“Skin In The Game”
by Pastor Roy Esposito
James 5:16b
1 Corinthians 12:16 – Prayer of Faith – Gift of Faith
Ephesians 3:20 – (Wuest Trans.) “…according to the power which is operative…” The “measure of faith” – Kata – amount and distribution. – Faith requires action!
Matthew 7:7 – “Ask–Seek–Knock!”
The Incarnation: En-carne – “in flesh” – God put “skin in the game!”
The Incarnation of God through Christ began with Jesus and is on-going through His body of believers!
The Body of Christ
1. The person of Jesus
2. God’s presence in the Eucharist at Holy Communion
3. The body of believers still on Earth — 1 Corinthians 12:27, 1 Corinthians 6:15
Romans 8:29 — Jesus: “– the first of many sons.
“Theist — one who believes in a transcendent God
Christian — believes in a transcendent God who is still physically present on Earth through Christ’s Body.
“To pray as a Christian requires intentional and concrete involvement in bringing about whatever is being asked for by being willing to give
“incarnational skin” to the prayer. -PR
Revelations 5:8 – golden bowls filled with the prayers of the saints
Revelations 8:3-5 (NKJV)
1. Coals of fire from the altar — the release of God’s mighty power
2. Voices — carry the Word of God
3. Lightning Strikes — illuminate Divine truth (Psalm 97:4)
4. Thunder — the manifestation of power (Job 26:14, Psalm 29:3-4)
5. Earthquake — the shaking of the kingdoms of man
6. Not acts of judgment but of purification. (Isaiah 6:6-7, Luke 12:49)
Victory in prayer will go to the persistent not the angry! -PR