David Yonggi Cho - Advent Prayer Warriors International Network (PDFDrive)
David Yonggi Cho - Advent Prayer Warriors International Network (PDFDrive)
David Yonggi Cho - Advent Prayer Warriors International Network (PDFDrive)
Introduction...................................................................... ix
Preface: The Life of Prayer............................................ xix
PART I: MOTIVATING CHRISTIANS TO PRAY
1 What Prayer Accomplishes.............................................. 31
2 Prayer and the Holy Spirit................................................ 51
3 Your Personal Response to Prayer................................... 63
PART II: THE THREE TYPES OF PRAYER
4 Prayer is Petition.............................................................. 73
5 Prayer Is Devotion........................................................... 83
6 Prayer Is Intercession....................................................... 89
PART III: THE FORMS OF PRAYER
7 Your Personal Devotional Life...................................... 105
8 Your Family Devotions.................................................. 109
9 Prayer in the Church Service.......................................... 113
10 Prayer in the Cell Meeting............................................. 115
11 Prayer at Prayer Mountain............................................. 121
12 All-Night Prayer Meetings............................................. 125
13 Fasting and Prayer......................................................... 127
14 Waiting on the Lord....................................................... 141
PART IV: METHODS OF PRAYING
15 Developing Persistence in Prayer................................... 149
16 Praying in the Holy Spirit.............................................. 155
17 The Prayer of Faith........................................................ 161
18 Listening to God's Voice................................................ 169
19 The Importance of Group Prayer................................... 177
PART V: POWERFUL PRAYER IS BASED ON THE BLOOD COVENANT
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Part I: Motivating Christians to Pray
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mountaintops of Israel.
However, no one has ever manifested the power of
God like the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Before He entered
His public ministry, He spent time with the Father in
prayer. Jesus was known to have spent seasons of prayer
alone with the Father. These seasons of prayer were the
source of His power. He could do nothing unless the
Father revealed it to Him.
Are you tired of the powerless prayers that you hear
coming from your lips? Are you ready for your church to
enter into a powerful ministry in prayer so that your
neighborhood, city, or state knows the power that resides
in your church? If this is your desire, and you will do
anything and pay any price, then get ready for God to
dramatically change your life and ministry, bringing you
into a new dimension of power.
There is no reason miracles shouldn't be taking place
regularly in your church. There is no reason sinners
should not be drawn to the Holy Spirit in your church. It
has been reported to me that one day as Charles Finney's
train passed through Houghton, New York, the Holy
Spirit fell on the sinners in the community. Men in
cocktail bars fell on their knees under the convicting
power of the Holy Spirit and asked Jesus Christ to save
them. If the Holy Spirit gave Charles Finney such power,
should not He give us the same kind of powerful
ministry? Finney rarely shared the key to his power;
however, a reporter decided to spy on him. The
newspaperman finally realized that the source of Finney's
power was the hours he spent in prayer.
I am convinced that in Korea we have seen just the
beginning of the revival God has promised us. Although
it is known throughout the nation that God is working in
our church, we have not yet seen the power of God as we
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OVER THE PAST forty years I have learned that God cannot
use a person who is not broken and completely
surrendered to Him. When Jesus met Peter in his fishing
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important attitudes.
God has never chosen to use perfect people to
accomplish His perfect will. This is obvious in His choice
of Jacob and King David. This is also obvious in His
choosing me. My natural inclination is to want my own
way. However, the ways of the Lord are not often my
ways. So someone has to give in. Therefore, my role is to
always give in to the Holy Spirit who has been given to
me to lead and guide me into the ways of God.
The Holy Spirit is the Comforter. Yet, the Comforter
can make us most uncomfortable if we are not willing to
follow God's ways. How does the Holy Spirit insure our
obedience to our heavenly Father? By keeping us broken!
