An Essential Element (John Wimber)

An Essential Element

“In the Gospel of John, Jesus talks about an absolutely essential element for a quality prayer life. “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you” (John 15:7). The word “remain” here means to live in Jesus, to take your sustenance from him, dwell with him, give yourself over to the process of living there. If you remain in him, his words will remain in you and be dynamic and powerful. The result? “…Ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you.”

You say, “You mean all I have to do is live in Jesus and his words live in me and then I can ask anything I want to?” If you’re remaining in Jesus and his words are abiding or remaining in you, you’ll be asking on a different level and a different plane. Remaining or abiding in intimate prayer means you will care about those things that God cares about and pray the prayers of faith that he already wants to answer.”

John Wimber, Prayer: Intimate Communication (Anaheim: Vineyard Ministries International, 1997), 12.

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