Power of Persistent Prayer , livre ebook

Baker Publishing Group - Cindy Jacobs

Découvre YouScribe en t'inscrivant gratuitement

Je m'inscris

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne
En savoir plus

100 pages

English

Vous pourrez modifier la taille du texte de cet ouvrage

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne
En savoir plus

A propos
Informations
Extrait

Description

Cindy Jacobs, bestselling author and recognized leader in the worldwide prayer movement, brings her passionate message to all Christians who struggle with prayer or desire to be more effective prayer warriors. This powerful guide will answer such questions as, "Why does it take so long to receive answers to my prayers?" "How can I take my prayer life to the next level?" and many more. Whether they wonder why their prayers aren't answered, if God likes the way they pray, or if they are persistent enough in their prayers, Jacobs addresses these concerns and provides solid biblical answers. Written out of the crucible of her own deep prayer life, Jacobs starts with basic teaching and builds up to more in-depth topics, including fasting and spiritual warfare. Readers will come away with a fresh understanding of how to develop a strong, consistent prayer life and to discover the power of persistent prayer.

Sujets

Philosophie et théologie

Prayer in Christianity

Informations

Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 septembre 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441213075
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

Informations légales : prix de location à la page 0,0202€. Cette information est donnée uniquement à titre indicatif conformément à la législation en vigueur.

