Prayer Action Changes the Reaction

Good morning and Happy Thursday. Most of you who are reading this may not know that I work as a Doorman/Security Officer. In most of the places I have worked I have been around people that make large salaries. They are either lawyers, doctors, businessmen, actors, television anchors and even CEO's of companies. In this vast selection of different people I am able to motivate them or encourage them by the words I say to them. Most times if I am working on a Monday morning I would tell them " Brand new week, Brand new attitude" ( that is the name of my blog ). If I am working in the afternoon I would tell them " Great job today ". Even as I say those kind words there is ALWAYS some one saying that it bothers them and building management has me to stop saying those things. Their actions causes a negative reaction. But I am here to tell you on this day that Prayer Action, Changes the Reaction.

There is a phrase that I have heard and used at time. The phrase is action causes reaction. I wanted to find the meaning of the two words for the purpose of the blog so I go to dictionary.com for there meaning. The word action means as follows; something being done, being active, and an act that one consciously wills. The word reaction means as follows; a reverse movement, action in response to some event, and movement in a direction.  So most times when something negative was being done instead of letting it go I would go in reverse movement. Other times when I was told to stop being active in response to this event it would fester in my spirit. But most times I would consciously will a movement in my direction which did not change anything. Then I found a solution to my problems. Prayer Action Changed the Reaction. I will use three examples in the Bible to explain this solution.

My first example of Prayer Action Changes the Reaction comes in Numbers 20:1-12. The people of God are once again doing what we do most times, complaining. They were not content with their finances nor where they lived and of course how much they had to drink or eat. After coming out bondage from things like foreclosure, depression and drug abuse they still complained.  They were like the one of the men in Luke 18:10-12.  The things I am saying is actually about today but how many times do we talk about the things we were once at that were not good instead of celebrating where we are now. As they held up Egypt on a pedestal we do the same with our problems. It got so bad that Moses did not follow instructions and struck the rock twice instead of speaking to it as God instructed.  They had something done that set them in a reverse movement ( over 40 years ). and Moses nor Aaron never saw the Promised land. Prayer Action Changes the Reaction.

The next example of Prayer Action Changes the Reaction I go to 1st Chronicles 21:11-17. In the preceding verses God has given King David and Israel earthly power over everything. But David wanted to count how many friends he had, how many bank accounts he had, how much land he owned. All this was given to him by God but he wanted to in effect glorify himself. People of today give themselves glory and honor when they do great things instead of God.  So now David has to become active in action to respond to the event he set in action. In Matthew 23:14 it speaks of being pretentious about prayer. King David had to pray ( verse 17 ) and then follow instruction from God ( verses 18-27 ) for things to get better. Prayer Action Changes Reaction.

The last example of how Prayer Changes Reaction in the word of God I go Acts 6: 3-7. In this passage there are a mixture of believers who are now put together in the one area and there is a slight disagreement. The Church of God and Christ are against the Baptist who are against the Catholics and Non-Denominational. But they back then prayed to consciously will God to move in a different direction. They eventually choose  seven good men to look over this and the gospel was able to reach even the church leaders who may not had believed in God. This can happen in the church today as we all should want to come together as one.  Prayer Action Changes Reaction.

In conclusion we see in the Word of God that Prayer Actions Changes Reaction. It can do the same today. The prayer of the servant in Genesis 24:12-24 trigger an action that had God make Rachel react and it put into motion the promises God had made to Abraham ( Genesis 17:1-16 ). The prayer that Ezra prays in Ezra 9:5-15 changes the direction the people of God were headed and placed them back on the right path. In Jude 1:20-22 he urges us to keep praying in the Holy Spirit with the love of God and the mercy of Jesus. Prayer Action Changes Reaction. Although I cannot encourage and motivate like I want to I still have people who come up to me saying good job or brand new week, brand new attitude. I also had a video of me doing my job used as an instruction video to show new and current employees how to properly encourage one another. Prayer Action Changes Reaction. I give God all the glory and honor. I want to thank Apostle H. Daniel Wilson and Pastor Beverly L. Wilson for their tremendous leadership and vision.