The mystery of prayer and how to grow in the spirit

Summary

Pastor John Anosike explores the profound mystery of prayer and spiritual growth. He emphasizes the necessity of submitting to the divine authority of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as opposed to succumbing to worldly distractions and temptations. Through persistent and dedicated prayer, one can achieve deep spiritual transfiguration and consciously dwell in divine presence. He talks about creating a sacred, distraction-free space for prayer in your home, shedding distractions, and encourages listeners to embrace spiritual discipline, aiming to nourish the spirit and overcome the consciousness of the flesh. The journey involves a continuous tuning and training of your consciousness to tap into divine frequencies, cultivating a deeper relationship with the spiritual realm.

Highlights

• Discover the crucial role of spiritual discipline in distinguishing divine influence from worldly distractions. ✨
• Learn how setting up a dedicated space for prayer can aid in your spiritual journey. 🕌
• Grasp the concept of spiritual transfiguration through persistent prayer. 👼
• Experience the empowerment that comes from silencing the chatter of the flesh to lift your spirit. 📴
• Explore how tuning into spiritual frequencies can elevate your consciousness and deepen divine connections. 📡

Key Takeaways

• Spiritual discipline is key to overcoming worldly distractions and temptations. 🧘‍♂️
• Creating a sacred space for undisturbed prayer can deepen your spiritual connection. 🏡
• Consistent meditation and prayer fuel spiritual transfiguration and growth. 🔄
• Silencing the noise of the flesh allows the spirit to rise and connect with the divine. 🔇
• Understanding and practicing spiritual frequency tuning can expand your consciousness. 📻

Overview

In this enlightening session, Pastor John Anosike delves deep into the mystery of prayer and spiritual advancement, offering a roadmap for believers to navigate the realms of the spirit. Through dedicated prayer and meditation, he explains, one can tap into the powerful states of spiritual transfiguration, allowing the divine energy to flow and uplift one's spirit.

Pastor Anosike highlights the importance of creating a personal sanctuary for prayer in your home—a sacred place that facilitates uninterrupted communication with the divine. Shedding the distractions of the physical world, believers are encouraged to immerse themselves wholly in their prayer practice, fostering strong spiritual growth and empowerment.

