- "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
- "AGAIN I SAY TO YOU THAT IF TWO OF YOU AGREE ON EARTH CONCERNING ANYTHING THAT THEY ASK, IT WILL BE DONE FOR THEM BY MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.
- "For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."
Matthew 18:18-20 (NKJV)
• The power of AGREEMENT
AT the time when the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words (Genesis 11:1).
THEY did agree to build a city and a tower that would reach into the heavens (Genesis 11:2-4).
THEY did not want to scatter all over the world.
THEIR resolve, decisions and agreements were contrary to God's intentions and the commands He gave to Adam and Eve before the flooding, and the one given to Noah and his family, the survivors, after the flooding.
- “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY; FILL THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves [about] on the earth.”
Genesis 1:27,28 (NKJV)
“So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY, AND FILL THE EARTH.”
Genesis 9:1 (NKJV)
- The people agreed to disagree with the instructions given by God (Genesis 11:2-4).
THEIR decision and resolve gained momentum, and They were able to build the city and the tower (Genesis 11:5). - God had to come down to see the city and the tower which they had built: "But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built" (Genesis 11:5).
HAD God not confused their language, they could have succeeded in achieving their goals: "And they said, "COME LET US BUILD OURSELVES and CITY, AND A TOWER WHOSE TOP IS IN HEAVENS; LET US MAKE A NAME FOR OURSELVES, LEST WE BE SCATTERED ABROAD OVER THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH" (Genesis 11:4).
GOD'S statement in Genesis 11:6 attested to it THAT there is power in agreement Or oneness: "And the LORD said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; NOW NOTHING THEY PROPOSE TO DO WILL BE WITHHELD FROM THEM."
• God does want us to walk in unity, oneness, Or agreement; only if what we do agree on is in line with His Will, plans, and instructions.
WHATEVER we agreed on, together in prayer, which is in line with His Word, would definitely be answered as He has promised in His Word.
"IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE, AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU."
John 15:7 (NKJV)
- God is just and faithful, if a believer, Or a group of believers approached Him in prayer: with the requests that are in line with His Word, substantiated with the right passages of the Bible, He will surely do something about the situation.
"God is not a man, so He does not lie. He is not human, so He does not change His mind. Has He ever spoken and failed to act? HAS HE EVER PROMISED AND NOT CARRIED IT THROUGH?"
Numbers 23:19 (NLT)
• Note: whoever is standing in agreement with you in prayer should consent to the prayer points in hand.
- There is no limit to exploits and the things that could be achieved through the prayer of agreement that is prayed in line with the Word of God.
- Husband and wife could get their needs met the prayer of agreement, and they could supplicate Or intercede for others, their loved ones and whoever, through the prayer of agreement.
THROUGH the prayer of agreement a group of believers could make things happen, effect a change in their community, city, and Nation.
APART from your spouse, a believer can equally agree with their Pastor, Or any other fellow believer of like Passion.
YOU can agree with someone in a far distance, any part of the world: distance is no problem in the spiritual realm.
• Keep yourself away from sin, it can be a major hindrance in the Prayer.
ALSO, sin committed by a member of the praying group could pose a threat, challenge, Or danger to your Prayer.
- An unconfessed sin or secret sin among the group of believers praying together in agreement could give an opportunity to the devil to strike Or attack the team—for he is the accuser of the believers (Revelation 12:10).
- So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai.
- And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, for they chased them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent; therefore the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
- So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?
- ISRAEL HAS SINNED, AND THEY HAVE ALSO TRANSGRESSED MY COVENANT WHICH I COMMANDED THEM. For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff.
- THEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL COULD NOT STAND BEFORE THEIR ENEMIES, but turned their backs before their enemies, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BECOME DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you.
Joshua 7:4,5,10-12 (NKJV)
• Prayer
I STAND in agreement with you in prayer that every burden in your heart be lifted in Jesus' name.
AND I declare peace in every department of your life in Jesus' name.
YOU will testify to God's goodness in Jesus' name.
Peace!