THEME: THE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILS MUCH [alignment]
TOPIC: Power of Prayer
Subtopic: spiritual alignment
Main scripture: James 5:16b
1] Prayer comes from the Greek word prosuke meaning communication /a dialogue between
two people.
2] Righteous comes from a Greek word dikaios meaning conforming to a standard.
1.A righteous man who is conforming to a Christ standard of righteousness His prayer is
effective.
2.The effectiveness of prayer is tied to your conforming to Christ standard of righteous.
3.Conforming means aligning yourself to the standard of righteousness in Christ.
4.Prayer without spiritual alignment is not effective.
5.Your alignment to the standards of righteousness makes your prayers answered.
James 5: 17
Elijah was human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did
not rain for three and half years.
+ Elijah was aligned man, this is why
+ Alignment in prayer unlocks exploits
+Alignment empowers the extraordinary
+The devil does fear
+I have good News. Your fees are not the issue. Your alignment is the issue
+God does not answer prayer. God answers alignment.
+The secret of Elijah life and exploits was alignment
+There’s no prayer point than an aligned person prays that God cannot answer.
+Power in prayer is not in what prayer does, is in the one praying and his alignment
+Can you be served food in a dirty plate? Are you going to eat? When you’re not aligned is
like you’re serving God
+The devil does not fear a prayerful person but fears an aligned person
+ They are many prayerful leaders but aligned leaders henceforth lack of power.
+ Do what you can and God will do what you can’t do.
Spiritual alignment
-Alignment is obedience
-alignment is Faithfulness
- alignment emphasizes more on lifestyle than on words.
-Your lifestyle contributes to whether God is going to answer you or not.
-God is not interested in the words or prayer point of a praying man but rather He is interested
in the life of the man praying.
-Your lifestyle as a leader will determine the effective of your prayer.
-How you live your life is more important to how you are going to receive answers from God.
- The fruits of your prayer life gives us an insight in your alignment.
Things that Alignment can do
1] God will hear your prayer
2] God will answer your prayer
3] Others can benefit from your alignment
How to be aligned
1] examine yourself, where you are missing it.
2] Repent from anything misaligning you.
3] Ask for restoration from God for Him to hear your prayer.
