Jim Bakker Show - Prophetic Prayer - Christy Johnston
Aired: 2020-10-16
Duration: 01:44


=== Prayer as Exchange (01:44) ===

[00:00:00]  What is a prophetic prayer?
[00:00:04]  Well, that's a good question.
[00:00:05]  I think a lot of people think it's some made-up thing that I've made up.
[00:00:09]  It's absolutely not.
[00:00:10]  It's a, well, when we look at prophecy, prophecy is the intention of the Lord upon a matter or a problem.
[00:00:17]  It's God's intention.
[00:00:18]  It's his heart.
[00:00:19]  It's his answers.
[00:00:21]  And it's simply praying into those answers.
[00:00:23]  You know, there's a word in the New Testament, the word prayer.
[00:00:28]  And the Greek word for that word prayer is exchanging.
[00:00:31]  It's an exchange.
[00:00:32]  And it means to simply exchange our ideas for God's ideas.
[00:00:37]  And so when we pray prophetic prayers, we're simply praying into the heart of God over a problem and releasing that as a decree into the situation.
[00:00:46]  Incredible.
[00:00:47]  I love that.
[00:00:48]  Isn't that amazing that God would let us do that with him?
[00:00:52]  I mean, we're talking about God.
[00:00:54]  God, our God, and yet he's our friend.
[00:00:57]  He's our father.
[00:00:58]  He's God of the universe.
[00:01:00]  It's amazing that we have that opportunity as believers.
[00:01:04]  Why are we all called to release prophecy and prayer, Christy?
[00:01:12]  You know, I think it's the partnership.
[00:01:14]  It comes back to God's desire for partnership with us.
[00:01:17]  And it goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden.
[00:01:19]  You look at Adam and God gave Adam this amazing mandate of partnering with him to name all the animals.
[00:01:25]  And when you actually look into all of that, it was actually a decree of authority.
[00:01:31]  It's the same word used when it says Adam called the animals their names.
[00:01:35]  It's the same word used where God called the earth into existence.
[00:01:39]  And so it's this beautiful partnership where the Lord actually wants us to partner with him.