The War of Prayer – Wk3 – (6-20-21)

The War of Prayer
Week 3 – Into the Pit

Industrial Revolution (1700’s-1900’s)
I acquire

Sexual Revolution (1960’s)
I acquire pleasure

Technological Revolution (1980’s to Present)
I acquire pleasure quickly

Psalm 40:1-3
I waited patiently for the Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
and put their trust in him.

The pit will shape and transform our identity as disciples of the crucified Jesus unlike anything else.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

There is purpose in the pit.

3 Words to Meditate on in the Pit

• Meaning
• Love
• Virtue

God will take you to places you have not chosen to go in order to produce in you what you were incapable of producing on your own.

Homework
Allow your declarations to become your prayer in the pit.
Write it —> Think it —> Confess it —> Believe it