Never Stop Praying: Cultivating a Constant Connection with God

``Prayer is the only way to truly hear God's voice. You say you want clarity. You say you want direction. You say, God, I'm needing you to show me the next step. Then you have to position yourself to listen. God is always speaking, but prayer is what turns your spirit to hear God. If your prayer life is weak, your connection to God is full of static because prayer breaks curses and cycles that are in your bloodline. [01:21:34] (49 seconds)  #HearGodsVoice

Prayer itself is not the power. The power comes from the source. The power the and prayer is the conduit through which you have access to the source, that you have access to strength, that you have access to guidance, that you have access to peace. Prayer is the connection. Prayer is what connects your natural with God's super, and the results are supernatural. [01:08:43] (40 seconds)  #PrayerIsTheConduit

And the spirit of God is saying to us in this season, in this moment, don't allow the enemy to keep your mouth on mute. God says open up your mouth and release it in prayer. Because the last time I read in my Bible, the Bible tells me that God's ears are listening to the prayers of his saints. [01:11:51] (32 seconds)  #SpeakUpInPrayer

The reason why the devil is distracting you and making your schedule busy is because he knows that if you take a time to not answer that phone, if you take time not to run after this and that and spend time with Jesus, you're gonna get power that he don't want you to have. But I'm here to announce the devil is a lie, and he has no power over your schedule, over your time. [01:17:36] (36 seconds)  #GuardYourSchedule

Nothing beats prayer when you lay it at the altar. It is important for you to understand that prayer or any other spiritual discipline does not earn us a place in God's kingdom. My brothers and sisters, we're not praying so that we can be a part of God's kingdom, because you cannot work your way into God's grace. [01:14:03] (28 seconds)  #PrayerDoesntEarnGrace

Through the connection of prayer, transformation takes place, and the transformation is oftentimes within the individual and not the circumstances because God will sometimes change you before he changes the circumstances. [01:09:23] (23 seconds)  #PrayerTransformsYou

And there are things lurking in the spiritual realm, plots against your peace, attacks against your purpose, against your future that you cannot see with the natural eye, but prayer will sharpen your discernment and reveal the enemy's deception before you fall into it. [01:21:07] (27 seconds)  #PrayerRevealsDeception

The disciplines of our faith puts you in a position to listen to God. Not only are we too busy, but we are we have also lost the practice of just quietly listening to God through the word, listening to God through his spirit. And consequently, we often worry more and trust less. [01:07:31] (33 seconds)  #ListenToGodDaily

prayer is not a vocal performance, but it's a constant connection. Every where you go, you ought to be in prayer. [01:35:48] (25 seconds)  #AlwaysInPrayer

I want to thank God for growth because there have been some circumstances the old Daryl would have responded differently. But because I have been spending time with the Lord, I don't respond the same way I used to. So prayer not only can change things, but prayer will change you. [01:09:54] (29 seconds)  #PrayerChangedMe

Can I remind you that god says when you are baptized in the holy spirit out of your belly shall flow rivers of water? What does that mean? Everywhere you go, you ought to bring life to dead situations. Everywhere you go, you ought to bring healing to that which is sick. [01:16:06] (22 seconds)  #BringLifeEverywhere

You must make a decision that prayer is more important than all the other people you talk to. You must understand, beloved of God, when you spend time with God, it is time invested and not time wasted. [01:18:29] (21 seconds)  #PrayerIsInvestment

Stop giving the devil the victory when you make excuses for the things that you are to do for God. Every time we find an excuse of not doing the things that God has commanded us to do, we are giving the enemy the victory. [01:38:57] (32 seconds)  #NoExcusesForGod

And we walk around as weak disciples because we refuse to discipline ourselves in the things of God. God has not called you to be weak soldiers. Gird up yourself. [01:40:01] (29 seconds)  #GirdUpAndPray

You ought to be calling on Jesus, traveling down 495, going into Giant 0 Wegmans. You ought to be playing the blood because Satan is on the attack. Beloved of God, you must spend more time in prayer. [01:16:52] (24 seconds)  #PrayOnTheGo

Every day you go without it, you're cutting off your lifeline. Prayer exposes, watch this, the enemy's hidden traps. Prayer exposes the enemy's hidden traps. My brothers and sisters, the devil does not like being exposed. [01:20:30] (37 seconds)  #PrayerExposesTraps

But but everywhere you go, you ought to be praying for folks who you walk past. Calling on the name of Jesus for them. And when you're not talking, you should say, Lord, I'm here you. I'm listening. [01:37:06] (32 seconds)  #PrayForPeopleYouPass