Extrait

© 2010 by Cindy Jacobs
Published by Bethany House Publishers 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota 55438 www.bethanyhouse.com
Bethany House Publishers is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan. www.bakerpublishinggroup.com
Ebook edition created 2011
Ebook corrections 05.17.2019
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4412-1307-5
Unless otherwise identified, Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations identified AMP are from the Amplified Bible. Old Testament copyright © 1965, 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified New Testament copyright © 1958, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
Scripture quotations identified KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Scripture quotations identified The Message are from THE MESSAGE, copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Scripture quotations identified NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
Scripture quotations identified NLT are from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations identified TLB are from The Living Bible © 1971 owned by assignment by Illinois Regional Bank N.A. (trustee). Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189. All rights reserved.
Cover design by Lookout Design, Inc.
All emphasis in quoted Scripture is the author’s.
Dedication
This book is lovingly dedicated to: Lilli Janina Jacobs (my first granddaughter)
Contents
Cover
Title
Copyright Page
Dedication
Introduction
1. W HY P RAY?
2. T HE C ASE FOR P ERSISTENT P RAYER
3. P RAYING THE W ILL OF G OD
4. B LOCKAGES TO A NSWERED P RAYER
5. F ASTING
6. P RAYING THE W ORD
7. P ERSISTENT P RAISE
8. I NTERGENERATIONAL P RAYER
9. P ROCLAMATION P RAYER
10. K INGDOM I NTERCESSION
Conclusion
Questions for Individual and Group Study
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Notes
Other Books by Cindy Jacobs
Back Cover
Introduction
A s I have traveled around the world leading prayer gatherings and initiatives, it is not unusual for someone to pull me aside and whisper, “Cindy, how can I really see my prayers answered? Can you tell me the secrets that God has shown you through your years as a prayer leader?”
Often as I am asked that question, my mind will flash back over my years of leading others in prayer. As you will read in the pages of this book, I didn’t start out with the aspiration of becoming a general of intercession, believe me. I sincerely wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, but God had other plans. I was not, at first, a willing officer of prayer! You see, my husband, Mike, and I did not set out to claim the title generals of intercession. Frankly, it is the name that came to be given to our ministry over the years—not so much by us at first, but rather by being introduced over and over as prayer generals.
Finally, through the nudging of friends like Kyle Duncan, who edited this book, I have written down these “secrets of a prayer general” for all to read. I have chosen the topics for you in a careful fashion so you would have the keys needed to see your prayers answered.
These keys to answered prayer are gleaned from my times of prayer in places like Iraq, where we stood on rocky mountainsides praying for wars to shift. Such dramatic scenes were contrasted by quiet moments of anguish in my prayer closet, bent over on my knees, weeping for my own generations (mine and my family members’).
I would like to take a journey with you in this book. Sit down with it in your morning devotional time and teach it to your prayer groups. We will begin with the most basic but sometimes unasked question: “Why do we need to pray at all? Since a loving and everywhere-present God knows our needs, why do we need to ask in prayer?”
For those of you who are more seasoned intercessors, this may seem elementary, but I assure you that we cannot afford to skip steps as we share with others how to pray. We often assume that people know many things that they do not know and thus leave huge gaps in their understanding of the purposes of God. That is why we are starting with this most foundational question: “Why pray?” Not only that, but like me, hopefully you will discover ways to deepen your own prayer life, even though you might have been a prayer leader for many decades.
While reading, I want you to imagine we are sitting down together, having a conversation over a cup of coffee or tea. I want to share my heart with you in this book in an intimate way, as well as give you a window into times when I was struggling to break through in persistent prayer.
A critical question that we will look at in our conversation is what I call the case for persistent prayer. Maybe you have prayed for someone until you are simply exhausted with praying that particular prayer. Don’t give up! Persistent prayer works, and you will see the answer come. Many times the battle is the fiercest right before the tide turns. What do I mean by this? Just before a breakthrough, your husband gets the grouchiest or your child seems to find new and unique ways to sin and embarrass you. I wrote chapter 2, “The Case for Persistent Prayer,” to give you strength and grace as you continue to battle on in your prayer times against impossible odds.
I love the chapter on fasting! (Well, mostly I do—the fruit of it, anyway.) Actually, my flesh absolutely hates to go without food (especially ice cream). Read the chapter and then find a partner as you pursue the depth of prayer with this powerful “rocket-booster” to intercession.
While looking back at the chapters I’ve written (I am finishing the introduction last!), I kept thinking, Oh, that is exactly what I wanted to share with you, reader , or That is the best secret yet!
Since I’m a musician myself, and I am completely sold on the use of praise in our prayers, I had to include the chapter “Persistent Praise.” My friend (and by faith, future prayer general), that chapter simply is a must-read. You are going to love it!
A book on prayer would not be complete, in my opinion, without a chapter on intergenerational praying. Moms, this is going to touch your hearts! All of us—whether or not we have our own physical children—know that we need to leave a legacy and that successive generations need to pray together.
You will probably be able to tell that the very last chapter, “Kingdom Intercession,” is a message that is deeply on my heart today. I want to see the nations of the earth changed through persistent prayer to see His kingdom come; His will be done on earth as it is in heaven !
Ready to learn the secrets and keys that I’ve learned from God’s Word and others to get your prayers answered? Let’s begin the journey. . . .
Chapter One
Why Pray?
O ne day in 1989, I was sitting at our dining room table in Weatherford, Texas, in the midst of writing my first book, Possessing the Gates of the Enemy . I had papers scattered all over the place and was deeply engrossed in thought, when I suddenly felt a small hand reach up and tug on my shirt.
“Mom, Mom,” came the insistent voice of my eight-year-old son, Daniel. “I need you to come with me right now.”
At this point I did what most busy moms do—I tried to stall. “Not now, Daniel, I’m working!” Grown-up projects always seem to be much weightier and more important than those of eight-year-old boys, don’t they? Of course, Daniel had figured out long before that it sometimes took a bit of nudging when I was engrossed in a book or in some other “critical” motherly task such as cooking. So he did what little boys do: He ratcheted up the volume of his voice and increased the fervency of his plea.
“Mama, you must come right now!” Envisioning a crisis such as our large calico cat treed by a dog, or all the gerbils loose and scampering for crevasses where they could hide to increase their population, I bounded out of the dining room chair. Seizing the moment, Daniel took my hand to guide me to the object of his urgent need: our mini-trampoline covered by a tablecloth (at least, that’s what it looked like to me). Puzzled, I gave Daniel the this-better-be-important-son look that mothers are famous for. He then commanded me to kneel down. All of a sudden the atmosphere around that small round object changed.
I felt a holy hush come over my soul as I heard the focus of my motherly affections say to me, “Mom, this is my altar, and we need to pray!”
Out of that small boy’s mouth poured a torrent of prayer. He pled with God for his friends, for our family, and other matters of concern to his heart. I was struck by the fact that such a short person could pray such a God-sized prayer! Then, as I was getting totally caught up in the splendor of the moment, he looked at me as if seeing me for the first time since he commanded me to kneel, and said, “Mom, you can leave now. I need to be alone with God.”
Right then I knew that something profound had transpired. Daniel had touched God in such a way that I was, indeed, an intruder in the trava