Prayers That Proclaim

Luke 13:12
12But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.”

When you have a need, do you pray or do you plead? Do you begin your prayers with words like, “Please God, please! God, I beg you to have mercy!”

Prayers that plead and beg imply that you believe that your heavenly Father is not willing to do it. Yet, He is far more gracious and willing to give to you than you are willing to ask, think or imagine. (Ephesians 3:20) He desires above all things that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. (3 John 1:2)

In fact, long before you have a need, He has already met that need. Long before you knew you needed a Saviour, He sent His Son to be your Saviour. This is your God! He is a good God. So when you beg God for something, you are actually saying that God needs to be persuaded strongly before He will move. Yet, God is not like that.

Jesus knew the heart of the Father. When He saw the woman bound with a spirit of infirmity, He did not pray, “Oh Father! She has been suffering for 18 long years! I beseech You, Father, have mercy on her. Please, please heal her!” No, when Jesus saw her, He immediately proclaimed, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity”, because He knew the heart of the Father. He knew the Father wanted her delivered from her crippling condition.

At the end of a church service, I don’t stand and pray, “Oh God, bless Your people. Oh God, do keep them. Oh God, be ever so gracious to them!” Instead, I will proclaim, “The Lord bless you. The Lord keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you!”

So when you pray, you proclaim your healing, protection and provision because you know His heart of love towards you. And when you declare it, God sanctions it. When you declare it, God establishes it!