After indulging in fantasies about winning millions to have the means to spread the gospel etc., it's apparent that our power lies in our prayers. Every single thing that has happened and will happen, lies in the power of Almighty God. We cannot change things. What is meant to happen has happened, and what will be, will be.


It's clear that everything lies in cause and effect. Like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Almighty God foreknew that they would eat of the forbidden fruit. He allowed it to happen but the key takeaway is that of FREE WILL. Because Adam and Eve disobeyed, sin was allowed into the world. What has not been explored enough, is that the devil was ALREADY on this earth at the time of Adam and Eve. I guess this is because free will means being given a proper choice. Did Eve partake of the forbidden fruit out of ignorance? Or out of wilful disobedience? Did Adam agree to join in out of peer pressure/ignorance or out of wilful disobedience? The details aren't given. Just the very act of disobeying, sealed the deal. Ignorance was not a legal excuse. OBEDIENCE is required. As specified in the story of the Exodus and the command to keep the Sabbath holy to God. All of this is self-explanatory. But, it is clear that our human actions (especially those of Israel and the Jewish people) are key to the affect disobedience has. Israel continues to struggle with her surrounding enemies because she does not revere the Sabbath. Israel continues to struggle because she does not obey the commands of the Torah.


While we Christians have been set free from The Law by our belief in Jesus Christ, with our faith and trust resulting in eternal life - we are still vulnerable to the causal effects of the disobedient world. An apostacy has to happen to trigger the revealing of the man of sin. Israel has to be attacked to trigger Ezekiel 38....and so on. Everything is incumbent on the earthly actions of human beings. What the earthly world does, triggers a reaction from heaven. Because of our God Given free will - our earthly actions trigger heavenly reactions.


Which brings me to the power of our prayers. Powerful beyond description. If we were all truly cognisant of the sheer power of our prayers - we would be on our knees a lot more. Cause and effect!


A powerful realisation indeed.