 number two Shut the door behind you Jesus said in Matthew chapter 6 6 But when you pray go into your room and shut the door and Pray to your father who is in secret and your father who sees a secret will reward you We're talking about a secret place Jesus says Shut the door behind you. I want to encourage you to begin to develop your personal private prayer because Without prayer your life will be empty in your life will be dry Jesus prayed when he was on earth Somebody said why do you guys pray so much? It is done already. It's finished on the cross You know you already have everything that you need to have why so much praying morning prayers Friday Friday prayers Night vigil prayers you guys pray and pray and fast. It's already done. You don't need to do so much. You don't need to strive So hard. It's already done. Yes Positionally in Christ. It's finished on the cross But practically we have to transform transport I mean that things that's already been done in having realms down to earth so they manifested physically in our life If by this theory we go then why did Jesus had to pray so much Bible says he spent mornings in prayer Bible says he spent nights of prayer and Bible says he prayed in public If Jesus being son of God Having full revelation of his authority knowing who he is Trust me. He wasn't struggling with identity. He knew exactly having full power of heaven invested in him yet He's still prayed you gotta pray. I gotta pray We gotta pray as a church. I encourage you when you go back home Begin to pray spend much time in prayer if you're a pastor if you're a leader in here And you're going back to a church begin to pray yourself Begin to encourage your church to pray the more you pray the more you're gonna see move of God in your life The more you pray the more you're gonna see angels of God move on your behalf Do you think that these testimonies today that you see that when we were praying laid hands on people and they recovered? Deemers were coming out Do you think it's an accident? It's because there was much time Spending prayer in the presence of God and you will feel with the glory of God So then when you come out and you lay your hands demons can't stand the light That's inside of you in Jesus mighty name when you lay your hands on the sick They recover because the glory of God is in you too much in Jesus mighty name Prayer gives license to the Holy Spirit And it gives license to the angels of God to operate in this In the earthly realm Bible says that God has given the earth to the sons of man But the sons of man through Adam and Eve they surrender it. They surrendered it to the kingdom of darkness And so therefore our prayer is like a visa in a passport That we sent over to the heavenly realms that allows angels to come And operate on our behalf in a book of Daniel. It's clearly demonstrated Bible angel came and he said that the first day you prayed your prayer was answered But I encountered some forces on the way I encountered some some strongholds I encountered some princes and and principalities of air that I had to fight through and thank God didn't stop praying Because because of your prayer I received support from heaven and I was able to come and bring you that answer That's why we pray church. That's why we have to pray much. That's why we have to pray more That's why we have to abide in God the more we pray the more we fast the more we commit ourselves to God The more we consecrate ourselves to God the more God will be able to do through us and in us in Jesus mighty name Amen touch your neighbor. See tell him be a prayer be prayerful prayer demonstrates dependency on God and Our trust in him Bible says trust on the Lord with all your heart Lead none lead not on your own understanding acknowledge him in all your ways and he will direct your path in Thessalonians 1st Thessalonians chapter 5 17 Apostle Paul encourages us he says pray Without ceasing couple things a prayer does prayer helps you to avoid temptation in Matthew chapter 26 Jesus says watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. Do you find yourself struggling? with temptation with lust with Different kinds of thoughts different negative thoughts Tempted with all kinds of things and you can't seem to break out of it. Maybe because there's lack of prayer in your life Maybe you need to go in and ease you go into a secret closet and begin to consecrate yourself to God begin to meditate on the word of God begin to pray and Bible says when you pray you will avoid Temptation prayer is a place where we unload our burdens Our generation especially the millennial generation They got in these tendencies to unload the burdens on social media Instagram Facebook they they feel like the Lord listens to them more when they post it and Describe those things that they're going through on their social media, but the Bible calls us to go in their secret closet. I believe that if we Come on. Let's go right here for Jesus. I Believe that if we spend more time behind the shut doors praying to God and pouring out our heart and Relieve our burdens there the last things will be posted on social media Regarding our struggles and problems Therefore I tell you whatever you ask in prayer Believe that you have received it and it will be yours mark 1124 Jesus said prayer Jesus said seek knock Ask seek and knock and it will be given to you and so I want to encourage you today Pray pray without ceasing see God pray that God will fill you with his spirit Be continuously filled with God in your in your secret place, and you will see that your situation will Will change you will see your family will change you will see your business will change you will see that Inside of you things will be different apostle Paul says to Timothy fight according to your prophecies I know there's some people That are misguided about prophecies. They're misguided about The words that were spoken over the life and as we were praying these last two prayer lines We were also releasing word of knowledge and word of prophecy some of you received some prophetic words into your life I want you to not just relax and say well the man of God said it's gonna happen the man of God said I'm gonna be prosperous in the business So I'm just gonna it chips a sit on a couch watch Netflix and God's gonna give me business That's not the way it works fight according to your prophecies Start a business Begin to go out there work hard and God will give you that breakthrough If God has promised a restoration in your family, oh Man of God said it it settles it. That's it. It's done No begin to work on your marriage begin to listen to the podcast begin to listen to the books But go to the consulate surround yourself with the God the people begin to work out your prophecies in your life Begin to pray them out begin to fight in a spiritual realm Against the powers and principalities and darkness that are blocking the presence of God They're blocking that prosperity in your life. They're blocking that peace and harmony in your marriage. They're blocking Your career path in Jesus name and I want to tell you something the greater the prophecy of your life The heart of the battle will be in your life The harder and the more you're gonna have to pray and fast that that word of God Comes through in your life. It's not that God fails. It's not that man of God is wrong Sometimes they miss it. It's true. There's still man first of God second Okay, there's still man, but I want to tell you what Whether you receive the prophecy or not if you go in a secret place in in your closet and you pray it out You will have what you pray for because that's what Jesus said and that's the most true prophecy that we need