2020.11.15 - The Power Of Prayer Before The Alter Of God

Text: Revelation 8:1-5 1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. I) The seven-sealed scroll II) The silence in Heaven III) The supplication of the saints In Closing: The prayers of the saints are the instrument God uses to usher in the end of the world. Our prayers change history in more ways perhaps than we recognized. The bottom line for us about prayer: 1) We cannot pray enough. Our prayers are stored up on the altar of God and made the power for great divine interventions in history. Who knows what has been wrought by prayer! Jesus makes it plain in Luke 18:1, "We ought to always pray and not to lose heart." 2) Concerted prayer is uniquely appointed by God in the accomplishing of His mighty works. What I hope you see is that God has sovereignly ordained the corporate praying of a church, such that His mighty workings increase exponentially, and His purposes are accelerated when we pray together. Watch us on our YouTube channel, our website or our Facebook page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7C66QudDzbTDtA-DaSQBw/ https://midwaybaptistnc.org https://facebook.com/midwaybaptistnc