THE POWER OF THE PRAYER ALTAR DAY 18 "ALTAR, THE TRANSGENERATIONAL BRIDGE OF BLESSINGS"

POINT 1 : WHY WERE ALTARS BUILT ?

The Hebrew word translated “altar” is mizbeach, which comes from the word zabach meaning to slaughter an animal. 

• An altar is therefore nothing more than a slaughter place.

• It is place where a person slays an animal and offers it up in sacrifice to the Lord. An altar was not a pretty sight. 

• It was a place of blood, of fire and smoke, of burning flesh—a place filled with the stench of death. It was not a place that anyone would be attracted to apart from a deep desire to please God.

POINT 2 : DIVINE VISITATION IN THE BIBLE

The Bible teaches a powerful concept called "visitation." The Hebrew word for visitation, paqad, indicates a time when the Eternal God breaks into human history in order to bless or to punish individuals or nations. 

This visitation always changes the destiny of the person or nation, whether they are ready for it or not. In fact, very few people are ready for a visitation from God.

When Jesus shows up in a divine visitation, it will have a profound impact on us. It will change our lives. I don't believe it is possible for a child of God to come into His very presence and then to go away unchanged.

• When God visited Abraham and Sarah, their 25-year- wait for Isaac became a thing of the past. 

• When God visited the children of Israel who had been in captivity for 430 years, they did not go empty-handed; they were loaded with gold and precious gifts. 

• When God visited Mary, who was a virgin, her not knowing a man became irrelevant. She miraculously conceived and gave birth to a Son.

• When God visited the man at the pool of Bethesda, after waiting for 38 years for human help, he did not need anyone’s help anymore.

POINT 3 : THE TRANSGENERATIONAL BRIDGE OF BLESSINGS 

According to Scriptures, the altars built by our patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were connected to specific divine appearances or visitations in their lives.  

In those texts, the Bible reveals that anytime God appeared to visit them, they reacted and connected to it by building an altar.

The main reason why they were building altars after such was to turn the divine visitation into divine habitation.

In other words, it was like they were telling God to not just visit and pass by but also to visit and dwell.

In fact, they were building altars with the perspective that the visitation should not only be limited to them but also should cross their generation to reach the next generations after them.

In their mind they were so much aware of the fact that a blessing is not really a blessing until it is transferred and transmittted to the next generation. And the transgenerational bridge of blessing is the altar.

Back to Scriptures, we read this :

a) Concerning Abraham 

"THE LORD APPEARED UNTO ABRAM, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and THERE BUILDED HE AN ALTAR unto the Lord , who appeared unto him." (Genesis 12:7)

b) Concerning Isaac

"THE LORD APPEARED UNTO HIM the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. And HE BUILDED AN ALTAR THERE, and called upon the name of the Lord , and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well." (Genesis 26:24-25)

c) Concerning Jacob

"God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an ALTAR UNTO GOD, THAT APPEARED UNTO THEE when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother." (Genesis 35:1)

PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS AND PRAYERS

# DECLARATION 1# 

PERMANENT AND TRANSGENERATIONAL BLESSING

• God does not only want to bless you but he also want your blessing to be permanent and transgenerational

IT IS WRITTEN in  John 15:16, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you."

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, YOU WILL BRING FORTH FRUIT AND YOUR FRUIT REMAIN TO BLESS GENERATIONS AFTER YOU ! 

DECLARE | Father, empower me to bring forth fruit that will remain in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen! 

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# DECLARATION 2# 

PERMANENT AND TRANSGENERATIONAL SETTLEMENT

• God does not only want to settle your house and your family, but he also wants them to be settled permanently until next generations. 

IT IS WRITTEN in 2 Samuel 7:29 "Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, I PRAY THAT THE FATHER SETTLES YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR FAMILY PERMANENTLY

DECLARE |  Father, I pray that you settle me, my family and my house so that it should continue forever in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen! 

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# DECLARATION 3# 

PERMANENT AND TRANSGENERATIONAL WORK

• God does not only want to work in your life but he also wants the effect of the work in your life to be permanent and transgenerational

IT IS WRITTEN in Ecclesiastes 3:14 "I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him." 

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, I PRAY THAT THE WORK GOD HAS STARTED IN YOUR LIFE, IN YOUR SOUL, IN YOUR MARRIAGE, IN YOUR HEALTH, IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP, IN YOUR BUSINESS AND IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE WILL LAST FOR EVER AND AFFECT THE GENERATIONS AFTER YOU.

DECLARE | Father, I pray that whatsoever you will do in my life will be for ever in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

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Pastor T.D. KASUKU K.K.

The Word Of Life Church International

Nairobi/Kenya