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The 3 Best Days To Pray “I will will o pen my mo mo uth in a parable: I will will utter utt er dark sayings o f old: Which Which we have heard and kno wn, and our f athers have t old us. We We will will not not hide them f rom their children children,, sho wi wing ng to the generation t o come the praises of the LORD, LORD, and his his st rength, and his wonderf ul works works that he has done.” - Psalm 78: 78:2-4 2-4
The 3 best days to pray... “There are 3 days in whic which h answers to prayer prayers s co me f ast er (and more more po werfully) than at any ot her time. time. T hese are t he days when mere mere mort mort als can capture the undivided undivided att ention o f Heav Heaven. en.”” From: Elisha Go Goo o dman
Sunday 2:15 AM
Calvary greetings … T here are 3 days days in which which answers answers t o prayers come f ast er (and more more po werfully) than at any ot her time. time. T hese are the days t hat mere mort mort als can capture capture t he undivi undivided ded att ention o f Heav Heaven. en. Believe Beli eve itit or no t, gett ing the attention o f hea heaven ven laser-f laser-f ocused on your s ituation even even f or a min inute ute is all that you requi require re f or vic victo to ry ry,, miracl miracles es and uncommon uncommon breakthroughs. And.... And.. Knowing how to stretch that one minute into one hour … one day … up to 3 days and beyond is the secret sauce fo r a lif lif etim etime e of signs and wonders. wonders. Beff ore we go a s tep f urther Be urther,, please please let’s let’s pause f or prayers. prayers. Yo u will will lif lif t up yo ur voice and cry unt unto o t he Lo Lo rd like like this : 1.
O Lord, o pen my spirit spiritual ual ears to hear, and my spirit spiritual ual eyes to see your glo glo ry in Jesus ’ name.
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Any seed of rebelli rebellio o n in my lif life e I command you to die in Jesus ’ name.
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I ref use to live live in a captive univ universe; erse; powers of captivity loo se your your hold in the name name of Jesus.
Now we are ready to begin. We’re going to read quite read quite a f ew Scri Scriptures ptures t o give us perspective. perspective. That is because because every every message message must must rest o n a st rong scriptural scriptural fo unda undation tion in order to unl unleash eash its f ull pot entia entiall … to go f ort h and acc accompl omplish ish the purpose purpose t o wh whic ich h it is sent. In Matt hew chapter 15 we read: T hen Jesus called his his disci disciples ples t o him him,, and said, I have have compassion on the multitude, because they co ntinue with wi th me now three days, and have have not hing to eat: and and I wi willll not not send t hem away f ast ing, lest lest they f aint in the way. And his dis disciples ciples sa say y to t o him, Fro Fro m where sho s ho uld we have so much bread in the t he wilderness wilderne ss , as t o f ill so great a
multitude? And And Jesus said t o them, How many many loaves have you? And And they s aid, Seven, Seven, and a f ew litt litt le f ishes. And he co mm mmanded anded t he multitu mult itude de t o sit do wn on o n t he gro gr o und. And he t o o k the t he s even lo aves and t he f ishe ishes s , and gave g ave t hanks , and bro ke t hem, and gave ga ve to t o his disciples , and the disciples disciples t o the multitude. And they did did all eat, eat, and were f ililled: led: and they to ok up o f the bro ken meat meat t hat was lef t s even baskets f ull ull.. And they that did eat were f our t hous and men, men, beside women women and chil children. dren. - Matt 15: 15:32-38 32-38 Please Pl ease take not not e of the phrase: phrase: “They have been wi with th me three days and have had not hing to eat.” How many days? 3 days. Now we take a sampl sampling ing of verses f rom the boo k of Jonah: Now the LORD LORD had prepared prepared a great f ish to swall swallow ow up Jonah. And Jonah Jonah was in the belly of the f ish three days and three nights... Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, And said, s aid, I cried by reas re aso o n o f my af f lictio n t o t he LORD, and he heard h eard me; o ut o f t he belly o f hell cried I, and you heard my voice. - Jonah 1:17; 2:1-2 Please Pl ease take not e of phrase: 3 days and 3 nights. Inci ncidentally dentally ma many ny people readi reading ng this mi might ght be in a worse situat ion that the prophet Jonah, if only they could see where t hey are right right now in t he spirit. How do I know this? How can I be so sure? We'll come back to th this is sho rtly. rtly.... T he next scripture is f rom Ac Acts ts of the Apos Apos tles. In In chapter 9 we see this: And Saul aro se f ro m the eart h; and when his eyes were o pened pened,, he s aw no man: but t hey led him h im by the hand, and brought him into Dam Damascus. ascus. And he was was three days wi witho tho ut sight, and neither did eat nor drink drink.. And there t here was a cert ain dis ciple at Damascus , named Ananias; and t o him said t he Lord Lor d in a vis io ion, n, Ananias Ananias . And he s aid, Beho ld, I am here, Lord. Lord . And the t he Lord Lo rd s aid t o him, Arise, and go g o int into o t he s t reet which is called ca lled Straight, Straigh t, and inquire inquire in the hous e of Judas f or o ne called called Saul, Saul, of Tarsus: f or, behold, he prays, prays, And has has s een in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Acts 9:8-12 Again no t e t he number: nu mber: 3 days Also no t e t he phras ph ras e: neit her did eat o r drink. Befo re I ma make ke seven inc increm remental ental st atements we’ we’llll take two st eps. Fi First rst , we’ we’llll take a st ep back into the Old Test Test am ament, ent, and t hen we’ll we’ll jum jump p f orward into the New Test Test am ament ent f or a couple more more verses .
