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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOCAL POINT

Date: *TUESDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2017*
Theme: *PRAYERLESSNESS DISALLOWED*
Text: Mark 13:32-37
Memory Verse: Mathew 26:41


*POINT*
Prayerlessness is a major challenge facing contemporary believers. Many refused to pray as they ought to because they have become overconfident and proud.


•The more you pray to God, the less dependent on yourself you become. As young Christians, some people prayed quite often. When they became workers in God’s vineyard, they sustained their prayer tempo, but the moment they became pastors, their prayer-life nosedived.


• *Why the decline?*
It is because such people began to believe that they could now do things on their own. This is the highway to ruin.

• *Are you praying less after God has elevated you spiritually?*
If your answer is yes, check yourself very well, you will discover that you now have more faith in yourself to succeed by your effort than by God’s support.


•This is one reason why God keeps a distance from the proud: He knows if He helps them achieve a feat, at the end, they will not think twice before taking His glory.


•Besides pride, another reason for prayerlessness is carelessness.{Matthew 26:41}


•Also, in Mark 13:32-37, the Lord emphasized the need to watch. You cannot afford to be careless. You can’t afford to be cold, lukewarm or carefree in these days that we live in.


•Praying goes along with watching. You cannot pray effectively if you fail to watch as well. If you watch effectively, it will help to give your prayers direction.


•You will know what trending issues to lift before God’s throne. You will have some burdens in the place of prayer that will only be lifted after you have prayed through.


•Similarly, if you watch as you should, you will be able to relate events that are happening around you with the second coming of Jesus Christ. If you are keeping watch, you will be on your guard and on your toes. If you watch, you cannot be asleep.


•Beloved, this is not the time to sleep but the time to be spiritually awake, alert and prepared. This is the time to pray about virtually everything that comes across our path. It is a time to wholly depend on God, who knows the way, to show us the way in the midst of growing confusion and evil spreading around the world.

*Wake up! Fast more! Watch more! May the Lord guide you in Jesus’ Name.*
 

*Prayer Point*
Father, please silence everything in me that is working against me having an effective prayer life.


#OpenHeaven


#GodBlessYou
#Shalom


*OHDD Focal Point*
© OCTOBER 2017.

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