Order Results in Rest

Praying moms, when we choose to pray with another mom in conversational, one accord prayer, we are choosing to agree in prayer in a manner that allows the Holy Spirit to center and order our hearts together with His. This makes for prevailing, passionate prayer!

I learned the method of one accord prayer—praying conversationally together subject by subject in an orderly manner—through my participation in Moms in Prayer International (formerly Moms In Touch International). One Accord Praying is the how-to order of prayer given to the ministry of Moms in Prayer by God to call His daughters to praying scripturally and specifically through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Make no mistake—one accord prayer is prayer led by the Holy Spirit. Misunderstanding this leads to missed opportunities for the Holy Spirit to bring powerful fervency to prayer.

So much of Scripture speaks to the fact that our God is a God of order. Creation alone articulates that clear and loud. Without order, the giant star, Canis Majoris, would have wiped out a good portion of the Universe already.

Just look at the instructions given to Moses to complete the tabernacle according to the pattern, (the order) that God had given to him. Not only that. Moses was to order the tribes of Israel as they traveled and as they camped.

When David attempted to bring the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem, disaster happened. Why? David said this, "…the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order.” (1 Chronicles 15:13 NKJ)

Paul writes, "…because God is the author of order, not confusion." (1 Corinthians 14:33a VOICE)

Definitely, God's own Word informs us He is a God of order.

In his book, "Spiritual Leadership," J. Oswald Sanders writes that a "lack of method and failure to organize have spelled doom for many promising ministries." He continues, "God is methodic and orderly. And God requires of his managers and stewards that "all things be done decently and in order." (1 Corinthians 14:40 KJV) "Our duty is to reflect the orderliness of God in all we do for Him."

By following the Four Steps of Prayer using One AccordPraying, Moms in Prayer members are being led by the Holy Spirit. There is nothing wrong with praying differently. But for Moms in Prayer, this is the "order" given to the ministry by the Lord for His particular mission and His way to accomplish it. God did that, not Fern Nichols, the ministry's founder. She was and is just His instrument. In reality, this is no different than what God did when He gave Moses the pattern for the tabernacle. So, for Moms in Prayer, to do any other "order" is to depart from the leading of the Holy Spirit as God would not contradict Himself.

And, as Moses learned, to do what God had given to him to do meant that he would experience God's presence and rest. For after the tabernacle was built according to God's order and Moses was given his new orders, God assured him—

My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.

Exodus 33:14 (NKJ)

So, praying moms, order is not only a good thing, it is a Holy Spirit thing!

And when we follow God's order, we are on the path that gives us not only His Presence but rest.