“The life of the church is the highest life, and its office is to pray. Its prayer life is the highest life, the most fragrant, the most conspicuous. When God’s house on the earth is a house of prayer, then God’s house in heaven is busy and powerful in its plans and movements. ‘For mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people’ (Isaiah 56:7), says our God. Then, His earthly armies are clothed with the triumphs and spoils of victory, and His enemies are defeated on every hand… The very life and prosperity of God’s cause – even its very existence – depend on prayer. And the advance and triumph of His cause depend on one thing: that we ask of Him.” E. M. Bounds

There is supernatural power released when we  pray. What is needed in the worldwide Church at this hour is a unified, praying Church. We need supernatural power. Only the power of God will defeat the attacks of the enemy in our cities. When the Church in a city or region decides to drop its own agendas and decides to come together to pray, there is great spiritual power released into the atmosphere. Prayer will affect everything! It will affect time, places, occasions, and circumstances. A praying Church within the city brings success and supernatural power into that region.

To access the power of God in our prayers, we must learn to pray in faith, with a thankful and forgiving heart, and so much more. We must realize the power of worship and praise, the power of praying God’s Word, and the power of the name of Jesus. The following articles are about power as it relates to us as praying people:

• More Faith Power Please God (children’s article)
• Praying in the Powerful Name of Jesus
• The Power of a Praying Church
• The Power of a Thankful Heart
• The Power of Crying Out
• The Power of Forgiveness
• The Power of Possibility in an Impossible Place
• The Power of Praying God’s Word
• The Power of Worship
• The Tremendous Power of our Words

By Debbie Przybylski
Intercessors Arise International
IHOPKC