(Hint: There is a reason we are going back and f orth. It will all be clear in a moment.) T hen Est her bade them return Mordecai this ans wer, Go, gather t oget her all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and f ast you f or me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night o r day: I also and my maidens will f ast likewise; and so will I go in to the king, which is no t according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. Esther 4:15-16 How many days?
3 days
How many nights ? 3 nights In Luke 11 we read this: And he s aid t o them, Which o f you shall have a f riend, and s hall go to him at midnight , and s ay to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a f riend of my in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set bef ore him? And he f ro m within s hall ans wer and say, Tro uble me no t: the door is no w shut, and my children are wit h me in bed; I cannot rise and give you. I say t o yo u, Tho ugh he will not ris e and give him, because he is his f riend, yet because o f his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs. Luke 11:5-8 What’s the number here?
It is 3.
Not one. Not two . Not 5. Not 7. There is a reaso n f or this. Going back to our working scripture in the bo ok o f Acts , we notice a peculiar thing: The Lord to ld Ananias: And the Lord s aid t o him, Arise, and go into the s treet which is called Straight , and inquire in the ho use o f Judas f or o ne called Saul, of Tarsus: f or, behold, he prays… From His thro ne in heaven, the Lord moved with urgency in respo nse to Paul’s prayers and… Despatched an immediate answer to that prayer using a human vessel on the earth. I want to make sure we get this clearly: -
Paul was 3 days without f oo d or water
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He spent the whole time praying
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The God of heaven and earth responded immediately to tho se prayers
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By dispatching the answer thro ugh His human agent closest to the scene of action
At t his po int we are ready t o make the f irst 2 important st atements:
Import ant Stat ement # 1: Your 3 days of prayer, when you neither eat nor drink, provide you with the best (f ast est ) oppo rtunity to capture the undivided attent ion of heaven.
And the next...
Import ant Stat ement # 2: With heaven’s at tent ion f ocused on YOU, all of God’s creatio n (including human and s pirit beings) will align to quickly bring His desires in answer to your prayers.
What happened to Apostle Paul provides us with a naked demonstration of these two statements. But there is a question… Why would the God o f heaven and earth do this? It is not as if He is under any obligation t o ans wer us. Going back to t he very f irst scripture we read, we’re to ld that Jesus f elt so mething f or t his crowd of people f ollowing Him around f or 3 days. So He decided to f eed them. Why? He gave his o wn reason: T hen Jesus called his disciples t o him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they co ntinue with me now t hree days, and have not hing to eat: and I will not send t hem away fas ting… When you s tudy the miracles o f Jesus as He minist ered to people, you will discover that of tent imes He was driven by this thing called compassion. And what is co mpass ion? The dictionary tells us that it is: A f eeling o f deep sympat hy and so rro w f or ano ther who is s tricken by misf ortune, accompanied by a s tro ng desire to alleviate t he suf f ering. We see His co mpassio n in action when … -
Healed the sick (Matt 14:14)
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Gave f oo d to 4000 (Mark 8:2)
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Resto red sight to the blind (Matt 20:34)
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Taught the myst eries of his kingdom (Mark 6:34)
This leads us directly to our next statement:
Import ant Stat ement # 3: T he LORD’s co mpassio n is poured f ort h beyond measure during the 3 days t hat yo u pray, neither eating nor drinking.
