“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shall meditate therein day and night, that thou may observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shall make thy way prosperous, and then thou shall have good success”. (Joshua 1:8)
Meditation in the Word of God is the surest way I know to build a foundation for a victorious prayer life. There must be knowledge of the Word of God as well as a knowing in your spirit of the Word of God. There is another principle equally important, that is the use of the mouth. I believe the mouth was actually created to articulate the Word of God as we fellowship with our Father. A large part of the Bible consists of overlapping quotations, in other words, they were always repeating another person’s words, words inspired by the Holy Spirit. They spoke them, they lived by them, it was the breath from heaven their spirit man needed. Example, Peter in Acts 2:16 quotes Joel 2:28-32. In first Peter 2:24 there is a direct correlation to Isaiah 53:4-5 that tells me the writers of the Bible kept their word level up. If we are to be successful in life, our word level must be, “always on the increase.” Now, back to the subject of prayer, specificity is important, If you don’t have scripture to stand on you have real problems, it is always good to be specific when you pray or fellowship with God. Have the Word of God handy. Example –scriptures that speak of Healing, Peace and Blessing need to become a part of your vocabulary. A small concordance is very handy to have with you at all times, most bibles have a small concordance in the back. One thing demons particularly like to say to people is, “It may be not the will of God.” Devils were never known to be very smart, just persistent. Demons accuracy, when it comes to the Word of God, is somewhat lacking and distorted.
There is a simple text in the Bible found in Matthew 4:1-11. It recounts Jesus’ battle in the wilderness with the devil, (v: 4) he said, hey, Jesus you can turn stones into bread. His response was, man does not live by bread alone, but by the Word of God. Now look at verse seven, the devil got it wrong again and Jesus said, thou shall not tempt the Lord your God. And (v:10) says, Again the devil got it wrong, Jesus said, hey ugly get out of my way; it is written God’s Word says, “thou shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shalt thou serve.
Notice what happened next – The devil Left Him!
Pastor Danny
