Men Ought Always To Pray - Apostle Arome Osayi

Peter names the gospel as something preached “with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven,” and that phrase carries weight. The text presents the Holy Ghost as the messenger from heaven, the one who brings the perspective of heaven and makes Christ contactable in the Spirit. The Holy Ghost does not come merely to decorate a religious life. He comes to change the scale of preference, to make a person function like a citizen of another country.

The Holy Ghost first kindles hunger. That hunger is beyond food, sleep, money, marriage, job, papers, and every normal Nigerian prayer point. The hunger creates dissatisfaction with things that used to satisfy, and it begins to pull the heart where the head may not yet understand. The Spirit often leaves the mind behind because the organ of following is the heart. His invitation may look foolish, but that invitation changes a life when it is given attention.

The Holy Ghost is a jealous personality. He does not play second fiddle to mammon, ambition, or self-sufficiency. Consecration becomes necessary because heaven’s menu is not opened to a divided heart. Romans 6 shows consecration producing holiness, where heaven’s culture becomes the default mode. Romans 12 shows consecration producing discernment, where the will of God and the reason for a life become clear.

Second Corinthians 3 declares that sufficiency is of God. The human being was created insufficient, even with PhD, skill, exposure, money, or business know-how. Abraham’s long journey with El Shaddai shows that God waits until self-sufficiency dies, then reverses what time and barrenness have done. Setbacks are not always evil if they bring a person to the knowledge of insufficiency.

Luke 18 gives the sentence placed on mankind: men ought always to pray and not to faint. Prayer is not a gift for special people. Prayer is the design for insufficient men. Satan gives reasons not to pray because fainting is his strategy, but the Holy Ghost helps infirmities and quickens weakness until the believer mounts up into higher spiritual energy.

The life built on the Holy Ghost becomes unshakable in shaky days. The Spirit activates senses, gives warnings, opens gifts, heals, delivers, and turns the vessel into a river that affects other people. The United Kingdom stands under a prophetic burden of light, fire, and revival, and the saints are being recruited in bunches. Grace is given for service, not self-advertisement, so the least can become strong as David and the body can wage warfare with one corporate strength.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. Heaven’s messenger changes appetite [06:46] The Holy Ghost brings a hunger that cannot be explained by natural need. That hunger is not a mood or religious excitement, but an invitation from heaven into another order of life. When that hunger is fed, taste buds change, and the things that once ruled desire begin to lose their command. [06:46]
• 2. Insufficiency is God’s design [27:30] Human strength was never meant to be the foundation of destiny. Skill, exposure, money, and intelligence can all collapse before a situation designed to reveal need for El Shaddai. The knowledge of insufficiency is not humiliation for destruction, but the doorway into friendship with the Holy Ghost. [27:30]
• 3. Prayer is mankind’s sentence [33:26] Luke 18 does not present prayer as an optional discipline for a few intense people. Prayer is the operating system of mankind as God designed it. When prayer becomes negotiable, self-sufficiency has already written another blueprint for life. [33:26]
• 4. Consecration opens heaven’s menu [20:38] The Holy Ghost is jealous because His mission is too holy to share the heart with lesser thrones. Consecration does not merely remove sin, it prepares the vessel to know the will, emphasis, and purpose of God. A life without that separation may stay busy, yet never touch the reason for existence. [20:38]
• 5. Grace is given for service [46:45] Kingdom greatness is not a platform for self-importance. The Holy Ghost pours grace so that healing, deliverance, refreshing, and life can reach other people through a yielded vessel. When the heart of service is lost, the same gift that was meant to serve can become the place where a person truncates himself.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [02:12] - The Gospel By The Holy Ghost
• [04:06] - Heaven’s Perspective In A Vessel
• [06:27] - A Hunger Beyond Natural Things
• [08:15] - Trusting The Gentleman Spirit
• [11:02] - Jesus And Higher Hunger
• [16:01] - Giving The Hunger Attention
• [20:38] - Consecration And Heaven’s Culture
• [24:03] - Prayer, Fasting, And Spiritual Capital
• [27:10] - Insufficiency And El Shaddai
• [33:08] - Men Ought Always To Pray
• [40:03] - The Spirit Helps Infirmities
• [47:42] - The United Kingdom Assignment
• [57:23] - Activation Of Ordinations
• [77:17] - The Day Of The Saints

1. 1 Peter 1:12 — “It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.” [01:56]
2. Luke 18:1 — “And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.” [33:08]
3. 2 Corinthians 3:5 — “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.” [27:10]
4. Romans 6:19 — “I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.” [20:38]
5. Romans 12:1-2 — “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” [20:38]

1. In 1 Peter 1:12, what is said about the way the gospel was preached, and what special description is given to the Holy Spirit? [03:21]
2. What kinds of hunger or desire were contrasted with the hunger the Holy Ghost kindles in a person? [06:27]
3. According to Romans 6 and Romans 12, what two results of consecration are highlighted: one in daily living and one in discernment? [21:14]
4. In Luke 18:1, what two things are placed side by side in Jesus’ words about how people ought to live? [34:27]

1. If the Holy Ghost is sent from heaven and brings heaven’s perspective, what might it mean for a believer to function like a citizen of heaven while still living in an ordinary earthly setting? [04:01]
2. If human beings are truly insufficient and God alone is sufficient, why does that truth often become clearer through weakness, delay, or setback rather than through comfort? [32:21]
3. If prayer is described as how mankind was designed to operate, what does a prayerless pattern of life reveal about the way a person is leaning or coping? [33:39]
4. If consecration leads both to holiness and to knowing the will of God, why might a divided heart remain active in many things yet still miss God’s emphasis for its life? [21:53]

1. What has been stirring in the heart lately that cannot be explained by normal needs or ambitions? What has been done with that hunger so far: ignored it, delayed it, or given it real attention? [16:01]
2. Which natural concerns currently sit highest on the scale of preference—money, work, marriage, stability, papers, reputation, or something else? What would it look like this week to give the first place back to God without pretending those other needs are not real? [17:27]
3. Where is self-sufficiency still strongest right now? Is it in education, planning, income, experience, discipline, or spiritual familiarity? What would honest dependence on God look like in that exact area? [27:47]
4. Jesus says men ought always to pray and not faint. What usually pushes prayer to the side in daily life—fatigue, distraction, disappointment, busyness, or discouragement? What kind of small but real change could help prayer become more constant? [38:09]
5. Consecration opens the way for heaven’s culture and for discernment of God’s will. Is there any habit, attachment, or divided loyalty that may be dulling spiritual clarity right now? How might surrender begin in a practical way? [20:35]
6. The Holy Ghost helps infirmities and quickens weakness. When prayer feels dry, weak, or difficult, how does a person usually respond? What would it mean to stop forcing things in the flesh and begin asking for the Spirit’s help more simply and more often? [40:03]
7. Grace is given for service, not self-importance. In what setting could the life of God flow through someone more intentionally right now—home, workplace, neighborhood, church, or among friends? What would serving there look like in a humble and concrete way? [46:45]