To receive anything f rom t he Lord, YOU and I need His compassion. Absent t his, we would f ind our Christ ian journey a lot harder than it needs to be. Now, compassion has a close co usin in the s pirit realm. In Psalm 102 we read: You will arise and have compassio n on Z ion, f or it is t ime to sho w f avor to her; the appointed time has come. Psalm 102:13 Compassion and Favor. It is wo nderf ul enough when the Lord has compassio n on us . When He now adds His f avour, then things can get mind-boggling prett y fas t. I mean … awe-inspiring things. Stuf f that def ies logical or rational explanation.
One of the hidden f orces that drives t he universe
Please listen closely: The Lord’s f avor is one of the hidden f orces that drives the universe. Once this s upernatural power invades yo ur life, you will be promot ed to a whole new realm… a realm where you will become an ef f ective co- laborer with the Lord. Def end the po or and f atherless: do just ice to the af f licted and needy. Deliver the po or and needy: rid them out of the hand o f the wicked. T hey know no t, neither will they understand; t hey walk on in darkness : all the f oundations of the earth are out of course. I have said, You are gods ; and all of you are children of the mos t High. - Psalm 82:3-6 I have to tread caref ully here, bef ore s ome modern- day Pharisee out there accuses me of blasphemy.
T hat is because t heir spiritual f orbears at tacked Jesus violently when He quot ed this s ame scripture in John 10:34. I’m gett ing ahead of myself here… Back to what we were discussing.
In order t o make progress, this is an abso lute requirement
The Lord’s f avor is an abso lute requirement if you are to move f rom your present level to t he realm of the eagles. It is an abso lute requirement if you are to f inally break the backbone of generational oppress ion and hidden spiritual captivity. And yes … it is an abso lute requirement if you really want to poss ess your pos sess ion and walk in your divine destiny in Christ Jesus. For t hey got no t t he land in poss essio n by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but yo ur right hand, and your arm, and the light o f your count enance, because you had a f avor to them. - Psalm 44:3 So how did they possess their possession? The Lord’s Favor. Now let’s check in with t he beautif ul Queen Est her. Last time we read about her, she was gett ing herself and her tro ops ready f or a peculiar 3-day f ast – the Esther Fast. Now it came to pas s o n the third day, that Est her put o n her royal apparel, and sto od in the inner court o f the king's ho use, over against t he king's hous e: and the king sat o n his royal throne in the royal house, o ver against the gate o f the ho use. And it was so , when the king saw Est her the queen standing in the court , that she o btained f avor in his sight: and the king held out to Esther t he golden scepter t hat was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and to uched the t op o f the scepter. - Est her 5:1-2 Queen Esther was walking a really fine line here. Her approaching this king witho ut a f ormal, royal invitatio n sho uld have got ten her head chopped of f immediately. That ’s the way things worked in thos e days. But instead s he received what? Royal f avor. Hist ory makes it clear that this king was a not orio us killer who tho ught not hing of murdering his generals, his s ubjects and even his o wn so ns. Esther knew this very well. The Jews, upon who m a blanket death sent ence had just been passed, also knew this very well. But they knew something else… something divinely inspired. Go, gather t oget her all the Jews t hat are present in Shushan, and f ast you f or me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night o r day: I also and my maidens will f ast likewise; and so will I go in t o t he king… Esthe r 4:15-16
That brings us to the next stat ement.
Import ant Stat ement # 4: 3 days and 3 nights of prayer, when you neither eat no r drink, opens the heavens and wraps a blanket of f avour around you.
Please slo w down …. and let t hat s ink into your s pirit. When the LORD’s f avour wraps around yo u like a t hick blanket, it means you have 24-ho ur, round- theclock divine protection. For you, LORD, will bless t he righteo us; with f avor will you compass him as with a s hield. - Psalm 5:12 Friends, at this ultra-high security level of prot ection, your enemies will not even be able to see you. Yes, you become invisible to your enemies. The only entities allowed to locate you will be … your divine helpers! PLUS tho se who need to rest ore your blessings. And if they f ail to bless you promptly, the Lord will appear to them in a vision or dream, and instruct them to move quickly or else… Now Abraham journeyed f rom there t oward the land o f the Negev, and set tled between Kadesh and Shur; then he so journed in Gerar. Abraham said o f Sarah his wife, “She is my sist er.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and to ok Sarah. But God came t o Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because o f the woman whom you have t aken, f or she is married.” Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You slay a natio n, even tho ugh blameless? “Did he not himself say t o me, ‘She is my sist er’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brot her.’ In t he integrity o f my heart and t he innocence of my hands I have done t his.” T hen God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know t hat in the integrity o f your heart yo u have done this, and I also kept yo u f rom sinning against Me; theref ore I did not let you t ouch her. “Now theref ore, rest ore t he man’s wif e, f or he is a prophet , and he will pray fo r you and you will live. But if you do no t res to re her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.” Abimelech then t ook sheep and o xen and male and f emale servant s, and gave t hem to Abraham, and res tored his wif e Sarah to him. Gen.20:1- 7; 14 Now we are going deep … deep … deep. There is another dimension to this.
