{"id":16906,"date":"2023-06-21T21:36:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T01:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesussmart.com\/?p=16906"},"modified":"2023-11-20T16:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T21:47:55","slug":"time-to-accelerate-pray-to-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesussmart.com\/time-to-accelerate-pray-to-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray It to Completion: It\u2019s Time for You to Accelerate! Series #2 (Ep 280)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2nd key in our series on Acceleration is to pray it to completion. There’s likely something you need to accelerate in a big way! Addressing a challenge. Accessing a door of possibility.<\/p>\n

Nehemiah and his team overhauled the walls of Jerusalem in a breathtaking 52 days! There are keys that we can use today … as New Covenant Christ-followers!<\/p>\n

This is Part 2 in a series on acceleration from Nehemiah.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Go Further — Pray It to Completion<\/h2>\n

Jesus says to us, \u201cAsk (literally, keep asking), and you shall receive. Keep seeking and will find. Keep knocking and the door will be opened\u201d (Sermon on the Mount).<\/em><\/p>\n

Dallas Willard says a child innately understands the power of request. They practice it at the highest level! And Jesus said we must become as children to operate in the Kingdom: He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: \u201cTruly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven<\/strong>. Matthew 18:2-3 NIV<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Mark Batterson says, “Persistence is the magic bullet. The only way you can fail is if you stop praying. 100 percent of the prayers I don\u2019t pray won\u2019t get answered.”<\/p>\n

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40 Extraordinary Quotes on Prayer (Jesus Smart article)<\/a><\/p>\n

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How to Self-Sabotage Your Prayers (Jesus Smart article)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pray It to Completion  — scripture for meditation, prayer, and proclamation<\/h3>\n

And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days<\/strong>; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. Nehemiah 1.3-4 NKJV<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Jesus answered and said to him, \u201cMost assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God<\/strong>.\u201d Nicodemus said to Him, \u201cHow can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother\u2019s womb and be born?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cMost assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God<\/strong>. John 3:3-5 NKJV<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]<\/strong>; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life]. 2 Corinthians 5:17<\/a> AMP<\/em><\/p>\n

For if by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life<\/strong> through the One, Jesus Christ. Romans 5:17 NASB<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son<\/strong>, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14 ESV<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Then Jesus gave the following illustration: \u201cCan one blind person lead another? Won\u2019t they both fall into a ditch? Students are not greater than their teacher. But the student who is fully trained will become like the teacher<\/strong>. Luke 6:39-40 NLT<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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