{"id":18883,"date":"2026-04-18T18:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/?p=18883"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:11:20","slug":"when-you-pray-pray-in-wisdom-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/when-you-pray-pray-in-wisdom-7\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN YOU PRAY – PRAY IN WISDOM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WHEN YOU PRAY – PRAY IN WISDOM: God Will Only ANSWER To EMPOWER A PURPOSEFUL Demand!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Call unto me, and I will ANSWER thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not”\u00a0<\/i>Jeremiah 33:3.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The kingdom of God is not\u00a0wishy-washy\u00a0or either this or that,\u00a0in order to\u00a0appeal to sentiments and\u00a0self-seeking\u00a0satisfaction in our circumstances. For our God is a God of ORDER and DECENCY\u00a0(1 Corinthians 14:40; 1 Timothy 3:15; Titus 1:5)<\/b>; and He will only COMMEND what He COMMAND.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, PRAYER is not a case of demanding from God either of His PURPOSE or His POWER, and in reverse, of His POWER or His PURPOSE. PURPOSE speaks of assignment, opportunity and CAUSE to accomplish while POWER speaks of the ENABLING – ENDOWMENT – to accomplish the assigned PURPOSE; and that means, you can\u2019t\u00a0accomplish\u00a0PURPOSE with God, without His gracious enabling – endowment – POWER; also, you can\u2019t crave in PRAYER for God\u2019s gracious and enabling POWER for a no PURPOSE – ASSIGNMENT or CAUSES – for it to accomplish. Therefore, you need to SELAH – PAUSE and THINK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And as a child of God, this INTENT of PURPOSEFUL demand of God into your life, is applicable whether is to your – education, career, business, ministry, family, marriage, relationship, finance, leadership, politics,\u00a0governance\u00a0and such like more. This is the\u00a0reason why\u00a0many so-called – PRAYERS and FASTING – are unwarranted and unnecessary;\u00a0it’s\u00a0because they are PURPOSELESSLY driven with the intent of solely\u00a0seeking\u00a0POWER or OPPORTUNITY for nothing. God doesn’t ANSWER a – PURPOSELESS REQUEST and POWERLESS DEMAND – no matter the noise and emotional sentiments we\u00a0endeavour\u00a0to make of it; this important to note, especially\u00a0considering\u00a0how much rigorous devotion of time we claim to be doing sometimes in respect to PRAYERS and FASTING and NIGHT VIGILS; and all these being done or that we do or are doing to accompany such activity or activities, is in order to get an ANSWER and yet are not forth coming or happening as we earnestly request and crave after.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, watch out HOW you pray;\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0not just enough when a Minister lays hand and\u00a0pours\u00a0ointment on you and declare breakthroughs means an\u00a0end;\u00a0you need to reconcile matters of GRACIOUS POWER DEMAND to the accompanying PURPOSE – ASSIGNMENT, for such. Otherwise, after few\u00a0days or weeks\u00a0or months, you will find yourself back to zero point again and in delusion as many have called my attention to such matters.\u00a0Hence,\u00a0I ask you today – Is that God\u2019s will and intent for the New Testament and His Covenant Church in Christ Jesus? And I say NO and NO!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s\u00a0only when PURPOSE are right, then the accompanying POWER (the rights, capacity, opportunity) then works TOGETHER for the good of you and to ensure that you have the MEANINGFUL FULFILMENT with God.\u00a0That’s\u00a0why we must take heed to God’s assignment in our life and\u00a0not\u00a0do\u00a0a wishy-washy\u00a0attitude with it if we intend having our altitude of grace by God’s APPROVAL and not man’s APPLAUD –\u00a0(Colossians 4:17; 2 Timothy 2:15; Acts 2:22; Romans 8:28).<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our perfect example on matter of the subjects in discussion is in our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ. In His humanity, He was graciously LED of the Holy Spirit, meaning\u00a0it’s\u00a0not a\u00a0self-show\u00a0off to FAST and PRAY as some may do to\u00a0indicate\u00a0spiritual classification. He returned with the POWER of the Holy Spirit\u00a0accompanying\u00a0the set PURPOSE of God – the\u00a0empowering or empowerment of the Holy Spirit which He laid out in the synagogue Services\u00a0immediately\u00a0for all to bear Him record –\u00a0Luke 4:1-2, 14, 16-22.<\/b>\u00a0He lived through humanity in that CAUSE or PURPOSE and POWER with meaningful fulfillment of God’s intent for humanity. And I can say in His stead, that in same-like scenario, you can do life with God in all phases of your life, be it in – education, career, business, ministry, family, marriage, relationship, finance, leadership, politics, governance and such like.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Make your PRAYERS count and account for your good – meaningfully and in fulfilment. And PRAYERS can only COUNT and ACCOUNT for one’s own good, when done intentionally and as led by the Holy Spirit and by the WORD, in reconciling POWER demand with PURPOSE from God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So,\u00a0PAUSE and THINK – SELAH!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Call unto me, and I will ANSWER thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not”<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Jeremiah 33:3.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Praise\u00a0waiteth\u00a0for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. 2 O thou that HEAREST prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come”<\/i>\u00a0Psalms 65:1-2.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Let all things be done DECENTLY and in ORDER”<\/i>\u00a01 Corinthians 14:40.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil\u00a0sinneth\u00a0from the beginning. For this\u00a0PURPOSE\u00a0the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil”<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>1 John 3:8.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered,\u00a0Thou\u00a0sayest that I am a king. TO THIS END WAS I BORN, AND FOR\u00a0THIS CAUSE CAME\u00a0I INTO THE WORLD, that I should bear witness unto the truth.\u00a0Every one\u00a0that is of the truth heareth my voice”<\/i>\u00a0John 18:37.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“. . . 14 And Jesus returned in THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about . . . 18 The Spirit of the Lord is UPON ME, BECAUSE HE HATH ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised . . .”\u00a0<\/i>Luke 4:1-22.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And we know that ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER for good to them that love God, to them who are the CALLED according to his PURPOSE”<\/i>\u00a0Romans 8:28.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, A MAN APPROVED of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know”<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Acts 2:22.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it”<\/i>\u00a0Colossians 4:17.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The message\u00a0emphasises\u00a0the importance of praying with purpose and wisdom, highlighting that God only answers prayers that align with His purpose and empower believers to fulfill their assignments. It warns against purposeless prayers and fasting, which are driven by self-seeking motives rather than a genuine desire to serve God’s purpose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Key points:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n