Prayer Does Not Work, Only God Works

Did you know that prayer does not work, it is God Who works when we communicate with Him.

Prayer to anyone or anything other than Him in the name of Jesus Christ is dead prayer.

Many heathens today say "we are praying for you", what they mean is that they are saying words and they think their words alone have power. Their prayers are not to anyone necessarily just something to say into thin air.

Let us not confuse godly prayer to the One True God in the name of Jesus Christ His son with the false prayers of those who reject Him but want to sound spiritual.

Isaiah 1:14-15 "…14 I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. "

All prayers are not heard, only those that are to the Heavenly Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ will be heard. And, only those who have been born-again with the Holy Spirit living in them will have an advocate with the Father in prayer.

John 14:15-17 "15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.…"

God will not even hear the prayers of His own children as long as they are sinning. Those who are born-again must confess their sins to be cleansed and those who are not born-again must repent, (change their mind about their sin....hating it) that they are a sinner and want to be changed by Christ into a new person in order to be saved.

We can trust Christ, we can believe Him!!!!

It is the false leadership within the organized church buildings who are driving all the wrong beliefs and the majority in the pews do not care, they accept the error in favor of superficial peace and happiness. Error is not important to most people since the mentality of our day is basically, "That's good enough", as long as they are doing some of what is good they ignore any sin or evil that creeps into the gathering.

Notice I don't say "joy" but rather "happiness"? Born-again believers have joy no matter what is happening around them or to them. The joy of the Lord comes from the Holy Spirit and nothing and no one can quench it. Even through our griefs and sorrow that ever-present joy lingers helping us through whatever God has for us.

Beating us up with words or physically and emotionally abusing us cannot remove our joy, It only strengthens our resolve to follow Christ knowing His purposes and wisdom are above ours. His greater good is better than my best.

Isaiah 55:8-9

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways

And My thoughts than your thoughts."

When we spend most of our time figuring things out that make sense to our human thinking, we are not seeking God. When we seek Christ in us He will tell us to do things that go against our fleshly ideas of "the right thing to do."

When the Holy Spirit moves within us it is often swimming upstream from those who are floating downstream with the herd.

Psalm 40:5

"Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us--none can compare to You--if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count."

Isaiah 14:24

"The LORD of Hosts has sworn: "Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand."

Psalm 40:5

"5 Many, Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,

And Your thoughts toward us;

There is no one to compare with You.

If I would declare and speak of them,

They would be too numerous to count."

We can trust Christ, we can believe Him!!!!

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Taught By the Holy Spirit

John 6:45-47

"45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

47 Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes has eternal life.

All born-again believers have the Holy Spirit and is taught by Him. All born-again believers have the ability to discern truth from error while others speak it.

No believer is above another believer, each one has a different role and calling but no one is over another.

John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come."

If a leader teaches the right things they are led by the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit Who has the Authority not the man. The believers are the messengers.

John 14:16-18

"16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."

Acts 1:8 "8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Romans 12:6-8

6 "Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness."

Every born-again believer has gifts given to him/her by the Holy Spirit to edify the body of Christ and to serve the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:1-5 " Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces 2 perseverance; 4 hand perseverance, 3 character; and character, hope. 5 now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

Every born-again believer has been justified and possesses the fruit of the Spirit.

Matthew 7:15-20

You Will Know Them by Their Fruits

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them."

Galatians 5:22-23

"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

Those who do not have this fruit do not have the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:14 "

"But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."

Those who are born-again can see the fruit, they connect with those who have the Holy Spirit but have no connection to those who do not have the fruit.

2 Corinthians 6:14 "Do not be mismatched with unbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness share together, or what does light have in common with darkness?"

As born-again believers, we bring the light of Christ to those who are lost, when they refuse we move on to the next person who might listen. In these last days, there are few who will listen and many who attend gatherings have never been born again.

The churches have become social clubs to entertain the goats, they no longer bring truth but only partial truth that leads to error. Many preachers are blind leading the blind as they walk together down the wide path to perdition.

Pretenders feel safe but are not saved, it is better when they no longer feel safe, and are convicted of their sin of saying they are "Christians" but have no desire to obey Him. May each one repent who plays at Christianity and become born-again authentically through trusting in Christ.

Matthew 7:21-23

I Never Knew You

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"

Do not be one of those who think they are saved but are on their way to hell. Trust in Christ today and seek to be changed by Him through His Holy Spirit and His Word, the Bible.