Acts4:31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.
When I was a young lad, something remarkable happened in the church we were attending in my village. We were in a vigil and a word of prophecy came through one of the women in the meeting. That woman was like a seer in the church. There were two women who operated in that dimension.
Though I cannot remember the exact content of the prophecy but we prayed fervently afterwards. Not far from the church was a popular demonized tree in an area popularly known as 'idi ogun'. As we prayed, that tree fell.
'Ogun' is a local deity among Yoruba people of West Africa. He is the god of iron. However, the tree where Ogun worshippers gathered fell because of the presence of a praying church.
There is power when the church is a praying church. This generation is yet to see the exploits wrought through united prayers of the church.
The church of Jesus must be a praying church not an entertainment ground. The early church prayed and the whole place shook, can that be said of our churches today? We can take over towns, villages and cities If we send our application to God in prayers.
The end time revival cannot happen until there are praying churches. Jesus said,... "My house shall be called the house of prayer"(Matt21:13). The pop culture of entertainment introduced to the pulpit has made the pew lukewarm. To get them come to church, now we bring a comedian. Would Jesus or the apostle have done that in their days?
Satan is not afraid when we organize welfare programmes, talks and music concerts but he doesn't like to hear God's people gather to pray for revival.
Our community need just one praying church. Community level warfare cannot be done by an individual no matter how prayerful. The church must be united in prayers so that we can shake our communities, sack demons and birth revival.
Father, baptize every church with the Spirit of prayer and supplication in Jesus name.