The Bible says : For ever, O LORD, your word is set tled in heaven. - Psalm 119:89 For t he next prayer, we change locat ion (in the spirit) so we can take it f rom the vantage point of heaven. Please close your eyes and take this prayer with a holy sho ut: By the decree of heaven, let every creation of God begin to work in my f avour f rom now hencef ort h in the name of Jesus Christ . I’d be remiss if I did not point this out right away. There is anot her side to this thing called the Lord’s Favor. As you are receiving the Lord’s f avor, the enemies of your divine dest iny could well be receiving so mething else. And that so mething is called JUDGMENT. When Esther and her peo ple received the king’s f avour, their swo rn enemy Haman received what? Judgment. When the Israelites of o ld moved in to poss ess the land as a result of t he Lord’s Favor, what did the previous occupants receive? Judgment. Within the 3 Best Days to pray, there is a way you can specif ically release the Lord’s judgment on all the tro ublers of your Israel. Mind you, these troublers might be dif f erent f or dif f erent people. -
For so me it could be the tro ublers of t heir health (tho se ones go by many f ancy names thes e days).
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For so me it could be the tro ublers of their marital dest iny
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For others it might be ancestral or generation evil tro ublers on a suicide mission to steal, kill or dest roy. No matt er. Once the Lord’s f avor wraps around you, they all are in f or a time of divine judgment, witho ut exception. Let’s see how this works. David said:
At midnight I will rise t o give t hanks to you because of your righteo us judgment s. - Psalm 119:62 If you know a bit about David, you will agree that he was a man who knew how t o praise t he Lord, among other things. Here he is revealing a deep secret . He says that at the midnight hour, he would usually spend quality time in high praises unto the Lord. If ou stud some of the Psalms he enned aft er those midni ht sessions, ou will f ind a stran e
comingling of prayers – f or t he Lord’s f avour and f or t he Lord’s judgment – of ten in the same breadth. By his midnight actio n – through prayer, praise and wors hip – David regularly precipitated a collision of two o pposing fo rces. 1.
The f orce of the Lord’s f avor
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T he f orce of the Lord’s judgment
These t wo powers (or f orces) would collide to gether, and then separate and go o f f in diff erent directions … f avor t owards David, and judgment t owards his enemies. In the pre- release version o f this manuscript, I mentioned t hat yo ur prayers must cause a co llision in the unseen realms, in order f or certain t hings t o move. In the pas t, s o many people had expressed res ervation, even sho ck, at how aggressive David’s prayers so metimes so und. One moment he is praising t he Lord. The next moment he is releasing terrible weapons of judgment against his enemies. NOTE: When you see t he word “enemies” in our materials, we are NOT ref erring to human beings. Our f ocus is on t he invisible entities mentioned in Ephesians 6 verse 12. With that being said, we are now ready f or the next st atement.
Import ant Stat ement # 5: Your 3 days of prayer, when you neither eat no r drink, is t he perf ect t ime to break down ancient barriers, open clos ed do ors , and put the camp of the enemy in t ot al disarray, PROVIDED you mix your prayers with aggressive midnight praise.
You remember how the sho ut o f praises brought down the ancient walls o f Jericho? That too k 7 days.
Here you have a shortcut...
You can bring down every invisible wall of captivity in 3 days or les s… If only you will learn (and mast er) the art of midnight praise. Now, for those folks who are under the erroneous impression that the Old Testament is outdated, let’s see a quick demons trat ion o f this age- less principle in the New Test ament.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and s ang praises to God: and the priso ners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the f oundat ions o f the priso n were shaken: and immediately all the doo rs were opened, and every one's bands were loos ed. Acts 16:25-26 Praise t he LORD. Here they were using a combination of just 2 things: -
Midnight prayer
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Midnight praise Because that ’s all they had at their dispos al in the situat ion they f ound themselves. But look what results they got ! T his matt er of divine judgment is very, very import ant t o underst and.
