"Since God already knows what’s on our

 

minds, and what we need, why then do we need to pray?" You might want to ask. First, prayer isn’t all about asking God for what you need; rather, and more importantly, prayer is a romance of righteousness: a time to fellowship in the communion of the God-kind.

 

Secondly, there’s a big difference between life in the natural world, and in the Spirit-realm where God lives.

 

Just as physical laws and principles govern life in the physical world, spiritual laws equally govern the spirit-

 

realm. Ezekiel 36:26-36 gives us a better understanding of this. God made several beautiful promises to the Israelites about the wonderful things He’d do for them.

 

However, very strikingly in the thirty-seventh verse, He said, "…I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of

 

Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock." What’s God telling us here?

 

He’s letting us know that we have to work together. Even though He wants to do great things in your life,

 

there has to be a connection of faith; you have to give Him the permission to do what He wants to do in your life. We serve a kind, loving, great and gracious God who daily loads us with benefits (Psalms 68:19).

 

Furthermore, Matthew 18:18 says, "Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in

 

heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." That means "heaven" will give the

 

authority and the go-ahead for whatever you decree on earth. If you say "no!" to sickness, and bind the works of the devil in your family, or in your job, or in your own body, the Holy Spirit will endorse it. You have to take a faith-stand in prayer for things to change. This is your responsibility.