Would You Agree Together?

Would You Agree?

Grace, mercy, and love. Three of my favorite words from the Bible. When you put faith with these words you open a door. A path, if you will, that leads people to repentance.

A path that the unbeliever can embrace and follow. Grace, mercy, and love are certainly three of Christ’s most dominant character traits.

This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.

John 3:16-17 Msg

Here are some words from Christ

Luke 11:5-13

5 Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;

6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

7 and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’

8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

10 For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

11 Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

12 Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?

13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

The statement seems to say to those of us who pray to God. We shall be heard. This statement, promise, revelation, rests entirely on one very important thing. “Christ’s authority.”

Matthew 28:18 AMP

Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.”

The word authority from the Greek means, “the power of choice, the liberty of doing as one pleases, the power of influence and privilege.”

Hebrews 1:1-2 AMP

1 God, having spoken to the fathers long ago in [the voices and writings of] the prophets in many separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the truth], and in many ways,

2 has in these last days spoken [with finality] to us in [the person of One who is by His character and nature] His Son [namely Jesus], whom He appointed heir and lawful owner of all things, through whom also He created the universe [that is, the universe as a space-time-matter continuum].

Sometimes we think that God is deaf to our prayers. In fact this is far from His reality.

The delay in fact has a purpose. It is to deepen our faith, and educate us in His ways. Aligning us with His will.

Will He always answer? “All I can say is pray, pray, pray, persistently.”

Matthew 7:7-8 AMP

7 “Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.

There is something to be said of perseverance. Many successful businesses started from failure after failure. Many dreams have been realized. Many churches have conquered adversity and thrive in their communities. Individuals have overcome extreme difficulties to realize their purpose and walk it out.

“All because of perseverance.”

Today the word perseverance is defined this way, “steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.”

I want to add an ingredient to these thoughts of persistent prayer. It is found from the words of Christ in 2 distinct verses.

Matthew 18:19-20 NASB

19 “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

AMPC

19 Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.

20 For wherever two or three are gathered (drawn together as My followers) in (into) My name, there I Am in the midst of them.

Being a follower of Christ will often take you places that you never thought of. Places in prayer, crying out to God in the Spirit for needs far beyond the world you live in. In difficulties that stretch your faith. Christ followers will often have dreams that seem impossible. So impossible, that at times we will not even reveal them for fear of failure. Afraid that people will think we are crazy.

So what do we do with all these seemingly impossible tasks, prayers, difficulties, and dreams.

“Find someone to help you pray.”

Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.

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