Jesus commands unclean spirits to flee. Jesus tells blind eyes to open. Jesus invites healing to come - at all levels. Can we do any of this…or is it just Jesus? Scripture speaks of the Holy Spirit’s empowerment of all believers to “do the stuff” of Jesus, starting with his closest disciples and moving to people who never met Jesus in the flesh in the book of Acts.
Still, this can seem fairly intimidating. We’re not just talking about confessing sin in prayer, petitioning God for ourselves and others, or listening to what God says to us in prayer. There is an opportunity for us to be like Jesus as he is in the scriptures: one with authority who invites God’s Kingdom to come through prayers of command that set the world as it ought to be. As we close out our prayer series, we will take Jesus at his word and take some risks pursuing God’s kingdom together.