In order for someone to be broken, he must have first
been whole. When the Lord chose David, he was whole
within himself. He could have been a successful shepherd
of his father's sheep. However, the Lord had more for
him. He was to be the next king of Israel. But David
would be more than just a king—he would also be a
prophet. His prophecies would be the clearest sign of the
future work of the Messiah. David would be more than a
prophet and a king; he would also be a priest. None had
ever been able to enter into the presence of God in the
tabernacle besides the high priest. Yet, David was able to
enter into God's holy presence without dying. As prophet,
priest, and king, David was a perfect type of Christ.
As we look at the life of David, we see that he was
capable of the most ugly and heinous sins. He was guilty
of adultery and even murder. Although David paid for his
sin (and is still paying because of the way people still
point to his sin), he was stopped from pursuing his own
way. This does not mean that any of us should commit sin
in order to be broken. We cannot tempt the grace of God.
However, the Holy Spirit, as we walk gently before Him,
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Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the
first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand,
and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words
were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the
prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one
and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief
princes, came to help me; and I remained there with
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THE HOLY SPIRIT can bless you when you read the
Scriptures. The Holy Spirit can direct you as you witness
for Christ. The Holy Spirit can anoint you as you preach
and teach the Word of God. But if you want to have
intimate communion with the Holy Spirit you need to
pray.
I first realized this truth in the early days of my
ministry. I tried so hard to lead people to Christ, but with
few results. As I was in prayer, the Lord spoke to my
heart, "How many quail would Israel have caught if they
had gone quail hunting in the wilderness?"
I responded, "Lord, not too many."
"How did the quail get caught?" the Lord continued to
ask me. I then realized that God sent the wind, which
brought the quail. The Lord was trying to show me the
difference between chasing souls without the Holy
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communion with the Holy Spirit can shield us, not from
the attacks, but from the effects of the attacks. In the life
of Stephen, the church's first martyr, we see this principle
clearly revealed.
Stephen proclaimed the Word of God with great
power, as we read in Acts 7. Yet, Israel's only response
was to be so convicted by his words that they desired to
kill him.
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severally as he will.
—1 CORINTHIANS 12:7-11
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words printed in the Bible are more than mere words. The
words in the Bible are the Word of God.
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth" (John 4:24). Jesus said,
"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth
nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit,
and they are life" (John 6:63). Therefore, the Holy Spirit
can bring us to such a spiritual sensitivity that we are able
to understand God's Word in a new and greater
dimension.
Paul also stresses the following point:
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already have, can take strong food. Those who have not
developed their spiritual sensitivity can only partake of
the milk of God's Word.
One night, during our family's devotions, one of my
sons said something that articulated the importance of my
total dependence on the Holy Spirit. My oldest son told
my wife, Grace, "Mother, I'm not going to spend as much
time praying as Father does. Why should I ask God to
help me with everything? I can do a lot of things myself."
As I was hearing his words, my heart was struck with
compassion for my teenage son. So I was very honest
with him. In the presence of his brothers, I spoke to Hee-
jeh.
"Hee-jeh," I said, "you and your brothers look at your
father and listen well." I continued, "Everyone in Korea
knows your father. Is that correct?"
"Yes," my sons responded.
"Your father is now the pastor of the largest church in
the world. Is that correct?"
"Yes, that is correct, Father," they agreed in unison.
"Now, look at your father! Once I was dying of
tuberculosis. No doctor could help or cure me. Also, your
father was so poverty-stricken he could not afford to go to
the hospital to receive treatment. Your father's formal
education stopped after his first year of high school. He
has no high social position; no famous genealogy; and as
a common person he has nothing to brag about. You have
no natural thing to brag about your father. He has no
money, position, or education. Yet, as I have depended on
the Lord, look what He has done for me. But do you
know the secret to my success? I poured my heart out to
the Lord. I depended upon Him. By the help of God, I
educated myself. I read every book that came into my
possession. I studied diligently, praying all the way. Now,
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News that the price has been paid and direct access to
God is available to all men. Yet, mankind has to ask and
receive this great blessing of salvation. A man must ask
Christ to forgive his sins through repentance. He must ask
Christ to enter his heart. Although the gift of salvation is
there for everyone, it can only be appropriated by asking.
