Morning with Ebenezer

PRAY YOURSELF OUT

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. 

Acts 16:25-26 NIV

Many of us like to be prayed by others, we like to ask others to pray for us. Most of the brethren like to say, ''please remember me in your prayer''. After we send those request, we forgot to pray for ourselves. Then when troubles come in our way, we tend to complain and feel like no one cares about us and hence we build the root of bitterness in us.

Paul and Silas were imprisoned in Philippi after rebuking a certain slave girl who had a spirit of divination; who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. No one knew that Paul and Silas where sent in jail, no one was there to pray for them that they may be released. They decided to pray for themselves, they refused to feel pity for themselves and prayed.

Most of us don't know that there are times which we need to pray for ourselves and entertain not the mercy of others. There are some storms which come like lightning which need immediate reaction from us. We don't need to start scoring the phone-book or check Facebook friends who can come for our rescue during those unexpected storms in our lives. 

This morning, God wants you to know that self prayer plus praise open the prison doors. God wants you to learn to pray for yourself and stop blaming others if the things won't be well with you. You have the part to play, there are something which if you do, your life is going to change.

There are some prisons which need you and only you to pray yourself out of them. There are somethings which you can't share with others because by doing that you will be exposing your nakedness. You need to learn to go to God alone, and utter the deep things which retard your growth. God is waiting for you to speak, you don't need to wait for anyone to speak for you while you can speak for yourself.

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I'm asking that You may help me to stand for myself to pray for myself and to refuse putting my faith on people but You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.