The seeds of the prayers we have sown in tears shall bring joyful and bountiful harvests.
“Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing.” Psalm 126:5-6
EXPOSITION:
After the famer has sown on his farmland, he would have to wait with patient for the season of harvesting to come, expecting nothing short of favourable harvest as the deserving reward for his toil and labour.
This is similar to the prayer journey we have been coming through which is heading to a close. Our prayers are the seeds been sown, with the expectation of a favourable harvest. Regarding to this is a blessed assurance we have in Psalm 126, verses 5&6 read thus: “Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing sheaves with him.” God’s ability and capacity at rewarding us exceedingly for the diligent, purposeful, and goal-oriented efforts as we have put into this spiritual journey is undoubtful. In Ephesians 3:20, He, God is described as the Able God who can “do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”
Fellow beloved of the Lord, we should rejoice and be happy at these scriptural promises; we should in faith appropriate them to our life situations believing that everything we have said to God’s hearing in prayers and even the things we haven’t said but just imagine or think about in our hearts, the Able, Omniscience and benevolent God will convert them to practical manifestations for us. And so shall it come out to be by the grace of God.
Our tears can be seeds that will grow into a harvest because God is able to make this happen, and so will He do for us; the seeds we have sown in this prayer season shall result in joyful and bountiful harvest; every secret tears shall be converted to open testimonies; the pains we have borne and endured shall turn to great gains for us in the name of Jesus. Amen. God bless you. SHALOM. Pastor Jide Siwoku
Prayer Points:
1. Father of heaven and earth, we thank You for the marvellous work of creating the heaven and earth and everything therein for our good and pleasure. (Psalm 24:1).
2. We thank You Lord, for the seasons of life, seedtime, and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer which have never ceased. (Genesis 8:22).
3. We thank You Lord, for giving us this season of spiritual sowing, thank You for the seeds of prayer we have sown, and for the bountiful, joyful harvest that will follow in the name of Jesus. (2 Corinthians 9:10-11).
4. Thank You Lord, that our thanks today will cause You to breathe on the seeds we have sown to yield abundantly in the name of Jesus. (Psalm 67:5-6).
5. Lord, in mercy accept the sacrifices we have offered this season and bless us so much so that people will hold You in reverential fear because of us. (Psalm 67:7).
6. Our sins of omission and commission that can mar our anticipated bountiful and joyful harvests, pardon and forgive these sins in the name of Jesus. (Isaiah 59:1-2; Isaiah 43:25).
7. At the instance of the prayer seeds we have sown this season, Lord bring back our captivities, restore our losses in all areas and in all aspects of our lives in the name of Jesus. (Psalm 126:1).
8. Lord, following this spiritual exercise, fill our mouths with laughter and cause our tongues to sing new songs in the name of Jesus. (Psalm 126:2; Psalm 96:1-3).
9. Lord, following to this spiritual exercise, cause undeniable testimonies to manifest that people will see and admit that You have visited us and done great things for us in the name of Jesus. (Psalm 126:2b-3).
10. We declare, every seed we have sown in tears on sundry issues shall result in joyful and bountiful harvest in the name of Jesus. (Psalm 126:5-6).
11. We declare, sorrow, mourning and weeping shall cease and become a thing of the past in our midst in the name of Jesus. (Psalm 30:5; Revelation 21:4).
12. We declare, following this spiritual exercise, the shouts of joy and rejoicing, shouts of victory and celebrations only shall be heard from our households in the name of Jesus. (Psalm 118:16).
13. At the instance of this spiritual exercise, we receive the master key that opens and locks. Doors of opportunity and breakthroughs will begin to open for us in the name of Jesus. (Matthew 16:18).
14. The likes of the prince of Persia that will attempt to hinder our prayers are silenced and rendered powerless in the name of Jesus. (Daniel 10:12-13).
15. Thank You Lord for the favourable and speedy answers and the great and mighty things that will follow these prayers in the name of Jesus (Jeremiah 33:3).
