The Power Of Prayer

How amazing is the power of prayer? I have been privy to friends and acquaintances this week where prayer was just as palatable as a fine dinner with friends. The wide range of health, financial and emotional challenges are as varied as you can imagine. For me, a wave of prayer power seemed to have a volume all it’s own since last week some time. Our service last Sunday was completely taken over by Holy Spirit, as it should be. Yet this was different. Many came to have prayer for themselves yes, but many more were standing for someone who couldn’t. That was so powerful.

Our country right now is praying in unison for the victims of an individual who thought it appropriate to attack and kill them while they prayed. The unprovoked attack on a mosque where people of the Muslim faith gathered, is Satan’s way of keeping the hate engine running. The fear mongering in the United States and yes in Canada, is a tool the devil is using to keep us distracted and away from God. Prayer on a global scale is the best weapon we have, so let‘s use it. My friends who are ill and in the hospital feel the power of our prayers as it pushes back the fear of their own struggle. It keeps their mind focussed on Jesus, where it needs to be to heal. One of these friends, even through their own situation, shared this. She said, “if we could harness all the prayers from yesterday, maybe we could fill all the churches on Sunday”. That was such a powerful testimony of faith in her friends, and in God’s healing power. Psalm 86:5 TLB reads this way. O Lord, You are so good and kind, so ready to forgive, so full of mercy for all who ask your aid.

What I have seen this week at the hands of God plays perfectly into this scripture. We all must ask for God’s aid. That is called a prayer, and it can only be effective if it’s spoken, either by voice or by heart. Prayer fits everyone, regardless if it’s across our borders, across the county, across the room, or across the table. Read Psalm 4:1 every day this week, and let God take over from there. Let’s harness the power of prayer, because Lord knows we all need it.

Mike Shindruk

Master’s Hand Ministry