Not only is our regeneration the product of asking for
what was purchased for us, but also the Holy Spirit's
fullness is available simply by asking: "How much more
shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask him?" (Luke 11:13). Therefore, the gift of
salvation and the fullness of the Holy Spirit—as well as
all other gifts—are available through petitioning prayer.
James states that God will not refuse anyone who asks
God for wisdom, but He will give it freely—as long as it
is asked in faith. (See James 1:5.) The gifts of the Holy
Spirit are available for the asking. Healing, deliverance,
prosperity, and blessing are all to be asked for. We also
have a right to ask for revival, "Ask ye of the LORD rain in
the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright
clouds, and give them showers of rain" (Zech. 10:1). The
blessings of God are ours for the asking. We can have
God's blessings, typified in Zechariah as rain, because
God has commanded us to ask for them.
It becomes obvious that God is willing to give to His
children; however, we must participate actively in the
answer to our needs by asking.
How does asking work? How can we get our prayers
of petition answered?
There are four conditions that must be met to get
assurance that our petitions as Christians will be
answered affirmatively:
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Word.
So often our sociological and economic conditions
dictate our faith level. This is why it is so important for us
to ask God to increase our visions and dreams, which are
the language of the Holy Spirit. By having a greater
vision we can see the greater provision of God.
Winston Churchill once said that great men must
come from great countries, live in great times, and
perform great tasks. This is normally true. However,
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came from a small and
weak country—Israel. At the time of our Lord's coming,
Israel was under the oppression of the Roman Empire.
Although He performed the greatest of tasks, He certainly
did not live in a great time for Israel. Yet He is the focal
point of human history.
No matter who you are, you can make a difference!
Your life can change your nation and the world—if you
know the secret of petitioning prayer.
Solomon said, "A man's gift maketh room for him,
and bringeth him before great men" (Prov. 18:16). God
desires to give you much more than you can dream or
imagine. Ask God for the gift that will cause you to have
the greatest effect on your situation. Do not be satisfied
with the status quo! I came from a poor home, from a
poor country, and from poor natural circumstances. Yet, I
have never had to force my way before great men (in the
eyes of the world). The gracious gift that God has given
me has brought me before kings, queens, presidents, and
many notable world leaders.
If God can do this for me, He can do this for you, too!
Even if you are reading this book in a poor Latin
American country, your life can make an imprint on that
country and the whole world. No matter in what location
you find yourself, God may desire to use you in great
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And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him
to be the head over all things to the church, which is
his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.
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Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto
us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of
Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may
make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
—COLOSSIANS 4:3-4
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Part III: The Forms of Prayer
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cell system.
Our cell meetings consist of five to ten families. They
may meet in homes, which may be convenient for
evening meetings or daytime women's meetings; schools,
which is best for our student cells; factories, for our
worker's cell meetings; or they may meet in a room of a
restaurant, which is good for businessmen's meetings.
Wherever they meet, they are the church in action. Our
large church building is the place where the people come
together to share the Word of God and enjoy the worship
of our church combined, yet our church is really meeting
in thousands of locations everywhere in our area.
In our cell meetings, the members pray for each
other's needs. The cell leader visits them when they get
sick and prays for their healing. Our people have been
taught the central nature of prayer, so they pray over
everything. They fervently pray for the church, the
nation, and for a continuation of revival in Korea and
throughout the world. They also pray for potential new
converts so the church may continue to grow.
In our cell leaders' conferences, I stress that the cells
must have a clear goal in their prayers; therefore, our
cells paint a clear picture of their goal as they pray in
faith. Since it is much easier to lead a person you know to
Jesus Christ, the cell member witnesses to his neighbor,
friend, or relative. When God opens the door for this
potential convert to be saved, the member will share this
with the rest of the cell; they will not stop praying until
that person comes to Christ.
