Dangers of prayerlessness

written by : Zipporah

Romans 6:16

''Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?"

Having an inconsistent prayer life leads to a life of compromise despite one being born again The Bible does tell us that the devil is ever moving around like a roaring Lion seeking whom to devour It is also for this reason that the Bible tells us to pray without ceasing

God tells us this because it is only when we are in His presence that we are spiritually minded and that is when our flesh is put to subjection to obey the will of the Lord

Many Christians today are living in bondage of repetitive sin because they have cast their prayer life away They are not consistent as they pray in seasons while being dry in others The Bible does tell us to crucify our flesh and our flesh can only be crucified by us feeding our spirit man

Galatians 5:24

" And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires "

1 Corinthians 9:27

“But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway

Once we become weak in our prayer life, we easily give in to the desires of our flesh including past sins The only way to overcome this is to have a consistent patter life

Romans 6:13

"And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God "

Ephesians 4:27 "Do not give the devil a foothold

Once we are in the presence of the Lord by fasting, evangelizing, reading his word, praying and praising/worshipping we are able to overcome We will definitely be attacked because that is his nature, but he will not prevail

Many of us may have gone back to secular movies, music and a life of sin but it is time to put on the whole Armor of God

Ephesians 6:14- 19 "Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saintsand for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

To overcome sin we must first change what runs through our mind,by focusing on the word of God. What runs in our minds is what manifests into the physical world

Matthew 7:17-19 "Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down. and thrown into the fire "