A Shift in Leadership by John Eckhardt

Author:John Eckhardt
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-01-21T11:55:24+00:00

Chapter 4

Prayer and Deliverance

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.

Matthew 9:38

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

Acts 6:4

Prayer releases the apostolic spirit. Prayer releases sent ones. This is an apostolic term. Apostle means sent one. Churches that want to transition into an apostolic position must have strong prayer and intercession. The prayer base of the local church must be increased.

Prayer is also the power source of the apostolic. The apostles gave themselves continually to prayer. This is also true concerning apostolic churches. There will be a spirit of grace and supplication (Zechariah 12:10). Apostles must be free from all of the normal administrative duties placed on most church leaders. They must be free to give themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. Many pastors work themselves to death with counseling and administrative duties. The people have come to expect the pastor to do everything. This is what he is paid to do, some may reason, but apostles must be released to cover a wider area of ministry. They must release themselves by releasing others. This is hard for some leaders to do. They have operated so long in a pastoral and administrative role that it will be hard for them to transition.

As we began to move into an apostolic position, intercession and prayer became a key to breakthrough into stronger realms of anointing. Jesus prayed all night before choosing the twelve (Luke 4:12). All-night prayer is a key to releasing the apostolic spirit. The power released in prayer will give leaders and churches the strength they need to proceed. Corporate prayer was a characteristic of the early church (Acts 4:24). The whole church must be mobilized to prayer. Apostolic and prophetic leaders need to lead the congregation in strong praying.

Each time the Lord revealed to us new truth about the apostolic ministry, we would pray corporately concerning that truth. Whatever was preached, we would pray to be established. We prayed the prophecies that were spoken in our local church. We prayed for the grace to walk in what we were hearing. Prayer was an integral part of establishing the truth in our church.

We also bound the demon spirits in our region that were set on stopping what the Lord was saying. We prayed for angels to be released into our region to help us break through the resistance of the powers of darkness in our region. This must be done in prayer. We must war according to prophecy (1 Timothy 1:18).

Diversities of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:28) is an important gift in this area. Many prayer warriors will operate in diversities of tongues. There are great breakthroughs that will come through this gift. Utterances in other tongues will help us pray in a supernatural way, beyond the limitations of our understanding. We can pray beyond our limited understanding of what God is releasing and restoring. Those who operate in the gift of diversities of tongues can release much through the various utterances of the Spirit.

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