We have learned that we are at war against Satan in
this earth. Our opposition is the devil and his demonic
spirits. Our battlefield is the hearts of all men and women.
Our goal is that all may come to know the saving grace of
our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Therefore, we plan
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And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the
Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed
sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults
one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may
be healed.
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Part IV: Methods of Praying
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"I thank my God, I speak with tongues
more than ye all" (1 Cor. 14:18). This he spoke to a
church he was correcting on the overuse of spiritual
manifestations. Therefore, Paul practiced praying in his
prayer language more than anyone in the Corinthian
church, yet he was motivated by the love of God.
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that when she was praying, the Holy Spirit saw the need
and caused her to pray. As the Holy Spirit was
interceding for her, the thief was hampered from stealing
anything of value. God saw, and God answered!
During the war in Vietnam, many of our church's
young men went to fight with their American allies in the
jungles of that country. Many of their parents would
come to me and say, "Pastor, we don't know how to pray
or what to pray for. Please help us, because we don't
know the condition of our sons!"
My response to them was, "Why don't we ask God to
use our prayer language since we don't know what to pray
for?" Therefore we prayed, "Dear heavenly Father, use
our prayer language and pray through us for our children.
Please meet the needs of our children today. You know
where they are. You know their condition." Soon, we
were all praying in our prayer language, and we would
continue to pray until the burden lifted. Sometimes, some
of the parents would continue to pray in the Spirit for
days, until the burden lifted.
I testify to the praise and glory of God that during the
war in Vietnam, not one of our church boys died. The
bullets may have been flying, but our sons were protected
by the Holy Spirit!
This is why I do not neglect that which God has
graciously given me. I ask you to pray about this
important form of prayer. Ask God to show you how you
can be protected, built up, and strengthened by the Holy
Spirit in a new way. For you who pray in the Holy Spirit,
please do not quench the Spirit in your life!
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"Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son
of man shall be delivered into the hands of men" (Luke
9:44). The disciples did not understand what Jesus said,
although they heard it physically: "But they understood
not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they
perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that
saying" (Luke 9:45).
Why didn't the disciples understand what was clearly
spoken to them? They did not have an ear to hear. As
long as Jesus performed miracles, manifesting the power
of the future kingdom, they were willing to understand at
least the temporal implications of what Jesus taught.
However, when they were told that they might lose their
Messiah and Lord, they did not want to hear this, so they
did not understand.
Educators have discovered when studying cognition
(the mental process by which knowledge is acquired) that
a student comprehends and retains best what he is
motivated to learn. If the student is familiar with the
subject matter, he will understand better than if he is not.
If a student views that which is said to be of importance
to his needs, he will listen more attentively. The disciples
were not interested in listening to the possibility that
Jesus would be taken by His enemies, therefore they did
not listen.
Thus, having an ear to hear is to have the capacity to
understand what has been said through having the proper
attitude—obedience. If we don't sincerely want to do His
will, we will not have the capacity to listen to God.
"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the churches" (Rev. 3:6). This verse is repeated
several times in chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation. The verse
implies that we cannot hear what the Spirit is speaking
unless we have a hearing ear. Not that we don't want to
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the dead.
In Psalm 40, Hebrews 10, John 17:4, and Galatians
4:4, God reveals the pre-advent nature of Christ's work on
earth. These, as well as many other references, clearly
show the eternal plan or agreement between the Father
and the Son that resulted in redemption.
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Others had died and been raised from the dead for a
while, but later they too had died. No one, from Adam
until Christ, had ever died and been raised to live forever.
In doing this, the Father not only raised the Son, but He
broke the power of death itself. Paul calls the power of
death the greatest power to be destroyed. (See 1
Corinthians 15:26.) Therefore, by destroying the power of
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THE LIFE OF PRAYER
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