Connecting Power Through Prayer.

[Apostle Joseph Aliu]

One of the foremost products of prayer is power. Prayer connects us to the power of God. When we are in prayer we are in power.
Power is the ability to do work or function in a certain capacity. That is having the authority to enforce law or be in control. Revelations 1:6 says that we have been made kings and priests unto God by Christ Jesus. But it takes power to reign in that capacity, it takes supernatural power to function as heaven’s ambassadors on earth and to exercise divine authority.

Nothing works without power. But how do you gain access to this power? Jesus told His disciples in Acts 1:8, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you…” And in Acts chapter 2, on the day of Pentecost, they were with one accord in one place, that means they were in prayer. And suddenly the Holy Ghost came down and they were all filled. So, power came upon them as they were in prayer.

Also in Acts 4: 31,33, “When they had prayed the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the Word of God with boldness…And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.” They went into the prayer room empty, but they returned filled with power.

In Luke 4:14, after Jesus had fasted and prayed for forty days, He returned in the power of the Spirit. We have another example in Genesis 32: 24-28. When Jacob was left alone, he wrestled with an angel till the breaking of day. ‘Wrestle’ is another word for prayer. So, Jacob prayed all night and at the breaking of the day he said to the angel, “I will not let you go, except you bless me.” And the angel said, “Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.” So Prayer exercise is power processing. You never return the same way you go into the prayer room. The acid test for effective successful prayer is that there must be an infilling of the Holy Spirit and when that happens, power is guaranteed.

What happens when power comes? “…They spake the Word of God with boldness.” Often, we go into the prayer room as weaklings, but when we have truly prayed, power is released and the proof that power is present is that it shows in our language. Instead of a beggarly, weak language, we return with a language of assurance, faith, and authority, because our tongues have been touched with coals of fire.

The reason they didn’t lack God’s power in the first church is because they stayed with God in prayer. No man stays with God and still lacks power. May you always return in His power, every time you go into prayer.Please,start and obey your prayer schedule and as you do you will connect power from God through prayer.Iam confident that you will move to a higher lever of intimacy and power with God as you display faith in prayers.