho. So often we are comfortable in how 'we' pray. We can become so comfortable in fact, that we try to train the new move to be exactly like the one that's already passed . We need to be careful that that we try to 'put on' an old garment because it's familar to us, when in actuality God is trying to do a NEW THING!  You know the scripture,''behold I do a new thing, do you not percieve it?" 

When this next wave hits....we need to, as older intercessors, ask God what our role will be and how to fit into the new season. I don't want to be passed by because I can adapt to the new thing! I don't want to not recognize the new thing, because I'm waiting for the old to keep reappearing!

Let's be prepared to 'move over'...and make room for the new thing...and all those amazing new and young intercessors God wants to raise up. THIS IS the answer to our prayers! Don't let style..and language or fear of change,  make us miss it....

Waking up!

There seems to be a new stirring in the area of prayer, these days! Anyone else feeling it?  As I've begun to listen to different ones either feeling called back to prayer, or hearing about new people asking to learn about prayer,  I've sensed the same thing; stay awake!

What does that mean? Well, simply this! It's one thing to be asleep and have someone or something 'wake you up'. It's another thing to answer that call, and stay awake..or better yet 'get up'!  When people have been turned  off of prayer for a long time, or when they haven't prayed in a group for quite a while, it's going to take discipline to get back into the rhythm of prayer!  The initial answer to the call is just the first step. The next step is get out of your comfort zone, and respond!  Like the person who's having a wonderful sleep. You call them..and they can answer you - my teenagers do this all the time!' Yup! I heard you. I'm getting up!'..and then they go right back to sleep! Unless they actually get out of their comfort zone - which in their case , is that wonderful cozy comforter they're under - they will get lulled right back to sleep.   We can do the same thing!

We hear the spirit of the Lord say ' Come! Get up and pray!'....or ' Wake up!'..and we initially get stirred! ' I hear you Lord!  I'm coming!'...but we don't change our position or move from our comfort zone..and slowly we get lulled back to sleep, or spiritual dullness. 

How do we change our position?  Do something you haven't done before - get out of the house...or join with a group. Find another friend to pray with you. Be accountable with someone for your prayer time.
But staying in our own little world will just lull u back to sleep.

So intercessors...before you can wake up a sleeping giant...you'd better make sure you're awake first!