01/02/2026
Good morning everyone.
Welcome to the new month of 'tarrying' before the Lord in prayer and fasting.
Hope and praying you are all well in body, soul and spirit.
Acts 1:4 says;
"And being assembled together with them, He (Christ) commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait (TARRY) for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;"
What tarrying (waiting) does:
1. Humbles us.
2. Re-aligns us.
3. Rebuilds our tri-part being of spirit, soul and body.
4. Refines us.
5. Sharpens our focus for the our mission or assignment.
6. Helps us regain spiritual strength.
Isaiah 40:31 declares;
"But those who WAIT ON THE LORD Shall RENEW their STRENGTH; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint."
ENCOURAGEMENT:
Ministry is never ministry until we learn to WAIT. We are not involved in a secular activity. We need spiritual strength and focus to achieve great things with the Holy Spirit.
So we wait in PRAYER, we mount up as an eagle to FOCUS with clarity; and we gain strength to run and walk in MINISTRY.
In Acts 1 and 2, the command to tarry in Jerusalem was to put the disciples in the Furnace of Prayer to refine, rebuild trust, re-align, and re-focus on the mission ahead.
Several things were activated which enabled the Holy Spirit to fall on them.
1. They were in ONE ACCORD (UNITED in body, soul and spirit)
2. In ONE PLACE of prayer. (Spirittual positioning)
3. They were SIMPLE or HUMBLE.
The Holy Spirit and Power wouldn't have come if they were proud, divided, and not willing to go and WAIT/TARRY in Jerusalem.
It takes Humility and a Right Heart Attitude towards prayer before we engage in Ministry. Pride leads to destruction (Proverbs 16:18)
May we continue fervently in prayer as we WAIT on God. God sees the genuineness of our hearts.
I wouldn't wanna do ministry if my prayer life is weak. The default for a weak prayer life is religious activity.
Let's arise together in ONE ACCORD until something breaks out, and we will see God do exploits through us!
If you are serious with God in your Prayer and Fasting, God will be serious with using you.
Pray Until Something Happens! (P.U.S.H)
- Luke 22:44 (Agonizing Prayer): "And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground".
- Luke 18:1 (Persistent Prayer): "Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart".
- Romans 12:12 (Faithful Prayer): "Rejoice in hope, be patient in affliction, be faithful in prayer".
Love & Blessings in Christ.
Ps. Andrew