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Joshua’s Prayer!
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Joshua and his prayer, the prayer he prays for the sun to stand still and the moon to stop, the scripture says there has never been a day like that before or after. Joshua which means “Yahweh is deliverance” in Hebrew becomes the leader of the Israelites after Moses death, the man who was God’s under-shepherd, Moses Assistant, Moses’s young aide, Joshua the son of Nun who never left the tent of meeting, as Moses would go to speak with the Lord face to face. God’s personally appointed successor to Moses, after Moses prays in the book of Numbers. Joshua started as one of the twelve spies, one of two who brought back a good report and believed that God would help them succeed. Joshua led the Israelites to conquer Canaan and he allocated the land to the tribes. He led the children of Israel out of the wilderness into the Promised Land, a mighty man of valor and divine faith!
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Manoah and his prayer, the prayer he prays for the birth of his son from his wife who was infertile and had no children. In this account Manoah prays after his wife has a visitation with an angel of the Lord, who tells her after being infertile and unable to have children that she would conceive a son, a son who would be born a Nazarite to God, no razor shall come upon his head and he shall begin to rescue Israel from the Philistine. This is where we encounter Manoah’s prayer to God!
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Jehoshaphat and his prayer, the prayer he prays as his vital need to seek Lord as he proclaimed a fast for the people to seek help from the Lord because the Moabites, Ammonites, Meunites, and a great multitude from beyond the dead sea came to make war against Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was a God fearing King, he lead the Kingdom of Israel, its officers, priest, and its Levites to stand in worship, praise, and prayer against their enemies!
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Samson and his prayer. Samson prays a prayer that causes God to restore his supernatural strength this enables him to collapsed two middle support pillars on which the roof of the house of the Philistine Lords/Governors rested. This killed some 3, 3000 Philistine men and woman. Samson who was one of the last leaders to judge Israel, he was betrayed by Delilah. Delilah was sent by the Philistine officials, five of their Lords/Governors promised her 1100 pieces of silver each to entice Samson, persuade Samson, and find out where his great strength lies, so that they could overpower and subdue him. Samson a Nazarite to God from his mother’s womb prayed to God and one last time God restored his supernatural strength!
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Elizabeth and her prayer, the prayer she prays after Mary’s greeting which caused her baby, John the Baptist to leap in her womb. Elizabeth is known as the barren wife of the priest Zacharias and the mother of John the Baptist the forerunner of Jesus Christ. Elizabeth was of the daughters of Aaron, her and her husband Zacharias were deemed righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless, after being barren and miraculously becoming pregnant she remained in seclusion for five months. This is where we encounter Elizabeth and her prayer, she prays after a greeting from her cousin Mary, the Mother Jesus and the infill and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit!
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about The Boy Samuel, his life as a boy and his prayer. It is known that the Boy Samuel is a gift from God because of His mother Hannah’s prayer. The Boy Samuel grew to become a major Prophet and Judge, a mighty man of God who anointed and counseled Israel’s Kings. The Boy Samuel was only 11 years old when the Lord God called him, the Lord called him as a boy when he was ministering to the Lord before Eli the High Priest of Shiloh!
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Habakkuk and his prayer. Habakkuk is known as a minor prophet, some say a contemporary to Jeremiah and other minor prophets in the Bible. Habakkuk’s name is Hebrew in origin and is understood to mean embrace. It’s recorded that a Rabbi in the Talmud shares that Moses gave Israel 613 commandments, David reduced them to 10, Isaiah to 2, and our precious Habakkuk to one: “the righteous shall live by faith”, Hab 2:4, this is recorded twice in the New Testament bible. So, as we reach to embrace Habakkuk’s prayer we are reminded that it must be through faith in God alone.
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Nathanael and his prayer. Nathanael is known as one of Jesus’s disciples and Philip’s friend. Nathanael who was first skeptical first asked if anything good comes from Nazareth. Nathanael who is also called Bartholomew was characterized by Christ as an Israelite in whom there is no deceit. Thus Nathanael is known as having complete integrity, no guile, nor deceit, nor duplicity. Nathanael’s life and prayer leads us to an attribute that caused Christ to recognize Nathanael who is also called Bartholomew.
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Ezra and his prayer. Ezra is known as an Old Testament Scribe and Priest, he leads a group of Jewish exiles from Babylon back home to Jerusalem. Ezra stood in prayer for the people of Israel and through his prayer of confession and in his prayer of confession the need for the people’s reconciliation with God became magnified. Their sins, evil and wicked ways and their inter-marriages leads us to Ezra’s prayer. God used Ezra as Scribe and Priest to aid the people in their reconciliation with God. As we take courage in prayer Ezra reminds us through prayer that we must have a sincere diligence when praying and confessing, a sincere diligence in our penitence, weeping and laying face down before the Lord, as we seek reconciliation with God.
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Father Abraham and his prayer for Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham is known as one of the founding fathers of the nation of Israel, and we see throughout his life and ministry how the Lord makes Abraham a divine promise, which is known as the Abrahamic Covenant. This covenant afforded by God promised Abram a great land, a great nation, a great name, and a great blessing that will extend to Abraham and to every believer. Abraham’s faith and obedience to God caused him to leave his home and travel to an unknown land where God would use him to usher in a new nation of people, the children of Israel. However, Abraham’s life and ministry leads him to intercede for the righteous, so that God would rescue his nephew Lot from the most wicked, the most godless people and cities of all times, Sodom and Gomorrah, that’s where we pick up the prayer of Father Abraham. One of the founding fathers of the children of Israel, God’s chosen people as he prays one of the most gracious, and merciful prayers found in scripture, even in the midst of unimaginable human wickedness, even in the midst of God’s anger provoked by sin which ultimately leads to God’s divine retribution!
Jacob’s Prayer
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Jacob who is a Patriarchs of our faith, a forefather. His life through the account of scripture shares with us about his birth with his twin brother Esau, the trick for Esau to sell his birthright that caused Jacob to flee for his life and temporarily live with his uncle Laban. The account of scripture also shares about Jacob’s marriage to his wives Leah and Rachel and then finally Jacob’s return to his homeland in obedience to God’s divine Instruction. Jacob’s life displays a full account of his walk and relationship with God, this helps us to appreciate and also fully embrace Jacob’s prayer for his safety and protection from his brother Esau. Jacob is a Patriarch of our faith and Jacob’s twelve sons will continue the legacy revealing the fulfillment of God’s promise, as captured in scripture, which says, I will certainly make you prosper and make your descendants as numerous as the sand of the sea!
Zacharias’s Prayer
In this episode, we will experience and also learn about Zacharias and his prayer. Zacharias was John the Baptist’s father, a priest from the division of Abijah, and him and his wife Elizabeth were childless, Elizabeth was barren and they were advanced in age. In the Holy Scriptures we come to know that they were righteous, approved in the sight of God, walking blameless in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord. We come to learn in the Holy Scriptures that Zacharias was performing his priestly duties in the temple when he encountered the angel Gabriel. This encounter left him mute because he could not believe that him and his wife who were advanced in age would conceive and have a son, as captured in scripture. After Zacharias’s service in the temple he returns home mute, his wife Elizabeth conceives in her old age and have a son, Zacharias is then enabled to speak and he prays!