Moving in the Apostolic

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Moving in the Apostolic

whom He also named apostles (Luke 6:12,13). Notice Jesus prayed all night before choosing the Twelve. Again, prayer releases the apostolic. I encourage churches to pray for their cities and nations to release an apostolic spirit into that region. Our local church in Chicago has emphasized all night prayer to release the apostolic spirit into our own region. All-night prayer is a powerful way to release the apostolic spirit. As we pray, apostles can be identified and released into every region. We need to identify the true apostles in a region. They may not be the ones we would identify; we need to know whom God identifies. A well-known preacher may not be the one. Sometimes those whom God chooses are hidden until prayer releases them. Prayer not only releases the apostolic spirit; it sustains an apostolic movement. Prayer releases spiritual impetus and momentum. The Church in the book of Acts was a praying church. They continued to break through in spite of resistance, persecution, even death. They prayed until "the place where they were assembled together was shaken" (Acts 4:31). The result of their praying was an apostolic release of great power and great grace (see v. 33). Signs and wonders were released, and "believers were increasingly added to the Lord" (Acts 5:14). The apostolic spirit that is released through prayer fuels church growth; it is a harvest anointing. The apostles gave themselves continually to prayer (see Acts 6:4). Prayer is the strength of the apostolic ministry. Apostolic churches are being raised up throughout the earth that will be houses of prayer for all nations (see Isa. 56:7); then we can ask God for the nations (see Ps. 2:8). Because of the authority and power resident within the apostolic anointing, greater results take place when we pray apostolically. Many have heard of prophetic prayer, but few have heard of apostolic prayer. Apostolic prayer is strategic prayer. It is a governmental praying. It is global in perspective, with a wisdom to fulfill God's end-times purposes. This is because apostles, along with prophets, bring revelation to the Church to fulfill the plans and