Posts by Manny Rivera
WHY PRAYER IS HINDERED, pt.5
Today, we conclude our 5 part blog series on why our prayers are hindered. I’m discovering prayer more and more in my life. I know volumes have been written on it even though it’s not a popular subject among believers, but without it, it’s really impossible be a believer! And always remember, who and what…
Read MoreWHY PRAYER IS HINDERED, pt 4.
Yes, it’s Thursday and we’re on part 4 in our current blog series… Please take time to quickly review the previous blogs. We’re revealing the reasons as to why prayer is hindered. God is doing some neat and wonderful things in IMPACT Church – and prayer has been the key. I’m on a mission to…
Read MoreWHY PRAYER IS HINDERED, pt.3
I’m continuing in my 5 part series in exposing the issues that hinder our prayers. This next one is a “biggie.” And for the record, no one is except from this one. We all have it and deal with it on a daily basis. This stuff must stay crucified at all times and not allowed…
Read MoreWHY PRAYER IS HINDERED, pt 2.
Yesterday I began a five-part blog series as to why prayer is hindered. I commenced with the “bottom line”- Wrong actions and attitudes will always cancel our prayers. And it’s in recognizing our wrong action and indifferent attitudes that will determine the breakthroughs we’re looking for. Here we go… Part 2. 2. Pride and Strife…
Read MoreWHY PRAYER IS HINDERED – pt. 1
This week I will attempt to blog in five (5) parts. My goal is to reveal the reasons as to why prayer is unanswered and seemingly ineffective at times. These reasons have personally affected my family and me and have been the cause as to why I, at times, didn’t connect with God’s perfect will…
Read MoreHUNGER! Guest Blogger- David Wilkerson
We’ve heard it said, “Prayer changes things” – please let me adjust that a bit… “Prayer changes US!” And this is what’s happening in my life! I can’t help it… I’m finding myself teaching and writing about it all the time! This morning before our 7:00am prayer meeting, I came across an article by…
Read MoreThe Coolness of Blogging
Whoever invented “blogging” was a genius! A Blog is short for Web Log. Someone had a bright idea one day to create a platform where people’s journals can be posted publicly for all to see and experience. It’s just a clever and nifty way to communicate your heart and share with people any type of…
Read MoreTHE SECRET PLACE
Much is said about positioning and placement in the Kingdom of God. As believers, it’s very healthy to have an understanding as to whose we are, where we belong and what we’re supposed to do. The understanding of purpose and the realization of destiny are founded on these challenges. And all of them reveal and…
Read MorePrayer is a Process
The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]. (James 5:16b – Amplified Bible) Responsibility has a process. We understand responsibility to be the thing we have to do…for if we don’t do it then there are consequences. Responsibilities are tasks, duties, mandates, commissions, orders, etc. We know…
Read MoreWHEN You Pray…
A Scottish theologian by the name of P.T. Forsyth said something that has forever taken me to a place of conviction and order. He said, “The greatest sin is prayerlessness.” And in all reality all that is wrong in our lives, by doing or not doing, can be traced back to the behavior of “prayerlessness.”…
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