He emphasizes the necessity of training one's consciousness, akin to tuning a radio to find the right spiritual frequency. This process involves overcoming mental distractions, embracing silence, and focusing solely on divine connection, which ultimately enriches the believer’s spiritual journey and strengthens their relationship with God.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction to Spiritual Submission In the chapter titled 'Introduction to Spiritual Submission,' the discussion centers around the binary choices of spiritual submission: to the divine (Father, Son, Holy Ghost) or to worldly influences (the World, the Flesh, and the devil). It raises a critical question about how the devil might affect one's spirit even after being reborn, suggesting a continued spiritual battle post-rebirth. The passage notes that certain spiritual activities, such as scripture meditation, are not deemed to align fully with spiritual actions, hinting at a deeper layer of spiritual engagement.
• 00:30 - 01:30: Activities of the Spirit The chapter 'Activities of the Spirit' discusses how engaging in spiritual activities such as prayer can lead to a development where one can draw energy from higher realms, beyond normal emotional experiences. It emphasizes the necessity for one's emotions to be aligned with spiritual energies, suggesting a transformation or elevation of emotional states through spiritual practice.
• 01:30 - 02:30: Transfiguration in Prayer This chapter explores the concept of 'Transfiguration in Prayer,' emphasizing the need for consistent and diligent practice in prayer to achieve a deeper spiritual connection. It discusses the transformative power of such prayer practices that allow one to dwell in a sacred space and come under the protection of the divine.
• 02:30 - 03:30: The Power of Dwelling in God’s Presence The chapter emphasizes the transformative power of dwelling in God's presence, drawing examples from the Old Testament and Jesus' time in the wilderness. By remaining under the divine shadow, strength and endurance are granted, illustrating the benefits of spiritual immersion and long-term commitment.
• 03:30 - 04:30: The Light of God’s Presence The chapter explores the concept of 'The Light of God's Presence' and contrasts its representation in the Old Testament as 'the glory of the Lord' with the New Testament understanding. It clarifies that the ability to engage in deep, prolonged prayer and to dwell in God's presence doesn't stem from this light. Instead, it emphasizes this light is not the tool of purification that prepares an individual for prayer.
• 04:30 - 05:30: Distractions in the Spiritual Realm The chapter 'Distractions in the Spiritual Realm' discusses the importance of consistency in prayer and how the act of saying 'Father' transcends dimensions within the spirit realm. It highlights the challenges and distractions faced when trying to maintain focus on spiritual activities.
• 05:30 - 06:30: Cultivating Spiritual Discipline The chapter delves into the theme of spiritual discipline, addressing the challenging scenarios where believers face doubts and fears instigated by negative influences or 'Satan.' It underscores the importance of recognizing these moments not as divine abandonment but as opportunities for reinforcing faith. The narrative encourages the reader to resist despair and trust in spiritual resilience, despite life's adversities such as health issues, family worries, or financial troubles.
• 06:30 - 07:30: Establishing a Prayer Space This chapter discusses the challenges and inner struggles one might face when trying to establish a prayer space. It highlights feelings of inadequacy and distractions, such as financial worries, mistakes, self-doubt, and busy schedules. The narrative describes the internal battle against these 'weights' or 'subjections' of the flesh that can hinder spiritual focus and the sense of the Holy Spirit's presence.
• 07:30 - 08:30: Engaging the Spirit Without Distractions This chapter explores the necessity of rest and the impact of fatigue on spiritual engagement. It illustrates how exhaustion can affect one's frequency or ability to maintain spiritual connections. The advice given in the chapter is to acknowledge physical fatigue and to rest, as someone mentioned falling asleep for several hours. The message incorporates an understanding that rest is essential and warns against self-deception in the pursuit of spiritual or personal activities when tired.
• 08:30 - 09:30: Overcoming the Flesh in Prayer This chapter titled 'Overcoming the Flesh in Prayer' discusses the obstacles that Satan creates in the spiritual realm to hinder personal spiritual growth. It emphasizes how distractions and limitations are imposed on worship, prayer life, and meditation. The chapter highlights the importance of full commitment to spiritual practices and overcoming these barriers to develop one's spirit.
• 09:30 - 10:30: Tuning into the Spirit The chapter "Tuning into the Spirit" discusses the importance of dedicating time each day to spiritual practices, particularly spending an hour or two in communion with God. It emphasizes that beyond praying in tongues, individuals should establish a physical space in their home devoted to prayer, a designated 'room of Prayer.' This sacred space should be known and respected by all family members, including children. When entering this room, one should prepare themselves spiritually, reinforcing it as a place of sacred practice rather than a site for mystical or distracted activities.
• 10:30 - 11:30: Staying in the Spirit The chapter titled 'Staying in the Spirit' emphasizes the importance of having a designated sacred place for prayer, often referred to as the 'holy of holies.' It encourages dedicating time for uninterrupted communion with the divine, free from distractions like phones and external interferences. The act of entering this sacred space is depicted as an intentional and disciplined practice to deepen one's spiritual connection.
• 11:30 - 12:30: The Rewards of Seeking God The chapter titled 'The Rewards of Seeking God' discusses the importance of spiritual self-reliance. It emphasizes that relying on external sources, such as worship songs, to uplift one's spirit should be temporary. Instead, the chapter suggests that individuals must learn to engage their spirit independently, drawing on inner strength and divine connection. It uses the examples of Jesus in the wilderness and Moses on the mountain to illustrate that spiritual growth and connection often require personal effort and inner searching without external aids. The chapter underscores the heaviness of the flesh and the necessity of finding and cultivating the 'Tomb of the spirit' to overcome it.
• 12:30 - 13:30: Concluding Thoughts on Spiritual Elevation The chapter discusses the challenges of overcoming the desires and limitations of the flesh to achieve spiritual elevation. It emphasizes the importance of transcending physical constraints to align oneself with the spiritual essence within one's consciousness. There is a constant battle within the consciousness between the flesh and the spirit, with the spirit aiming to guide one towards prayer and spiritual practices, while the flesh resists. The chapter underscores the necessity of finding the 'vibration of the spirit' to elevate one's spiritual state and overcome the hindrances posed by the flesh.

