KNEELING & POSTURING / CULTIVATING PRAYER

This year the LORD'S ROYAL PRIEST HOOD will emerge from their closets with the presence of holiness on them from being in the throne room. People will be running to the presence of God and they won’t be able to get enough ; drinking from God’s spirit ..drinking and drinking. 

2011 is a year where the Lord is going to ROAR one last time to gather in His children  - the children will come trembling. This year as it has been prophesied will be the year for the last call. We see everything happening in around the world, stirring in Isreal, rebellion in Egypt, unrest in Siberia, great earthquakes and disasters.  The whole world is watching but we know that it is God who is setting the stage. This doesn't mean it is going to happen overnight but we do know that Mathew 24:8 says it is the beginning of  birth pains of the end of this age and the entrance of our king and Savior, Jesus.  He is coming but before he does we need to ernestly pray in the prodigals and the lost like never before.   Gal 6:9 says don't give up and dont' grow weary!!

Jeremiah 31:9 says THEY WILL COME WEEPING .. THEY WILL BE PRAYING AS I BRING THEM BACK IN THE FOLD. I WILL LEAD THEM BESIDE STREAMS OF WATER ON LEVEL PATH WHERE THEY WILL STUMBLE NO MORE.

The spirit of prophecy will flow.. the spirit of prophecy will rise like rushing river , higher and faster, this year we decree that there will be and emergence with a focus on the King .. .. MANY INTERCESSORS.. MANY PROPHETS.... MANY MOTHERS AND FATHERS IN THE BODY.... MANY CHILDREN AND YOUTH..... MANY OLD MEN AND WOMEN .....WILL ALL BE PROPHECYING FROM THE THRONE ROOM..

God is pouring out his spirit in this day ..


He is looking for the priests to rise up and take their positions . For it is time!!
Royal Priest --1 Peter 2:9 YOU ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE … YOU ARE ROYAL PRIESTS YOU ARE A HOLY NATION
Digging a foundation: We want our foundation to be laid on a foundation of  prayer and intercession. The cornerstone will be Jesus Christ himself and the 5 pillars holding the structure will be the 5 fold ministry. We cannot build a thing, we cannot lay one brick until we pour the foundation. It must be dug deep very deep and we will have many prayers of intercession to pour into that deep foundation.


We can’t go anywhere without the work of prayer or we go in our flesh. We want to establish a culture. A culture in our families for our children and grandchildren. A culture for the city and society a culture for the country and ultimate a culture for the whole world !!!! A GOD CULTURE of LIVING IN HIS PRESENCE!!


CULTIVATING A HEART FOR PRAYING

1 Peter 2:9 (Amplified Bible) 9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's] own [a]purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.

CULTIVATE/CULTURE  Culture is to refine a human endeavour. The VATE in Cultivate means to improve and prepare as by ploughing to loosen, dig, nurture, tend.. IN ESSENCE tending the garden.   Taking the first step towards starting and developing a culture that is going to last is, getting our hearts right!

GETTING OUR HEARTS RIGHT:

We need to learn to pray with the kind of heart that the Lord responds to. A pure heart. The priests could not enter the presence of the Lord with any unclean thing on them. They had to offer sacrifices for their sins, and wash in the laver before they could in to his presence for atonement for another’s sins.

WORSHIP PREPARES OUR HEARTS. 

Worship cleanses our heart, and prepares our hearts as well as prepares us to enter the throne room of God. Worship needs to precedes prayer and prayer is birthed out of worship because it ''tills our hearts''    We need to be watchers and watch for what the Lord is telling us when we are worshipping him. Knowing that our heart condition can moves the hand of GOD; worshipping him opens the heavens as the angelic come to listen; God’s presence comes too when we worship him with passion. This all releases the prophetic.. when the spirit of God is present.

BACK TO LAYING A FOUNDATION !!!!  How?   Get on your knees!

POSITIONING OURSLEVES ON OUR KNEES.

Part of getting our hearts right is positioning ourselves on our KNEES .. Why kneel .. what does that prophetically represent ??

POSTURING OURSELVES FOR HUMILITY 

Kneeling is a position of dependency , of humility and brokenness ; it is also a sign of reverence and honour. When we learn to kneel spiritually we will feel God’s power. We kneel in weakness and rise up full of power. Kneeling is the outward expression of a inward work of grace going on.

EPHESIANS 3:10 12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. …For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.

PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11  9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth

When we hear the name of Jesus we need to bow our hearts before him

WE DON’T HAVE TO DO THIS IN A RITUALISTIC MANNER BUT IN OUR HEARTS. We bow our hearts before him God. All praise and glory and honour be to the One who sits on the Throne, and to the Lamb!

WORSHIP IS NOT JUST SINGING IT IS A POSITIONAL ACT OF GIVING OUR ENTIRE BEING TO GOD

There are 12 different Greek and Hebrew words in the bible that translate into worship.


WORSHIP / HEBREW
One of the Four Hebrew words is Shachah
- Means to depress, prostrate, bow down crouch, fall down, make stoop, kneel
One of the Greek words for Worship is Proskuneo

- Which means to kiss. As a Dog licks his masters hand, to prostrate oneself in homage to adore.

WORSHIHP IS ABOUT YEILDING YOUR HEART AND BENDING YOUR KNEE IT IS A POSITION.

We receiving healing during worship..

In Matthew 8:2-3 the account of the Leper that Jesus

 Healed.

JESUS HEALS THE LEAPER

`Behold, a leper came to Him and bowed down to Him, saying `Lord, if you are willing; You can make me clean.``He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying. ``I am willing; be cleansed` and immediately the leprosy was cleansed``

Before this man brought forth his petition of his need in great desperation he bowed before the Lord in an act of worship. The healing virtue of the Lord was released!

Another demonstration of God mercy being release in the act of worship is

Matthew 9:18                                                   

 JESUS HEALS THE YOUNG GIRL``Behold there came a synagogue official and bowed down  before Him saying `My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her and she will live` And Jesus rose and began to follow him and so did His disciples… and when Jeus came to he officials house (the one who bowed before him in an act of worship) he saw the flute players and noisy crowd in disorder.(funeral wake) He began to say Depart for the girl has not died but is asleep. And they began laughing at Him. But when the crowd had been put out he entered and took

her by the hand and the girl arose.

JESUS HEALS SYROPHONENICAN'S DAUGHTER 

She came and began bowing down(in an act of worship and respect ) saying ``Lord, help me.. then Jesus answered her `Woman you faith is great; be it done for you as you wish.`` and her daughter was healed at once.

So the first thing we need to do to establish a culture of priesthood is to position ourselves before him in honour. Bow to the King .


We need watchmen on the walls of our heart to keep the enemy out but we also need cleansing inside the temple.. inside our own hearts.. and when we have a heart totally given to the Lord then we can establish the Priestly calling.

We are warring intercessors and worshipful priests

IHOP This is where we want to be positionaly We want to be that Royal Priesthood We want to be found on our knees with our hearts bowed before the King. We want to dig down deep and lay a foundation of prayer and intercession. We want to be known as a culture of people who are Passionate to know their King. We want to be contagious. We want the presence of the Lord. The manifest presence of the Lord.

                             POSITION YOURSELF ON YOUR KNEES