The Impossible

Its been a long time. But that's okay, cause i'm back now. I'll be using the last two days of January to write my monthly two blog posts. I wanted to take this post to talk about how powerful prayer is in our everyday lives.

We take prayer for granted a lot of times. More than we should. We sometimes think of it as an obligation, something we just have to do to please God. But let me tell you right now: Not only does it establish that relationship between you and God, but it is also is the most powerful weapon there is. Do you pray with the intention of changing the circumstances around you? There is very real evidence in the Bible that prayer does change things. Let's observe this following passage from Daniel 10:

"In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a revelation was given to Daniel (who was called Belteshazzar). Its message was true and it concerned a great war. The understanding of the message came to him in a vision.

2 At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. 3 I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris, 5 I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. 6 His body was like topaz, his face like lightning,his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.

7 I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision; those who were with me did not see it,but such terror overwhelmed them that they fled and hid themselves. 8 So I was left alone,gazing at this great vision; I had no strength left, my face turned deathly pale and I was helpless. 9 Then I heard him speaking, and as I listened to him, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground.

10 A hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. 11 He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.

12 Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. 13 But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia. 14 Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future, for the vision concerns a time yet to come...” 




Daniel prayed for three weeks. It took the angel three weeks to deliver the message.

The implications of that are incredible.

Angels and demons fight against each other in the spiritual realms. One side was aided by prayer. What does that imply about our prayer life? It should not be an obligation. It should be our reality. We have the power to fight off demons. Why don't we do so? Next time you sit down to pray, think about how your prayer could affect someone or something.

"pray without ceasing"
1 Thessalonians 5:17