Adura is Life

Many have wondered where I got the phrase “Adura is life” from. Adura is the Yoruba word for prayer. Personally, I think prayer is life.

Christians across the globe pray for a variety of reasons. This could range from financial blessing to health related matters or at the worst the death of their enemies. However, is that the essence of prayer? Jesus in Matthew 6:8 taught us something. He told us that our heavenly father knows what we need even before we ask Him.

In the earlier verse, Matthew 6:6, He told us that our heavenly father is in secret and sees in secret. How then can we make prayers to such an immortal being? Considering this, prayer is much more than a platform to make request but a place of communion.

In the beginning, when mankind had not fallen, God would come to Adam in the cool of the evening to fellowship with him. Adam was not sick them and he was not in need either. So what was this fellowship about? Jeremiah 33:3 says, “Call unto me, and I will answer and I will show you great and mighty things which thou knowest not” There are many spiritual things God wants to show us and He can only show these things to people of prayer. The book of Revelations is a compendium of what God shewed a man. “And I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day and I heard a voice as that of a trumpet” – Revelations 1:10.

In the place of prayer, the future state of nations, economies and other matters can be revealed to us. Based on these revelations, we can negotiate the outcomes and destinies of nations. When God wanted to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, He said “Shall I hide from Abraham, what I am about to do?” based on this revelation, Abraham was able to negotiate on behalf of Sodom and Gomorrah and although they failed to meet the requirement, Lot and his household was saved.

Through prayers, we are able to live the resurrected live in our earthly bodies. “…And have tasted the good Word of God and the powers of the world to come” – Hebrews 6:5. In the old testament we saw that at old age, Moses eyes were not deem and neither was his natural force abated. We know that Moses spent a lot of time in prayer. How about Elijah? He sustained so much prayer that he did not die. He was translated bodily to heaven. How about Paul? It is written that God wrought so much miracles by his hands that handkerchiefs or aprons were taken from him to heal the sick. It was same Paul that said, “I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all” – 1 Corinthians 14:18.

As we journey through earth, let us ensure to keep the fire on our prayer altar burning. It must never go out. See the prayer place as a place of fellowship, where you meet your Friend, your Father and your God.

Life, Love, and Life

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