20
Jan '25
Spiritual Lessons with Prayer Partners
20
Jan '25
Introduction: Do you have a prayer partner? How important is it for two or more people to intercede together? With two or more fighting the spiritual battles, victory can be obtained. In this devotion, the significance of having more than one on your team is highlighted. Furthermore, the victory is accomplished.
1. Look who Jonathan’s prayer partner was — his armor bearer! (1 Samuel 14:1) – “Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.”
Notice how they agreed together. There must be unity before there is victory!
2. Look why Jonathan needed a prayer partner — his armor bearer! (1 Samuel 14:4-6) – “And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.”
Did you see the faith demonstrated by Jonathan? Without maturity of faith and trust, there can be no victory!
3. Look how God gave Jonathan and his prayer partner (armor bearer) the victory! (1 Samuel 14:7-14) – “And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.”
What did you think about their plan of diversity?
Conclusion: Without unity, maturity, and diversity in our prayers, there will be no victory! But once we get on the same page, exercise reliance upon the Lord as He guides, and acknowledge that He may change our strategy, then, along with our prayer partner, we can celebrate the victory!
Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese