Insights
The Power of Prayer and God’s Timing
🕊️ God has a plan for your life and if he had done what you expected, it would have messed up the plan.
🙏 Kneeling in prayer is a position of submission, acknowledging that God’s mission is higher than our own, and finding peace and happiness in living out that mission.
⏰ God has already decreed the sum total of your life, including what he will do, what he won’t do, and when he plans to do it, but prayer is the condition for its fulfillment.
🌩️ We have the power to affect the opening and closing of Heaven, bringing the supernatural into history through effectual fervent righteous prayer.
🌟 “Travail means to be in labor…because you’re giving birth to a miracle, you’re giving birth to something Supernatural.”
⏳ God’s timing may require patience, but the strength and blessings received in the waiting make it worth it.
Divine Intervention and Angelic Presence
😇 God sends angels to intervene and minister to us in times of need, protecting us from harm and lifting us up from depression.
🏠 “Even if you live in a house by yourself, you don’t live by yourself. You’re surrounded by angels.” – Tony Evans highlights the idea that we are never truly alone, as angels are always present around us.
😇 Some individuals have the ability to praise God even in the midst of trouble, divorce, or difficult circumstances.
✨ God has the power to intervene in our situations and provide divine encounters that can change our lives.
🏃♂️ Despite the odds, Elijah outran Ahab’s horses, showcasing the power of divine intervention and God’s timing.
Summary
TLDR: The key idea of the video is to trust in God, pray persistently, and wait on Him, as He will reveal His plans, provide support and protection, and bring about extraordinary results in our lives.
- 🙏 God may not always do what you expect, but He is with you, revealing things to you that others don’t see; focus on God’s confirmation, live between adversity and blessings, and let your enemies witness your success.
1.1 God may not always do what you expect, but that doesn’t mean He’s not with you; instead, He may be showing Himself alive to His own and revealing things to you that others don’t see.
1.2 God’s confirmation is more important than the confirmation of others, as seen in the story of Noah and the symbolism of 40 days in the Bible.
1.3 Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness being tempted by Satan, with wild animals and angels ministering to him.
1.4 Live your life between wild animals and angels, choosing to focus on the angels who can minister to you even in the presence of adversity.
1.5 God wants your enemies to watch you succeed and be ministered to by Him, proving that their threats cannot stop you from being provided for.
- 🙌 God sends angels to bless, protect, and minister to people, providing constant support and protection in their lives, and Jesus intervened to address disappointed Christians.
2.1 God sends angels to bless, protect, and minister to people in times of need, bringing healing and abundant life.
2.2 You are constantly surrounded by angels, providing protection and support in your life.
2.3 Jesus presented himself alive to his disciples for 40 days, intervening in the upper room with Thomas who was doubting him, and the speaker wants to address disappointed Christians.
- 🙏 Submission to God’s mission is essential, as His plan and timing may not align with ours, but praying and trusting in Him brings happiness and peace.
3.1 Just because God didn’t do what you expected or wanted doesn’t mean He isn’t working in your life, as He has a plan and timing that may not align with your own.
3.2 Submission to God’s mission is essential, as prioritizing our own agenda over God’s purpose prevents us from experiencing the full impact of God’s hand in our lives.
3.3 Praying is an act of submission to God’s mission, which brings happiness and peace, regardless of one’s circumstances.
- 🙏 Preach faith and trust in God even in difficult times, continuously praising Him regardless of circumstances, and recognize that our own wisdom is foolishness compared to God’s.
4.1 Preach faith and trust in God even in difficult times, continuously praising Him regardless of circumstances.
4.2 Despite facing adversity and bad news, there are people who have learned to praise and give thanks to God in any situation.
4.3 The text discusses the authenticity of the disciples and emphasizes that true Christians should talk about God.
4.4 When someone is in love, they can’t stop talking about the person they love, even if they run out of things to say and end up just breathing on the phone.
4.5 God intervenes in our understanding of Him, even when we think we know everything, because we see through a glass darkly.
4.6 Jesus allows us to think we are informing him about our problems, but sometimes we have to learn the hard way that our own wisdom is foolishness compared to God’s.
- 🙏 Trust God in difficult times, as prayer activates His already decreed will for your life, allowing you to see it manifest in the physical realm, just like Elijah’s prayers based on God’s word.
5.1 Trust God in difficult times because he has a way of intervening and causing a divine encounter.
5.2 Prayer is the point of contact between humans and God, as God has already answered before we even call.
5.3 Prayer activates God’s already decreed will for your life, allowing you to see it manifest in the physical realm.
5.4 Elijah tells Ahab that there will be no rain, but later God tells Elijah to show himself to Ahab because rain is coming, and this is because in Deuteronomy God said that if people worship idols, He will close heaven and stop the rain, but if they turn away from idols, He will open heaven and let rain fall again.
5.5 Elijah’s prayers were based on God’s word, and without knowledge of God’s word, one cannot pray effectively or specifically, as demonstrated by Elijah’s prayers for no rain and then for rain after a three and a half year gap.
- 🙏 Prayer is the point of contact for God’s decrees and blessings, and our proximity to Him determines our ability to hear and apply His will, just like Elijah did on Mount Carmel.
6.1 God’s decrees and blessings for our lives require a point of contact through prayer in order to be delivered at the proper time.
6.2 We have the power to affect the opening and closing of Heaven and bring supernatural miracles into history through fervent and righteous prayer, just like Elijah did.
6.3 Your proximity to God determines what you hear and understand, and if you keep your distance from God, you won’t be able to hear or apply His will to your life like Ahab did.
6.4 Elijah went to Mount Carmel to have an undistracted and concentrated time with God in order to make a point of contact for his deep and big request.
- 🙏 Pray persistently and expectantly, even in the midst of uncertainty, because eventually you will see God’s intervention and experience extraordinary results.
7.1 In Old Testament times, pregnant women would crouch down and push during childbirth since they didn’t have stirrups or proper birthing equipment.
7.2 To give birth to a miracle, one must be in a position of labor and travail, as it is necessary to be pregnant with the presence and life of God before expecting extraordinary results.
7.3 Pray persistently and keep seeking answers, even when it seems like nothing is happening, because eventually you will find completion.
7.4 Elijah prayed expectantly and even though he only saw a small cloud, it was enough for him to know that God was listening and he went to tell Ahab to prepare for a thunderstorm, and later, with the hand of the Lord upon him, he outran Ahab’s chariot to Jezreel.
- 💪 Those who wait on the Lord will receive new strength, like Caleb who waited until 85 and was given the same strength he had at 40, because when God comes through for you, it’s worth the wait.
