Praying According To God’s Seasons!

Genesis 15:12-14

Genesis 15:12-1412 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.”

The Covenant was in TWO-FOLDS:

They describe TWO MAIN SEASON of life that we will encounter in life!

1. Slavery and Servitude – vs 13 “..Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.”

2. Liberation and Greatness – vs 14 “And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.”

TWO MAIN CHARACTERSMosesMoses, the great intercessor in the Bible-Exod 32:9-10Moses was 40yrs old and in Egypt-Exod 2:11-15Children of Israel lived in Egypt 430 years-Exod 12:40-42

The Children of Israel spent 30 years more in Egypt!

Why this early(390 years) and yet late(430 years) in executing the assignment?

Moses Early Launching: The Bible says in 1 Samuel 2:9b “…“For by

strength no man shall prevail.” ‘…supposed that his brethren would have

understood that God would deliver them by his hand,..’ - Acts 7:23-27

Children of Israel were defeated by Ai, because they did not seek the LORD to know of the sin of Achan- Joshua 7:2-5.

Seek the Lord to know what is required in every season of our lives!

Moses Late Launching:• The Bible says in 1 Tim. 2:8 “For bodily exercise

profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things,…”

• Moses encounters the LORD and the Lord commissioned him into the work.- Exod. 3

• Joshua followed the command of the Commander of the Lord’s army in Joshua 5:13-15; 6:1-5.

Daniel• “… Daniel, understood by the books the number of

the years specified by…that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem…”- Daniel 9:1-19.

• Four positive attitudes that are helpful in knowing our moment of visitation and pray according to God’s will.– Daniel, understood by the books!– Daniel, align God’s word with their situation!– Daniel, set his face to pray!– Daniel, prayed in line with God’s word and fasted!

Conclusion:• In Luke 19:41-44, “Now as He drew near, He saw

the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”