Prayer Is The Key

I grew up singing this song in Sunday-School as I’m sure many has. It was just a song to me back then but now as an adult I have come to realize the power behind prayer. I’ve seen it change lives around me. From healing the sick, saving a lost soul, help on passing an exam, or just getting through the toughest days.

There’s no atomic bomb, or no hydrogen bomb as powerful as prayer. Prayer will change the mind of God.

Our Prophet, Brother Branham said in the message Expectation, 1961 “…what we’ve got to do is get back into the program of God and find out, after all, what God wants us to do. And the only way I know to do it is prayer. Prayer is the key. That’s the answer. Prayer changes things. Prayer is the most powerful weapon that was ever put in the–the control of human beings. There’s no atomic bomb, or no hydrogen bomb as powerful as prayer. Prayer will change the mind of God.”

Like many other things I believe that prayer goes hand in hand with faith. If we prayer and believe that what we ask will come to pass no matter how long we have to wait, then there is no way for God to ignore the prayer. “…whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive.” – Matthew 21:22

Being a young man that was born a raised in the Message, I’ve had an entire life of having to deal with trying to stay on the right path. I’ve also had a first hand chance to learn the tactics of the enemy. One of my greatest observations has been the enemy’s first move. In every instance I can think of, the first move has been to get me away from praying. The enemy weakens the mind and you find an abundance of reasons not to pray, or to pray a faithless prayer. Sometimes you think you don’t have enough time with so much other things to do, or you’ve sin so badly that God isn’t going to even be listening so why bother, and many many more excuses.

My biggest obstacle to getting back to God has been overcoming these thoughts in my mind which is why I’ve come to understand why Brother Branham said the greatest battle ever fought is in the mind. In fact, my very first prayer is always that God would purge my thoughts and let Him have the preeminence above all other thoughts. Once I can think about the Lord before anything else I can then start to prayer.

Many times that first prayer happens when you least expect it from yourself. It can happen in the middle of the night or the middle of the day while at work. With a person truly overrun with the guilt in their hearts and need to get back to God, that first prayer is not planned and scheduled. It just happens when you least expect it. Most times it includes tears of relief and the feeling of your heart wanting to burst from knowing that your confession is sincere and God is going to hear your prayer.

In conclusion, we all know that the enemy is a seasoned warrior and knows what to do to weaken a believer. Since it is quite clear that an attack on our prayer life is one of his first offenses, it should be the weapon we keep most ready for battle.
I would also like to add that any true child of God will feel guilt and fear when you know you’ve done wrong and it seems as though there is no way back home. But at the same time, any true child will know that no matter what the love of our God know’s no bounds and He even came to shed His own blood so we can find our way back. I’m just happy to know I’m one that have found my way back many times because of the blood.