Once the Lord’s f avour is poured f ort h, you can be sure the sword of judgment has also been unleashed to accomplish t he st range works o f the Lord so mewhere AT THE SAME T IME. Here’s a classic example: Now about that time Herod t he king st retched f ort h his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the bro ther o f John with t he sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded f urther to take Peter also. (Then were the days o f unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in priso n, and delivered him to f our s quads of so ldiers to keep him; intending af ter Easter t o bring him f ort h to the peo ple. Peter theref ore was kept in priso n: but prayer was made witho ut ceasing of the church to God f or him. And when Hero d would have bro ught him f ort h, t he s ame night Peter was sleeping between t wo soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers bef ore t he doo r kept the prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came on him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains f ell of f f rom his hands. And the angel said to him, Gird yours elf , and bind on your s andals. And so he did. And he said to him, Cast yo ur garment abo ut yo u, and f ollow me. And he went o ut, and f ollowed him; and knew not that it was true which was done by the angel; but tho ught he saw a vision. When they were past the f irst and the s econd ward, they came to the iron gat e that leads t o t he city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went o ut, and passed o n thro ugh one st reet; and immediately the angel departed f rom him. And when Pet er was come to himself , he s aid, No w I know o f a s uret y, that the LORD has s ent his angel, and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and fro m all the expectation of the people of the Jews. And when he had co nsidered t he t hing, he came to the ho use o f Mary the mot her o f John, who se surname was Mark; where many were gathere d t ogether praying.... And o n a s et day Hero d, arrayed in royal apparel, s at on his thro ne, and made an o rat ion t o them. And t he people gave a shout , saying, It is the vo ice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord
smot e him, because he gave not God t he glory: and he was eat en of worms, and gave up the ghos t. - Acts 12:1-12; 21- 24 There is an A-B- C lesso n here: A. When king Hero d capt ured (and event ually killed) t he apost le James, the dis ciples did … well … no thing. T he enemy moved to o f ast f or t hem to react. T hey had no t ime. No warning. Not hing. B. Emboldened by his success , Herod went f orward to grab Peter, the chief apos tle at the time, thinking he could put him to death just as easily as he’d done to James. C. But there was a litt le problem. T his time the disciples were ready f or him. Somehow they had snapped out of their s lumber and jumped into relentless , unceasing prayer. Because of their prayer intervention, a collision o f f orces was set in motio n. In the af termath, the power of f avour moved swif tly to ward Peter, drawing him out of prison, and to ward the praying saints as they were engaged in their midnight battle. On the ot her hand, the swo rd of judgment was drawn irresistibly to his oppress or, resulting in a less t han desirable end f or him. That is how t he evil package of untimely death planned fo r Peter was ret urned to sender witho ut any apolo gies. By the way, I hope yo u know how to send evil arrows back to sender. It is t ot ally scriptural to do s o. It is time to pray again: Lord, I ask that yo u sit in judgement against all tho se that tro uble me, including their agents, adviso rs, cons ultants , priests and prophets ... And let every Pharao h o r Hero d sitting in judgement agains t me receive your righteous judgement and indignation right now in Jesus' name. I just pulled that prayer f rom our little prayer boo k, the Prayer of Caleb … the o ne boo k that is o n the boo kshelf of Prayer Academy graduates wo rldwide. Skilf ully applied, this one prayer can deliver more that its f ull weight in gold. One prayer eagle recently sent in this praise report , af ter her f riend to ok the prayer out f or a “tes t drive.” "When I started the Prayer Academy in October last year I to ld a f riend about it. I did not s ee her until two weeks ago when she asked how I was getting on. I shared a lot of testimonies and told her that even tho ugh it is hard work you f all in love with the results and keep go ing. She, on the o ther hand, was st ruggling with many things including problems at work and was at risk o f losing her job.
I shared t he boo k "The Prayer of Caleb" which I carry with me all the time and encouraged her to pray. She used her phone to take a picture of one o f the prayers which she went away and prayed over a dif f icult iss ue at wo rk. A f ew days later I received a text saying t hat the issue had been resolved in her f avour! In her words s he said, "I am st arting to like the results! Praise God!" T his is the prayer she prayed: Lord, I ask that yo u sit in judgement against all tho se that tro uble me, including their agents, adviso rs, cons ultants , priests and prophets ... And let every pharao h o r Hero d sitt ing in judgement agains t me receive your righteous judgement and indignation right now in Jesus' name. May God continue to bless and increase your ministry." - Sist er Rejoice
Praise the LORD. Moving on. T he 3 Best Days To Pray is like a 3-legged stool
1st leg is:
T he 3 days witho ut eating and drinking
2nd leg is:
The midnight praise action during tho se 3 days
3rd leg is:
T he prayers, the prayers and the prayers
In t he spirit realm things are not always what t hey seem. An innocent -lo oking prayer like: O LORD, clot he me with yo ur garment o f f avour… … can have f ar-reaching cons equences t han you can ever imagine. While you might o nly be thinking of all nice and wonderf ul things, t hat s ame prayer can at t he same time trigger an earthquake of divine judgment somewhere.
