Someone cannot pray for you to be mature. One can pray for you to receive healing, if the Lord wants it that way. But one cannot pray for you to be mature in Gods grace or donate salvation to you. I remember one soldier whose bedroom was sandwiched between my friend and mine. When I asked him to acknowledge the Lord as his saviour, he would often say that since his bedroom was sandwiched between two of us, our prayers covered him. Thus, he did not need to acknowledge the Lord as his own personal saviour. But I am afraid, no prayer of your friends, parents, siblings, pastors, bishops and apostles can offer you maturity or anointing. You need to work on your own salvation with trembling and fears as well as your own anointing (Php 2:12-13). Salvation is not a once-and-for-all experience that does not need nothing to be done again; it is an on-going process, where the Christian is actively involved. The Christian will not have to die to save himself again. Taking it from this angle, salvation is received once and not to be repeated. However, once saved, the Christian must go through the process of perseverance, service and spiritual growth (cf 2 Pet 1:5-10; Heb 3:14; 1 Cor 9:23-27; Mt 24:13). You, the Christian, need to read, study, listen, and meditate on the word of God yourself; you need to fast and pray yourself to prepare for the coming of the Lord.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:57:30 +0000
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