God wants to do such mighty things now. The end of this age is bearing down rapidly upon us and He fervently desires to break through in power upon humanity. He longs to show Himself as God so that all the people of the earth might have the opportunity to worship Him.
Despite His burning desire, however, God cannot do anything in the earth unless someone asks Him. That is the way He has always worked. It is His plan, and even in these most urgent final hours, He holds to that way of doing things.
So He is reaching out now to those who will pray.
Many times in the past, it has been as if we were reaching out to Him. But these days the tables are turned. He is reaching out to us with great strength and intensity. He is saying to us, “Ask! Ask! ASK OF ME!”
He is moving upon us to pray prayers of supplication. He is stirring us to obey Ephesians 6:18 by “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.”
If you will study the word supplication, you will find that it means “an earnest entreaty or request.” It means to ask from the heart with deep feeling and fervency. It isn’t just a casual asking. To supplicate, you must desire something so desperately that you cannot be satisfied until you receive it.
In these days of destiny, God needs for us to do more than make simple requests of Him. He needs for us to have His heart. He wants us to be so aflame with His desires that we cry out in desperation for them to be fulfilled.
He wants to pour out upon us the Spirit of grace and supplication (Zechariah 12:10) so that we can ask for—and He can give us—an outpouring of His glory that will sweep nations into the kingdom of God.
Scripture Reading: 2 Peter 3:9
On the chilly March night in 1972 when Lynne Hammond took her first step into a life of Spirit-led prayer, she had no idea what was about to happen. All she knew was the hunger in her heart for God wouldn’t let her sleep. In the few short months she’d been born again, her desire to fellowship with Him had grown so strong she could hardly contain it. “Help me, God!” she cried. “I want to know you. I want to be able to talk to you. Please, teach me to pray!”
Suddenly, a heavenly presence flooded the room. Lynne sensed waves of spiritual fire sweeping over her and a beautiful language began to flow like a river from within her. Although she’d never heard of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, she knew instantly, without a doubt—this was God!
What began that night soon blossomed into a life of prayer that ultimately became a ministry of prayer when, in 1980, Lynne and her husband, Mac, founded Living Word Christian Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Under Lynne’s leadership, the prayer ministry at Living Word has become an internationally recognized model for developing effective pray-ers in the local church.
A teacher and an author, Lynne publishes a newsletter called Prayer Notes, has written numerous books, and currently serves as the national prayer director for Daughters for Zion. Her passion for inspiring and leading others into the life of Spirit-led prayer continues to take her around the world to minister to believers whose heart cry, like hers, is “Lord, teach me to pray!”