At the midnight gate, you need to f ollow the leading of t he Holy Spirit very very clos ely. You must learn to move in lockst ep with Him… no t rushing ahead of Him, and not f alling behind Him. You must be in st ep, in sync and in tune with Him. How do yo u do this? By His WORD. As you immerse yourself in the Word, many hidden nuggets will be dropped in your spirit. If you know how to grab tho se golden nuggets and convert them to fas t- action prayer bullets, then you will be of f to the races. Befo re the f eeding of the 4000 that we saw earlier, Jesus said: I have compassion o n t he multitude, because they have been with me no w three days… They had been with Him … do ing what? List ening to Him teach. Hanging on t o His every Word. Hungrily taking it in. day af ter day af ter day. They replaced their physical hunger with a hunger f or His word. Now watch this: Once they replaced their physical hunger with a hunger f or His word … His compassion was triggered. To a limitles s and overf lowing degree. We are now approaching what might be... T he mos t important st atement in this entire letter...
Import ant Stat ement # 6: Your 3 days o f prayer, when you neither eat nor drink, but rather immerse yo urself in midnight praise, midnight prayer, and t he Word will bring you int o true ONENESS with the Risen Lord.
He will begin to f eed you with t he Bread of Heaven i.e. Himself . He will plug your lif e into the divine electricity grid… and suddenly you will begin to shine like the light of the world that you were meant t o be. At this level, internal barriers operating in so me dark area of your lif e unseen will begin to melt away. All the “s trangers” will hast ily f ind their way out of their hiding places in your bo dy … o r risk being incinerated by the divine electricity now co ursing thro ugh your veins. This is f or real.
At this level not hing will be hidden f rom you. The secrets of yo ur lif e (that the enemy has been taking advantage of ) will suddenly be laid bare bef ore yo u. If you DARE to f ollow thro ugh with this experience, the voice of t he Spirit will be activated f rom deep within you. This is like an internal GPS telling you what to do, how to do it, when to move, when to st ay st ill, etc. We are gett ing ready to make our f inal st atement in a moment. Befo re then please let’s pause again f or prayer: O LORD, I need divine direction; order my steps in your word in Jesus’ name. In Psalm 119 verse 105 it is writt en: T hy word is a lamp unto my f eet, and a light unt o my path. - Psalm 119:105 I want to make sure you get this… What we are talking about here is the voice of t he Word that you receive by revelation … which must be perf ectly in agreement with the Word of God in scripture. Your ability to hear and discern the voice of His word is the single mos t import ant thing in your lif e. And the o nly way you will be able to develop hearing ears t o hear t he voice of His word in t he spirit is thro ugh DEEP prayer, like the type we’re discussing here. The voice of His word. This is no ordinary word. It cont ains within itself a rare seed indeed. Within this seed lies the power to f ocus and mot ivate you … thro ugh f ire and pouring rain. The power that will propel you f orward… especially when things loo k hopeless and you f eel like giving up. With this power, giving up won’t be an opt ion. Rather you will f ind yourself thrust f orward, driven inexorable to wards yo ur divine destiny … by so mething inside you which you may not be able to put a f inger on. With t his in mind, our last of the 7 incremental st atements go es like this:
Import ant Stat ement # 7: Your 3 days o f prayer, when you neither eat nor drink, but rather immerse yo urself in midnight praise, prayer and t he WORD will ignite t he anointing within you… to power you t o the f inish line (your divine destiny).
