What Jesus needs to meet you in TSP is the posture of your heart. The Bible says in Jeremiah 29:13-14, And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord , and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord , and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive. We will pray into these points based on Zacchaeus' encounter with Jesus to help us rightly position our hearts for TSP.

 

LUK.19.1-2 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 

Zacchaeus was a tax collector who had a lot of baggage in his life by virtue of his profession. Nevertheless, he sought to see Jesus. With Jesus, your past is forgotten; your future is His eternal gift for you. II Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Jesus is more interested in your future than your past. No matter you state before or your situation, put them aside for this moment. 

 

We will pray into the truth of this revelation to be registered in our spirits to prepare us for TSP.

 

PRAYER POINT 2

Luke 19:3-4 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. 

Zacchaeus was enthusiastic to see Jesus. That enthusiasm attracted Jesus to his very position. Jeremiah 29:13-14, And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 

1. How enthusiastic are you to have an encounter in TSP. 

2. What personal effort are you putting in to overcome hindrances to your encounter with Jesus in TSP.

Meditate as we pray into these points.

 

PRAYER POINT 3

Luke 19:5-6 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.

TSP is not the ONLY place you will encounter God, but an opportunity you will not want to pass you by. It can be a significant springboard in your journey with God and men.

Jesus, meet me in TSP, for I am desperate and joyful to meet you there.

 

PRAYER POINT 4

Luke 19:7-10 But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.” Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

 

While Jesus' walk through Jericho was a moment for others to complain, it was a moment for Zacchaeus to be vulnerable (just as I am, I come to thee, including my ignorance).

 

Matthew 10:41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. 

 

Lord is a break-my-heart moment. Receive me just as I am.

 

 

PRAYER POINT 5

It has always been the style of Apostle Paul to demonstrate God's Spirit and power whenever he ministers. We can see this in I Corinthians 2:4-5 - And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

 

However in Ephesians 6:19, Paul asked the church to pray for utterance and boldness. - and pray on my behalf that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.

 

Let's declare that TSP will be full of the demonstration of God's Spirit, power and wisdom. Less of men, more of God's leading the experience.