The mystery of prayer and how to grow in the spirit Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 we are either submitted to the father's Son and the Holy Ghost or we are subjected to the World the Flesh and the devil the question is how just the devil influence your spirit after you get born again I'll tell you okay so in the spirit realms there are activities of the spirit meditation of scriptures are not the activities of the spirit I'll tell you some few things that are
• 00:30 - 01:00 under the activities of spirit [Music] how many other homes [Music] well a long time in prayer and developed to a point where you cannot subscribe energy from the Realms not normal from the emotions your emotions have not come under the energies of the spirit for
• 01:00 - 01:30 prayer it is called Transfiguration where a manner so prayed that you tapped into a dimensional prayer foreign because until you have cultivated and learned to dwell consistently diligently in the sacred place you will not come under the shadow of the almighty so in
• 01:30 - 02:00 the Old Testament they came on thy shadow because they dwelt that shadow became the power the energy the ability to stay there with no weakness with no tiredness but somebody ought to dwell for a long time in the second dealing with the flesh Jesus stayed in the wilderness for 40 days on 40 nights
• 02:00 - 02:30 oh what a moment to bruise the flesh but then finally he came under the glory of the Lord on the shadow in the Old Testament but in the New Testament you call it the light of his presence that's not where the strength to pray comes from that's not where the capacity to stay long and to carry in this presence comes from because that's not an element of purification that he hits a man because
• 02:30 - 03:00 of his consistency in prayer now in the spirit world the moment you say father [Music] that crosses through the dimensions of the spirit
• 03:00 - 03:30 sometimes we hear your vibration every spiritual Dimension we know that somebody has doomed to help but because you don't know so Satan will come you know what he's doing he's giving you weakness for God that you have cancer God is not going to hear you forgot your child is busy what's going to happen to him have you forgotten you don't have a job you
• 03:30 - 04:00 don't have money oh have you remember you you messed up yesterday oh come on you're filthy come on can't you see that you have no time you have worked tomorrow don't just say that you don't feel the Holy Spirit you know it's that cloud that's what happens in the spirit world you're being distracted so in that moment you start struggling with your mind you start struggling with the weight of the subjections of the flesh
• 04:00 - 04:30 the frequency dies because you're tired they said I said go and sleep he went to bed boom you slept for hour two hours three hours four hours five hours six hours seven hours he will come and wake up you are deceiving yourself [Music]
• 04:30 - 05:00 so that's what Satan wants to do in the Reigns of the spirit he causes you to go against things that cultivate your spirit he causes you to to to have short time to to limit your commitment to factors that develop your spirit so your worship is consecuted your prayer life shall executed your meditation and as sanctioned into God's presence
• 05:00 - 05:30 it's just secured you have no time that you spend with God at least an hour or two hours in a day apart from praying in tongues you should have an altar in your house he'll get home trying to say everybody should have a room called a room of Prayer your child should know when this is where I pray when you enter that place it's a place you go on your kneel prepare it don't go and buy mystical
• 05:30 - 06:00 things and put there no no no no no no it's a place that you have prepared and unhapped for your sacred place of prayer where you enter you call it your holy of holies Hallelujah says I lock myself here I'll be here for two hours and nothing will bring me out you throw that phone away throw that preacher away throw that destruction away get into the secret place foreign
• 06:00 - 06:30 if you need songs to lift you put that song for a moment after shot that song Down because you need to learn to to travel with that songs when Jesus was in the wilderness there was no spiritual songs that lifted him up when Moses went to the mountains there were nothing that helped him he had to learn to engage his Spirit he started finding the Tomb of the spirit he started the flesh was there he is the heaviness
• 06:30 - 07:00 from the places they are you know the Bible says the flesh is not willing to pray so he has to learn to break out of the flesh finding the vibration of the spirit because somewhere in your Consciousness that is the spirit yes the right day in your Consciousness that is the weight of Flesh that doesn't want you to pray right there in your Consciousness that is the origins of your of your imaginations that are
• 07:00 - 07:30 contrary that are attacking your confidence in prayer so you must begin to find in the spirit the human mother you start finding the moment you feel the urge there is a fire there you enter it and yeah it is earlier you look at that horse you enter there then you ascend and cut off from the weight of your imaginations and flesh must understand that the human consciousness clouded
• 07:30 - 08:00 oh my Consciousness is mixed up his friend find find that greatest of the spirit Crush ignore silence God creatures of the flesh because part of your Consciousness is flesh ignorance Darkness imaginations contrary thoughts images that contrary to your spirit and also the entities of your spirit they are all in one was third tune just
• 08:00 - 08:30 like when you enter your car you start tuning the radio station start tuning the airwaves until you get to that particular station that you want to listen to while you are tuning you'll see different stations some are singing rock me rock me baby sex sexism you see you you go out from that frequency why you tune your Consciousness you come across your past you come across the mistakes of you
• 08:30 - 09:00 yesterday you come across the oh just you come and you as you're tuning you're tuning my mind I know you are struggling but something says don't quit don't quit keep pushing let's say here foreign
• 09:00 - 09:30 station of Zion you stay there are you hearing me you should stay there about the spirit you stay there by the spirit ah the Bible says them water God grew nightly and prevailed could be loud and prevailed
• 09:30 - 10:00 but it will take a discipline the Christian that understands and the things of the spirit consciously cultivated there is a reward for those who diligently seek Him hello
• 10:00 - 10:30 Cambodia [Music] [Applause] we increase in spiritual ranks
• 10:30 - 11:00 when we capture certain depths in the Realms of your sin when we Elevate into that encounter something is captured in the realms