Look, the Bible says: And as f or yo u, t he anointing which yo u received f ro m Him remains within yo u, and there is no need f or any one t o t each you. But since His anoint ing gives you instructio n in all things- -and is true and is no f alsehoo d-you are cont inuing in union with Him even as it has t aught you t o do . - 1 John 2:27 It is within YOU. It may just be dormant. It is not outside! Praise the LORD. You s ee to day mos t peo ple have heard endless mess ages f rom teachers, preachers and ot her ministers. They know what is right and what is wrong. They can quot e many scriptures and tell captivating Bible st ories. Yet, when conf ront ed with medium-t o- to ugh situat ions, they f ind no st rength to carry on. You see them running f rom pillar to post , looking fo r “anointed” persons t o do everything fo r them. When they are to ld to do the simplest things like reading one chapter of t he Bible and praying just a f ew prayers, they find no st rength o r mot ivation to go t hrough with it. They att end many seminars, learn many things but f ind that they lack the f ocus and mot ivatio n to f ollow thro ugh and apply whatever it is t hey learned. All to o of ten you f ind the words of the old apost le coming to pass: For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the o racles o f God, and you have come to need milk and not so lid f oo d. - Heb.5:12 So lif e becomes a never-ending t readmill. No progress . Not hing to sho w f or years of walking the Christ ian walk. Only misery … to rture … oppress ion. But things do n’t have to be this way. Change can happen. Dramatic change. It will take so mething being triggered deep within you f or this change to happen. Welcome to t he world of the eagles. What I have described to you here is the biblical path to unst oppable anointing. There are NO short cuts .
The Best 3 Days secret is at the roo t of every anointed minist er or minist ry there is anywhere in the world. Are there believers you think are more anointed than you? Is this their SECRET SAUCE? This is the absolute starting point … on their journey up the mountain of power. They all st art f rom here… and then go on to surrender leadership to the Holy Ghost who would then take them anywhere He wishes. Depending on the particular mount ain you want to climb (Everest anyone?) the Holy Ghost can st retch what I’ve described here to 7 days, 10 days, 14 days, 21 days, 40 days and even beyond. For instance I saw this one in my inbox a f ew days ago: Hi Elisha God has s miled on me! Remember I told yo u I was in a 21 days f ast ing in April f rom the 10t h t o the 30t h. Tell you what? God has answered my prayers! I HAVE BEEN PROMOT ED!!!! If you remember my story, f or nine years I was earning peanuts and everyone seemed host ile at work at my promot ion. Many a times recommendations were made which never came to pass. Following up on them was f utile. But just 30 days af ter f ast ing I have my promotio n and guess what! Its double what I have been earning. Isn't it wonderf ul. I thank the Lord and I thank you Elisha f or t eaching me the secret o f the 'back door' because in all thos e 21 days I woke up at t he midnight ho ur just t o worship Go d and pray in t ongues. And it happened! - Itumeleng Notice what she did, besides f ast ing: "I woke up at the midnight hour just to worship God and pray in to ngues." Reminds you of David, does n't it? Tho usands o f believers write to me, claiming they had gone t hrough deliverance count less t imes yet the pro blem remains. In many cases t he pro blems keep o n multiplying. I ask a simple quest ion: “Can you describe to me a typical deliverance ses sion that you’ve gone thro ugh?” Over the years I have heard things like: 1.
I had tea with a powerf ul prophet and he declared that I was delivered.
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A past or prayed over me and told me I didn’t need deliverance.
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I received a prophecy that all my pro blems were go ing to be over shortly.
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I f ell under the anointing as hands were laid on me.
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I was to ld to drink anointing oil and take a holy bath (whatever that means).
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I was told to sleep with a Bible under my pillow every night.
