Prayer that Counts for Eternity Energizing Your Intercession for an Eternal Impact ©2005 by Dick Eastman, International President Every Home for Christ Phone: 719-260-8888  www.ehc.org

Foundational Scripture: Psalm 2:8 (NLT) 8) Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your possession.

Foundational Scripture: Ezekiel 4:1-2a (NIV) 1) "Now, son of man, take a clay tablet, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. 2) “Then lay siege to it …”

Foundational Scripture: Jeremiah 1:10 (NKJV) 10) “See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.”

Foundational Scripture: 2 Kings 19:14-15, 19 (NLT) 14) After Hezekiah received the letter and read it, he went up to the LORD's Temple and spread it out before the LORD.

Foundational Scripture: 15) And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the LORD: "O LORD, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.”

Foundational Scripture: 19) “Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O LORD, are God."

Establishing a Siege Strategy for Prayer that Impacts Eternity

Siege Defined: fortress capture A. The surrounding and blockading of a ________ by an army committed to _______ it. fortress capture Key Word: ________ Strategy

prolonged Duration seat throne Authority Highness B. A __________ period. Key Word: ________ C. A ____ of rule; a ______. Key Word: __________ Ancient expression: “My siege” = Your _________ Duration seat throne Authority Highness

Four Prayer Assignments to Impact Eternity

I. Pray ____________ systematically Ephesians 6:18 (NIV) “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers ...” Ephesians 6:18 (Amplified) “…all [manner of] prayer and entreaty…”

Systematic Defined: ordered 1. Well ________ Methodical 2. ___________

II. Pray _______ biblically 2 Thessalonians 3:1 (NLT) Finally, dear brothers and sisters, I ask you to pray for us. Pray first that the Lord's message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you.

Four Biblical Claims: A. Open _____ doors “Devote yourselves to prayer that God may open a door to proclaim Christ” (Colossians 4:2-3).

B. Open _____ minds “I am sending you to them [the lost] to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light” (Acts 26:17).

C. Open ______ hearts “For God made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of…Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6).

D. Open _______ heavens “Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together” (Isaiah 45:8).

III. Pray _______ faithfully Romans 12:12 (NIV) Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Luke 18:1 (NIV) Luke 18:1 (The Message) Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1 (The Message) Jesus told them a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit.

Psalm 5:2-3 (NLT) 2) Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for I will never pray to anyone but you. 3) Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.

IV. Pray _____________ authoritatively Jeremiah 1:10 (NKJV) “See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.”

Six-fold “Eternal Impact” Prayer Focus: Root Out supply “The hidden ______ source of a plant.”

B. ___ ____ Pull down remove fixed “To _______ an object from a _____ position.” fixed

C. _______ Destroy defeat utterly “To subdue or _______ someone or something _______.” defeat utterly

D. _____ ____ Throw down remove force “To _______ by quick, sudden _____.” force

E. __ ____ To build form plan “To give _____ to something according to a definite ____ or process.” plan

plant place grow F. To _____ “To put something into a _____ where it has the capacity to _____.” grow