We've come to a time again in history where there's an open rejection towards those who believe in and live for Jesus Christ, but I believe that it's a good thing. This rejection sends us back to where we have belonged all along, and that is a place of prayer. We're going there, not in our strength, but in dependence upon Jesus. When we're praying in our own strength, we have a tendency to add our own plans to the leading of God, but when we're weak, finally, we have no more plans. We understand, like those who have gone before us in scripture, that there is no way forward without our complete and total dependence on Jesus. Persecution drives us, the Church of Jesus Christ, back to our true power source, God Himself. It really is time, not just to say that we believe, but to begin to live it out. It all begins when we start to pray.

The Gospel of Luke, chapter 21, verse 26 says, "men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken." Everything around us today bears witness to these days which Jesus spoke of; with the abnormal becoming normal, to the unthinkable occupying everyday thought. Every morning seems to call out to us to embrace some new fear. How can we be a witness to the goodness of God when the common fears tug at our own hearts also? It was King David who gave us the answer in Psalm 61, verse 2. He said, "From the end of the earth, I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Oh God, lead us again. It's time to pray.

You and I are called to do more than just tolerate one another. We're called, actually, to esteem one another. He set you where you are, to be what you are, and to do what you do; to glorify Him in the unique way that only you can. This is not by happenstance but divinely placed by God. You're not in competition with others. Everyone has a value in the kingdom of God. There are no big people, no little people, no talented or untalented. We all have an incredible worth in the eyes of God. May God teach us to see His good in others and to live for the benefit of others. We have a Worldwide Prayer Meeting here in New York City every Tuesday night at 7PM Eastern Time. Our prayer meeting is streamed live on the Internet at itstimetopray.org. Join us and be encouraged as we hear how God is answering prayers. It's time to pray.

Psalm 29:8-9, "The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness, the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare; And in his temple everyone says, 'Glory!'" When the Lord finds a spirit that is willing, a heart that won't resist Him, and has no need to reason everything out, there's no limit to what God can do through that vessel. All God needs is one person in your family, one person in your community, one person that will say, "yes." And when you say yes, His voice in a barren, dry and empty place will bring life to dust and tear down all the opposition of the enemy to the point where we cry out, "glory!" Or if you live in the South, you say, "glow-ray!" Let's believe Him for glory in and through all of our lives today. My brother and my sister-for you and I remember, it's time to pray.

Numbers Chapter 13, verses 30 and 31, "Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, 'Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.' But the men who had gone up with him said, 'we are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.'" The question that comes to you today is simply this. When the way forward seems difficult, even impossible to the natural eye, will you still believe that God has the power to overcome that which opposes you and us? Now, if you don't, then all that is left is to surrender to a life of hopelessness and despair. But if you do believe, a shout of joy and victory will be a constant friend of your life. Please don't fall to the wrong side of reason. It's time to pray.

Psalm 29:3-4, "The voice of the Lord is above the waters. The God of glory thunders. The Lord is over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty." Even though the sounds of the world may seem confusing, ferocious, and even deafening, God is saying to you, "My voice is above the noise." All those destructive voices and sounds that have tried to attach themselves to you are powerless. He stands above your self-perception. He's above what others have spoken over you. He's above all of the critics that surround you, and He's above all of the doomsayers of our day. Give glory to Him and let Him begin to speak to your heart again. Oh, I pray for you today that you and I would hear His voice anew and discover what we've been called to do as His new creation. It's time to pray.

The Gospel of Luke, chapter 10, beginning at verse 18, "And He (that's Jesus) said to them, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.'" We have power in prayer. It's time that we realize this once again. We have power to trample, under our feet, these things which have come to devour our families, to divide and destroy people in our streets, in our towns, and in our cities. We have power to cast off the stranglehold of evil that has come to choke out the hope and the promise, which the worship of God once gave to this nation. We have power to bring healing to the poison of division that threatens decency and order. We have power to see Satan fall again. It's time to pray.

The gospel of Luke Chapter 11, verses 9 and 10, "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be opened." In the words surrounding these verses, Jesus tells us to believe that He will provide all that we need to have provision for people who are living with us, now, in the midnight hour. He tells us to persist in prayer, knowing that God will not deny us, but rather will give us the full amount of divine life that we need to meet the needs of this time. It's now time to ask, it's time to seek, it's time to knock, and above everything, it's now time to pray.

Exodus, chapter 12, verses three and four, "Speak to all the congregation of Israel saying: 'On the 10th of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; according to each man's need you shall make your count for the lamb.'" In other words, we must choose to get back into the Word of God, that is the Bible, in our homes. Jesus said, "I am the lamb of God, and I am the bread of life." Jesus told His disciples, "If you don't partake of me, of the victory that I am winning for you, you'll have no life in you." Don't rely on somebody else's revelation or even on some good, old-time sermons. Get into the Bible yourself, and remember, it's time to pray.

Second Corinthians, chapter 12, verses 9and 10. And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong." The key Paul highlights is simply this. God's strength begins when our strength ends. Without God, all of our efforts will amount to nothing. Paul, knowing the perils of pursuing God in the flesh, is essentially saying, "Preserve me, oh God, from becoming strong in myself. Save me, God, from rising up with my own plans." For those of you who feel weak, you may wonder, can God ever use me? Know that in your weakness, it's then that God's strength shines the most. It's time to pray.