And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray…Luke 11:1

The Most Powerful Prayer

Luke 11 tells us about an encounter between Jesus and one of his disciples.  The encounter occurred in a certain place right after the LORD had finished praying. The disciples had been with Jesus every day witnessing first hand the manifest miracles and power of GOD.  They knew it was the Lord’s custom to rise up early, go to a solitary place and pray. They must have reasoned that the Lord’s time alone with God the Father was connected to His great anointing and power.  This particular morning when Jesus finished praying one of His disciples approached the Lord saying, “Lord, teach us to pray…”

In 1997 during a time of research, I came across an old book which stated that the prayer most feared by the occult was The Lord’s Prayer. It seemed incredulous to me at the time. My response was, “But Lord, there are so many really powerful warfare prayers. How could this be true?”

During a time of prayer in 2017, the Lord brought this incident back to my mind.  I began pondering it again. The LORD spoke to me and said, “When My disciples asked Me to teach them to pray, why would you think that I would give them anything less than the most powerful prayer they would ever need?”

The LORD’s words pierced my heart.

The  Lord’s Prayer does not begin, “My Father”; the prayer begins, “Our Father”.  Immediately, we are reminded that we are part of something greater than ourselves; we are part of a family, both in heaven and in the earth. The first part of the prayer connects us not only to God the Father in heaven but to the entire Body of Christ in the earth. When we pray this prayer we are agreeing with our Father for His kingdom to come and His will to be done in earth as it is in heaven in every area of our lives. When we pray this prayer we are not only praying for our needs and protection but for the needs and protection of every other believer in the earth; those that we know and those we have never met. When we pray this prayer we are agreeing to be one; with God and one another.

How important is being one with God and one another? Of all the prayers He could have chosen, why would the Lord choose to teach this prayer to His disciples?

In Genesis 11 we are told that the enemies of God built a tower. The Bible tells us that the whole earth was of one language, and one speech. These enemies of God had become united; they had become one in purpose against God. The power of their unity and agreement must have been lethal because in verse 6 The Lord Himself said::

“And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”

The enemies of God understand the power of agreement and being in one accord. While the enemies of God have for ages utilized and understood the power of one accord, it is also the very thing that they fear the most. Why? God’s enemies know that when the Lord’s people become one with God, His Word, His Heart, His Mind, His Will and with one another; they know that they will be doomed. They will not be able to stand. They will be scattered. Surely, swiftly, they will fall.

Since the morning the Lord spoke to me in 2017, The Lord’s Prayer for me has become what I call  The Prayer of  Holy Reset. Every time I pray this prayer I feel a very real and certain spiritual recalibration, a realignment with the Lord, His Kingdom and every other believer in the earth.  Each time I kneel to pray this prayer I am saying LORD, I am ONE with YOU, YOUR WORD, YOUR KINGDOM, YOUR HEART, YOUR MIND, YOUR PURPOSES, YOUR WILL and YOUR people, the family of GOD both in heaven and in the earth in JESUS NAME.

Therefore, holy brethren, should we not daily, in obedience to the written Word and Admonition of Our Lord Jesus Christ pray this prayer?

Matthew 6, the Lord Jesus speaking to His disciples:

After this manner, therefore, pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

 Give us this day our daily bread.

 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever.

Amen.

 

 

“Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider THE APOSTLE and HIGH PRIEST of our confession, CHRIST JESUS” Hebrews 3:1

  THE HYMN AND BREASTPLATE OF ST. PATRICK

                                                I bind myself today
                       to a strong power an invocation of the Trinity,
                 I believe in a Threeness with a Confession of a Oneness
                                         of the Creator of Judgment. 
 
                                              I bind myself today
                 to the power of the Birth of Christ, with His Baptism,
                   To the power of the Crucifixion, with His Burial,
                   To the power of His Resurrection, with His Ascension, 
                   To the power of His coming to the judgment or doom.
 
 
                                               I bind myself today 
             To the power of the ranks of cherubim, to the obedience of angels,
             In the service of archangels, in the hope of resurrection unto reward,
                   In the prayers of patriarchs, in the predictions of prophets,
                   In the preachings of apostles, in the faiths of confessors, 
                   In the purity of holy virgins, in the acts of righteous men. 
 
 
                                                I bind myself today 
              To the power of heaven, the light of sun, the brightness of moon,
              The splendor of fire, the speed of lightning, the swiftness of wind,
              The depth of the sea, the stability of the earth, the firmness of rocks.
 
 
                                                 I bind myself today 
              To the power of God to guide me, the might of God to uphold me,
              The wisdom of God to teach me, the eye of God to watch over me,
                 The ear of God to hear me, the Word of God to speak for me,
                The Hand of God to protect me, the Way of God to lie before me,
                  The shield of God to shelter me, the host of God to defend me,
                  Against the snares of demons, against the temptation of vices,
        Against the lusts of nature, against every man that meditates injury to  me, 
                              Whether far or near, alone and in a multitude.
 
 
                               I summon today around me all these powers,
        Against every hostile merciless power directed against my body and my soul,
       Against the incantations of false prophets, against the black laws of heathenism,
                 Against the false laws of heretics, against the deceit of idolatry,
                           Against the spells of women, smiths, and Druids,
                   Against all knowledge that hath defiled man’s body and soul.
 
 
                                                 Christ protect me today
                                          Against poison, against burning,
                                         Against drowning, against wound,
                                  That I might receive a multitude of rewards.
 
                                          Christ with me, Christ before me,
                                         Christ behind me, Christ within me,
                                         Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
                                         Christ at my right, Christ at my left,
                                          Christ in breadth, Christ in length,
                                                         Christ in height.
 
 
                           Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
                           Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks to me,
                                 Christ in the eye of every man who sees me,
                                Christ in the ear of every man who hears me.
 
 
                                                  I bind myself today
                            to a strong power an invocation of the Trinity,
                     I believe in a Threeness with a Confession of a Oneness
                                              of the Creator of Judgment.
 
                                                  Salvation is the Lord’s,
                                                  Salvation is the Lord’s,
                                                    Salvation is Christ’s,
                                    Let Thy Salvation, O Lord, be ever with us.