Praying for others Anonymously (Part 2)

Dear friends,

I listened to an audio tape on the remarkable result of a pastor praying anonymously for an individual he often saw walking on the pavement as he drove by. One day whilst leading a session in his church he noticed ushers escorting this particular individual to a sit. First there was anonymous prayer and an actual live experience of the answer to prayer. This preacher had the unique opportunity to share about how that individual could experience a personal relationship with Christ from his pulpit.

1. Anonymous prayer gives birth to favorable set of circumstances both in our family, society, our country, other nations of the world and our planet..
Version: KJV James 5:13

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms v14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

2. Individual prayer benefits ‘ANYONE’ who is suffering (NAS version) or ‘afflicted’. We are only A PRAYER AWAY FROM GOD’S HELP OR HIS INTERVENTION (DIVINE INERVENTION). When we come to God in prayer, we need not be elaborate. We can get straight to the point after a very brief acknowledgement of our Heavenly Father. We often need to come to God with questions and unresolved issues..
Version: RSVJames 1:5-8

5. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. 6. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7. For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, 8. unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.
If our model of prayer is patterned after a kind of detached form of communication used in some religious meetings we would not come away from the prayer experience very confident. The experience can be likened to being in a press conference among hundreds of journalists trying to get the attention of a politician. As if that is not trying enough, we also have to persuade that politician to tell the truth or admit to some facts by our careful probing! Meanwhile the politician is skillfully avoiding all probing questions. Meanwhile it is obvious he/she is either lying or trying to hide something. After a while many of the journalists present no longer bother pursuing the ‘facts’ but simply report or publish their own ‘twist’ on events. THE GOODNEWS IS THAT GOD IS IN NO WAY LIKE OUR CONVENTIONAL POLITICIAN. INFACT HE WILL GRANT US AN AUDIENCE IN WHICH WE ARE THE ONLY ONE REPRESENTED. HE WILL ALSO ANSWER OUR MOST SEARCHING QUESTIONS DURING SUCH AN INTERVIEW
Version: RSV Matthew 6:5-8

5. "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 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 in secret will reward you. 7. "And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
3. Corporate prayer within a local church setting results in physical benefits which can be linked to the covenant between God and His people. But why do we not experience a lot of physical healings and answered prayer in a lot of our local churches today? My perspective is that a lot of our local churches are being built after an OLD COVENANT PROPHETIC MODEL INSTEAD OF CONTINUING WITH A NEW TESTAMENT APOSTOLIC MODEL AS SHOWN IN THE ACTS OF APOSTLES(to be continued)