01/06/2026
*THE PRAYER ROOM – 7:30-8:30PM THIS EVENING, FRIDAY 8PM*
_He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. *1 Corinthians 14:4*_
Praying in the Spirit is ‘building in the Spirit’.
The word edify (NT Gk: Oἰκοδομέω phonetic Oikodomeō), according to Thayers Greek Lexion means:
1) To build a house, erect a building, to build up from the foundation, to restore by building, to rebuild, repair, to found, establish
2) To promote growth in Christian wisdom, affection, grace, virtue, holiness, blessedness
The very first mention of the word is found in Matthew 7:24 where the Lord is calling His people to be wise, listen to His words and BUILD on the rock.
In Matthew 16, When Peter has the revelation that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the most High God, Jesus prophetically declares that He is ‘Peter’ (a stone, whereas his birth name Simon meant ‘reed’, something weak) and that on the rock Jesus would BUILD His Church.
The Lord is calling us to build in the Spirit, by the Spirit, not by human effort – not by might, not by power, not by charisma, not by promotion, but by the Spirit.
As we turn ourselves over to pray in the Holy Spirit, a building and establishing will take place and it is He who builds the House.
There is a rock to build on, let us pray and the Lord will build.
He will build our individual lives, things will come to pass and be resolved in our families.
Things that God has freely given you, through the redemptive work of Christ, will be unlocked by the Holy Spirit!
_Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. *1 Corinthians 2:12*_
As we are edified and built by the Spirit, the prophetic of God will come forth more among us. What does that mean? It will mean prophetic words, words of knowledge come forth! But the bigger picture, it will mean an immediacy and reality of the NOW tangible presence of Jesus the King among us, where we are not just ‘having services’, but living gatherings, and people will come and know ‘God is present in the midst.’
See you in prayer this week, tonight Monday, 7:30pm, and Friday 8pm.