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When I hear things like this I gently advise them to look f or a Bible- believing Christian minist ry that understands deliverance and make haste t o join their program without f urther delay. While not telling them whether their "deliverance" in the past was go od or bad, usually I give them one hint: "If you can f ind a ministry with a deliverance program that begins or ends with a 3-day Esther- st yle f ast , then chances are you’re in the right place." Just one clue. But it is a crucial one. There is a divine patt ern f or ef f ective deliverance. Some minist ers know it. Some do n’t. Some churches practice it. Some don’t. Your challenge, sho uld you choo se to accept it, is to put on the unifo rm of a spiritual detective and go f ind the genuine ones… Otherwise in your desperate quest f or a so lution to your problems, you run the high risk of f alling into the pit o f serious erro r (one that has t aken so me believers many long weary years to dig themselves o ut o f ). Loo k at this email I received years ago f ro m Ireland: “Thank you Elisha f or t he great job you are do ing. May God bless you abundantly. T here was o ne of your prayer bullets that I used. It was about arrows o f death. I prayed that prayer at midnight, and that night I had a dream. I saw myself inside a f ridge buried underground. Thank God in t hat dream I had the power to get out. When I came out, I saw armed people coming to me. They were all carrying dangerous- loo king weapons, but I to ld them that I serve the Living God. They came near as t hey wanted to f inish me of f but their weapons ref used to work! Praise the LORD!” 1. Faith, Ireland
This is what I meant when I said earlier that many people to day are in a worse situat ion than Jonah in the belly of the f ish. I don’t mean to digress here… But doesn’t it just make you sad to see f ellow believers f alling f or all kinds of myths and half -t ruths… and having to go thro ugh a prolonged period o f painful (and expensive) trial and error t o co rrect their past mistakes? You see all thes e wonderf ul Christ ian brot hers and sist ers everywhere. They’re born again. They love the Lord, and they t ry to put t heir heart and so ul into walking with t he Lord daily. They want to have a healthy relationship with the Lord (but witho ut much prayer). They want to create a goo d lif e f or t hemselves and their f amilies. T hey want t o make a meaningf ul impact o n the world, using godly principles. They work so hard. Still they f all f lat. Their f ocus is scatt ered, and they spend mos t of their time running af ter all kinds o f dif f erent things t hat so meone to ld them will work, but just aren’t going to (thanks t o litt le or no prayer). So they get cynical. T heir heart grows st one- cold. T hey st op trus ting the Word of God. Many send me emails giving all kinds of excuses why they couldn’t f ast and pray as I teach (to be sure, many of thes e reasons are genuine – as when so meone is pregnant o r on medication). Sometimes, I check back to see how they are doing. A seaso n af ter they f irst landed on our websites. Or half a year. Or more. And I hear endless st ories about … -
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An abandoned dest iny. It breaks my heart each time, and each time, I wish so meone would do so mething about it… … help take us back to the basics of PRAYER THAT WORKS. Then one day the Lord to ld me to be that so meone. And the result is t his (rat her) lo ng let ter yo u are no w reading.
As we bring this to a clos e, please not e that you are not under any obligation to believe anything I’ve said until… You go ahead and prove it to yourself By diligently applying thes e principles, you will be able to see the PROOF of what you’ve been reading here. Because the LORD who sent me st ands ready to back up this mess age 100 percent.
He says : T hus s aid the LORD, your redeemer, and he t hat f ormed you f rom the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; t hat st retches f orth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself ; T hat f rust rates the t okens o f the liars, and makes diviners mad; that t urns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge f oo lish; That conf irms t he word of his s ervant, and perf ormes t he counsel of his messengers... Isa. 44:24-26a Praise the LORD. On our part, we’ll be taking all thes e principles out f or a “road tes t” sho rtly.
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The LORD has directed us to apply this teaching to one of the biggest areas of need in the Body of Christ today. I’m talking abo ut a daunt ing problem that keeps rearing it s ugly head in my inbox every single day (I will tell you abo ut it in a moment). But bef ore then… This is s omething that can neutralize everything I’ve said s o f ar! You might already know that it requires an intimate relatio nship with s omeone in o rder to truly know and recognize his vo ice when he speaks. Same thing with God. Witho ut a relatio nship with Him … and an intimate one f or that matt er … it will be very dif f icult to operat e t his 3 Best Days principle. Or hear His voice. Or enjoy his compassion… or f avor … or 24-ho ur prot ection or all the ot her wonderf ul things we’ve been loo king at here. If it is of interest to you, you can st art that relationship with Him right away (if you have NOT already done so). Bible tells us there is only one thing that can ACTIVELY sabo tage your relatio nship with Him. And that thing is SIN. Hearing the gos pel day in day out , but cont inuing to live in any known sin will cut you of f f rom the presence of God, and make your prayers to f all f lat … no matt er how well you put into practice all the o ther things we’ve been discussing here. Sin is a killer. T he Bible says: Behold, the LORD's hand is not sho rtened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his f ace f rom you, that he
will not hear. - Isa 59:1-2 For t he wages of sin is death; but t he gif t o f God is eternal lif e through Jesus Christ o ur Lord. - Rom. 6:23 Some believers reading this are harbouring deep, dark secrets they dare no t share with anyone. Today I counsel you t o t ake everything to t he Lord in prayer witho ut f urther delay. You need to f all on your f ace to day and cry out to Him in sincere repentance. For tho se who have never surrendered their lives to Him, now is the perf ect time. The Bible says: For he says, “In the t ime o f my f avor I heard you, and in the day o f salvation I helped you.” I tell you, no w is the time of God’s f avor, now is the day of salvation. - 2 Cor.6:2 Seeing that the warning st ill comes t o us, "To- day, if you hear His vo ice, do no t harden your hearts as your f oref athers did in the time of the provocation." - Heb 3:15
