Authority

These days as I have been studying the word, the Lord reminded me again and again of who He was and how He was and what He was when He was on this earth. Many instances were there confirming of His divine authority being exercised. Sicknesses were healed, demons fled, deaths were raised... He had the authority to command  anything, and was obeyed absolutely. This exposed me of my lack in exercising God's authority. As I have been pondering over this matter of authority, the Lord cherished me with a writing from eManna:

Aspiring to Be a Praying Person 

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John 15:7  If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask   whatever  you will, and it shall be done for you. 

Isaiah 59:1  Behold, the LORD'S  hand  is not shortened,  that it cannot  save ; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot  hear:  (2)  But your iniquities have separated between you and  your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that  he will not hear.

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We need to have the ambition to be a praying person, a  person with power before God. Some people are powerful  before God, while others are not. What does it mean to be  powerful before God? It simply means that God listens to the  person when he speaks. It is as if God is happy to be  influenced by such a one. Some people can influence God.  Being powerless before God means that God does not listen to  the person when he speaks. We must have the desire and the  aspiration to see that God often answers our prayers. We  have to pray to Him, "May every request of ours be pleasing  to Your ears." It is a most glorious thing for God to  incline His ear to us. It is a tremendous thing for God to  trust us to the extent that He can give us whatever we ask.

If you have prayed for a long time and there is still no answer, you should realize that there must be some hindrance. The hindrances always occur because there is sin  in your conscience or there is a problem with your faith.  Before the Lord, we have to confess, deal with, and refuse our sins. At the same time we have to genuinely and fully  trust in God's promises. If we do this, we will see people being saved one by one, and our lives will be full of  answers to prayer.

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Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the 
Bible and Words of Ministry from Watchman Nee, The 
Collected Works...vol. 49, pp. 293-295. Both are published 
by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.