Let’s show the connection here. In Acts 13:1-3, now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers- Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up by Herod the tetrarch and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, `Now separate to Me, Barnabas and Saul for the works to which I have called them. Look at verse 2, `As they ministered to the Lord and fasted’, we all know that fasting for them always connect with prayer, that the Holy Spirit spoke. Paul was now about 10 years as a Christian. He was called in Acts 9 and in Acts 9 Ananias who laid hands on him was told by Jesus that Paul was called with a special calling. But it took a prayer meeting to birth forth the call. It takes a prayer meeting to birth forth the call that God has on your life. It’s in the prayer meetings that some of the most important transaction takes place in the spirit. Prayer meetings are the spiritual supermarket where all transaction takes place. Sunday service is just a showroom. The transactions all take place in the closet. That is why people has it upside down. They see the things wrongly. It’s the prayer!
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