Report to Intercessors What God is Doing - 90 Days of Prayer & Fasting

 

Hello, glory be to God Dear church planters, dear listeners of "Multiply", this is our podcast that always gives a word of encouragement. I greet you once again. I am your servant Pastor Douty Claude, VCP director. In these 90 days of fasting, prayer and church planting, I know that everyone is at work. God also is at work. I want to say a big thank you to you all. I want to encourage you in everything you do. May the peace of the Lord be with you all.

I want to talk to you today about: Reporting to your intercessors what God is doing.

When we pray, we ask God for things. Certainly, God answers our prayers. What we see, pictures, Photos, conversions,  churches that are already being planted, that is the answer to our prayers and our fasting. I'm going to read to you a passage in Psalm 65, verse 3. The Psalmist says, "Oh, you who hear prayer, all men will come to you." But before that, verse 2 says, "With confidence, O God, you will be praised in Zion, and vows will be fulfilled." You see, the Psalmist knows that God answers prayer. He says, "You will be praised, we will fulfill our vows, because you hear prayer, and all men will come to you." Here, I give you a story in Acts of the Apostles 13, verse 1 to 3 "Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod, the Tetrarch and Saul. While they were serving the Lord in their ministry and fasting, the Holy Spirit said "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. Then after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them and sent them away." Here is a first Acts. The Holy Spirit reveals Himself to the Christians of the early church in the book of Acts, it was still the beginning of the church. By prophecy, the Holy Spirit says "Separate me Saul and Barnabas. » So they fasted, they prayed, they had confirmation and they prayed for them, to send them out on their mission. But look what's going to happen in Acts 14, verses 26 and 27.

In Acts 14, verses 26 and 27, it says, “And from thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had accomplished. And when they had arrived, they called the church together, and declared how great things God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.” Let me tell you that, the testimony must be told.

The hand of God, the results of our prayers, our fasting, must be told to our intercessors so that they will have joy, so that they will rejoice, they will honor God. There are vows that people make, "Oh God, if you would do this, I would do that for you, I would do this." There are vows in secret. And the Psalmist, in Psalm 65 there, he said what? "We will fulfill our vows because we know that 'Oh God, you hear prayer.' And that's going to do what? It's going to bring all men to you. This is what the apostles Saul and Barnabas did.

They went and recognized that the Church was fasting, the Church was praying for them. They went, God opened the doors to the nations, there were conversions. There were churches that were created. There were many testimonies of healing, of deliverance. And they were very happy to go back to Antioch and gather the whole Church to give them the result of their prayers and their fasting

It was a great joy. So, feedback is important to strengthen faith and encourage intercessors. Brothers and sisters, let us encourage each other by giving good testimonies, what the hand of God has had to do.

 

Let us report this to our intercessors. Report to your intercessors what God is doing. And it will be a source of joy, a great source of gratitude and everyone will recognize the hand of God and we will fulfill our vows to the eternal.

 

God bless you. This was “Multiply,” our daily podcast. Shalom, shalom.