Title: Early morning prayer, become warriors (Mark 1:35)
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Become warriors in early morning prayer (Mark 1:35)
When Cromwell, once famous British Prime Minister, was offered to erect a statue by his admirers, he flatly refused. Still, they offered to erect this statue. What shape will the statue be erected? orator? A general who rides a horse and draws his sword and commands a million troops? great politician? ....... It is a very famous anecdote that, after rejecting all these things, if he wanted to erect a statue for me, he asked to make a statue of him humbly praying to God with his hands on his knees.
When you go to the intensive care unit of a hospital, you force the patients to breathe. This is because in order to save the patient, they have to force them to breathe.
do you love my soul All members of the church are requested to participate by force or by force. Therefore, the words of the Old Testament considered the dawn very important.
The Bible says in Psalm 57:8, “Awake, my glory, awake, lyre, harp, I will awaken the dawn” and in Psalm 149:147, “Before dawn I cried and waited for your word.”
Dawn is a time when the soul is clear and stable. Therefore, it is the most stable and comfortable time to meet God. On the other hand, dawn is a good time for physical health as well. The air polluted during the day is purified during the night. Since the polluted air sinks or blows away with dew and wind, the clearest time of the day is at dawn. Early morning prayer, in which my body breathes fresh air and my soul breathes spiritual food, is one stone and two birds.
Early morning prayer is the universal key that opens the gates of heaven. When we pray, we receive various gifts of the Holy Spirit from God. Praying believers do not fail, do not fall, and do not become discouraged. When you pray, God gives you new spiritual power every day.
People often make excuses for not having time to pray because they are busy with business, work, and social life. It is said that the early morning prayer time is so hard that it is impossible to get up. That's right. It is true that it can be exhausting when you are busy with life and start your day's work early. However, in Mark 3:20, Jesus got up at dawn and prayed first (Mark 1:35) even though he did not even have time to eat.
The greatest sin in the world is the sin of not praying (1 Samuel 12:33). That is the greatest sin. There is no greater pride than thinking that you can live without prayer. The most terrible sin is the sin of pride, challenging God. We need to know this. I can't do anything without prayer --- I have to start here.
As we say, a year's plan is in the first month, a month's plan is on the first day, and a day's plan is at dawn. The morning prayer is the prayer of the saints to start the day, and in the first hour of physical activity, it is the time to bond with God spiritually.
Just as a sunflower focuses on the sun in the morning and wakes up all day long, so our saints become lords and focus on God (Lord) all day long, recharging the ability to fight the world in the field of life, recharging love, recharging our mission. The time to pray is the morning prayer.
Success in everything depends on direction. When a soldier shoots a gun, he has to aim well at the target in order to hit it, so the saints' daily work is also successful when they start with early morning prayer. If we start everything with early morning prayer, we will have great success.
The devil is not afraid of the powerful, the chaebol, or the knowledgeable. Even though the devil is ignorant and lacks power and financial resources, he is afraid of the saints who pray before God.
Stopping prayer is the greatest unbelief. Neglecting to pray is itself a failure. Guys, what long story do you need? Jesus also prayed at dawn, mountain, fast, and all night. But how much more can any of us live without prayer ?
There are three drugs. There are preventative, curative, and restorative medicines.
Prayer is a preventative medicine. It prevents difficulties in my home and business. Prayer heals the sick in my family, country, society, and church. We can all get sick because of our sins, but we believe that if we pray before God, we will be healed. Amen.
Prayer is like a medicine. Prayer, like a medicine, is to make us stronger so that we do not get sick. Prayer is precious.
Electricity companies have a huge amount of electricity stored and supplied to each home. Even if the electricity is on, the electric appliance will not work unless the switch is pressed. In order to bring the power of God into my heart, I have to press and release the switch of prayer. That is why those who pray are strong people. The more you pray, the more your faith grows, the more you pray, the stronger you become, and the more you pray, the more you receive trust and approval from God.
The Apostle Paul said, "Nothing is impossible for me through him who strengthens me."
There are three great powers in people: power, intellect, and wealth.
All of these have great power, but even if all three forces are combined, they will not be able to withstand the spiritual power. Therefore, the greatest of all powers is the power of the spirit, or “spirit power.”
Ilshin Hospital is located in Busan. This hospital is a very old hospital established by Australian missionaries. Many years ago, Dr. Park Kyung-wha was appointed as the director of this hospital. He is also the serving elder of Busanjin Church. In 1990 alone, about 9,000 mothers were hospitalized and delivered newborns at the hospital, and an average of 8,000 people were born in the hospital every year, which is a world record. However, since Director Park took office, there has never been a single mother death. I asked the cause. The director's answer was, "We have a prayer unit in our hospital." That's it. You must have an army of prayer warriors. There must be a prayer unit in the home, there must be a prayer unit in the church, and there must be a prayer warrior unit in the company, the workplace, the store, and the country. A prayer unit wins over a force unit or a force unit.
George Muller, a man of prayer, said:
“Every Wednesday evening, our co-workers got together and had a prayer meeting. Whenever we prayed every day, we received God's answer while praying over 50 prayer topics for spiritual and physical needs. We prayed according to the principle of not asking anyone for help. I might be able to set up a membership system and raise 10,000 for an orphan business that costs a lot of money, but I didn't do it. The reason is that he believed that God's helping hand was greater than human help. God has never let me down during my 40 years of ministry.” Mueller said he received answers to his prayers 1.5 million times in his life.
Westerners often say: “If there is no prayer, there is no power.” It is a really good saying.
At dawn the Red Sea parted (Exodus 14:24). It was also at dawn that the walls of Jericho fell (Joshua 6:15). At dawn, Jesus was resurrected (Matthew 28:1). It was dawn when Peter's prison door was opened (Acts 12:10). It was dawn when Daniel was rescued from the lions' den (Daniel 6:19-23).
Bounds said that there is no wrong person for a person who prayed at dawn, and all the people who did great things in the world were those who worked hard at the morning prayer meeting.
In the words of the Bible, Abraham (Genesis 19:27), Jacob (Genesis 28:18-19), Moses (Ex 24:4), Joshua (Joshua 3:1), King David (Psalm 108:2), King Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:20-24), Hannah (1 Samuel 1:19), Job (Job 1:5), and the apostle Paul (Acts 5:21).
Like these early morning prayer warriors, all of us together, Oh Geum's family, will surely become early morning prayer warriors. - Amen -.