The Spirit of Prayer!
The anointing upon and within the Spirit of Prayer opens the door to all that the Kingdom has and is.
A Spirit of Prayer precedes every change that takes place. It consumes you until it becomes a burden—until you pray through or see the manifestation of answered prayer.
Daniel carried the Spirit of Prayer. The Lord placed it upon him so he could become the breakthrough and answer in his time. That Spirit stirred him to seek God with fasting and supplication. Travail and intercession are the birthing places of breakthrough and revival.
What made Jesus who He was? The Spirit of Prayer.
The Apostle Paul said, “I travail in the Spirit that Christ may be formed in you.” Christ is being formed in us through prayer, reflecting His prayer life and ministry. The more we release the Spirit of Prayer, the more we become what we pray.
We must understand that the primary purpose of being a Christian is to reflect the One we serve. Jesus said, “Out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water.” These rivers represent what is inside of us flowing outward as a sign of what we carry.
Mary carried the Word and gave birth to it. Jesus, formed in her womb for nine months, came forth with a body prepared to carry the Spirit of Prayer. When Jesus was baptized, the Spirit descended like a dove upon Him. That anointing released His ministry and purpose.
A Legacy of Prayer
Our prayer anointing originated from my great-grandmother, Gertrude, who prayed many hours each day for the entire community. Even in the concentration camps established by the English to break the moral fibre of the Afrikaner people, she grew stronger and more determined to overcome—and she did!
Her faith touched countless lives with breakthroughs, healings, and provision. When she prayed for rain, the heavens opened, and the drought was broken. She was a woman of great faith, and what she believed came to pass.
During the Great Depression, when food was scarce, she prayed and provision came. That mantle of prayer passed to my father, Don, after he was born again. He too experienced supernatural provision—food, clothing, everything needed. On one occasion, someone delivered fifteen suits, thirty shirts and trousers, socks, shoes, and fifteen pairs of pyjamas.
I have seen the same generational mantle of the Spirit of Prayer on me, my children, and my grandchildren. That authority and faith carried through prayer have shifted dimensions and atmospheres.
When the double portion came upon Elisha, he did twice the miracles of Elijah. Even after his death, his bones carried such power that a dead man was raised to life when touching them. My father’s nephew, Oom Koos, carried the same boldness and faith, doing great exploits for the Kingdom through prayer and soul-winning.
The Spirit of Prayer Consumes
We must understand that what we carry—the Spirit of Prayer—makes us a manifestation of prayer itself. It consumes us until we become deeply aware of His presence, our hearts reflecting the heart of Jesus for humanity.
Jesus said, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me.” Through prayer, God has opened countless doors because situations demanded divine intervention and supernatural breakthrough.
When a nation needed deliverance, God raised Esther to intercede for Israel. Her encounter with the king brought salvation to her people. For such a time as this, the king asked, “What is your request?”—and the nation was saved because the Spirit of Prayer prevailed.
Elijah, a man who carried this same Spirit, prayed and the heavens were shut for three years by his word. That authority gave him the ability to speak faith-filled words that manifested the Kingdom of God.
Charles Finney carried this anointing into towns and cities where factories would shut down under conviction. Father Nash travailed in the Spirit for revival, and the Spirit of Prayer shook entire communities.
The Birthing Place of the Supernatural
The Spirit of Prayer is the birthing place of the supernatural.
“The earnest, heartfelt, continued prayer of a righteous man [the Spirit of Prayer] makes tremendous power available, dynamic in its working.” (James 5:16 AMP)
Every man and woman God has used powerfully carried a Spirit of Prayer. In Psalm 2, we are told to ask for the nations—but we can only ask for what we have a heart to carry. You can only give birth to what is within you.
Over forty years of prayer and intercession, I have observed this: when I study and meditate on a specific topic, I begin to carry it in prayer, and eventually, I become that message. When I teach or minister, the anointing flows from that Word, and God confirms it with signs and wonders.
Faith comes by hearing, and faith works by doing. Faith is the foundation of everything we do as believers. The Word gives us faith to receive what God has for us.
“Yet we have the same spirit of faith as he who wrote, ‘I believed, therefore I spoke.’ We also believe, and therefore speak.” (2 Corinthians 4:13, quoting Psalm 116:10)
The Spirit of Faith and the Spirit of Prayer work together, releasing the power of God through impartation and association. The Holy Spirit is our perfect prayer partner, working to establish the ministry of Jesus.
What Jesus is to the Father in Heaven, the Holy Spirit is to us on earth. Whatever we need has already been provided through prayer—the words to speak, the answers to declare, and the perfect outcome to manifest His will on earth.
Faith That Speaks
All God is looking for is someone who will believe and speak what He believes.
He is looking for faith that speaks to the mountain.
The anointing of the Spirit of Prayer breaks every yoke of the enemy and builds the Kingdom of God to His glory, imparting the victory of Jesus through His resurrection power.
