Keith Hudson - Praying Prayers That Move God

"Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet..." Isaiah 58:1

The Cry is a prayer that goes beyond words. When that cry comes out of your mouth, it is as if your spirit itself is touching the heart of God. This is not a silent prayer, it the passionate voice of a desperate intercessor making his case before an Almighty God, no matter what it costs. It is the weapon of the few who stand in the gap in a spiritual battle. It makes the difference between winning and losing.

"You number and record my wanderings: put my tears into your bottle - are they not in Your book?" Psalm 56:8 AMP

When we cry, God records our every tear. He knows when your heart is pouring out before Him.Collecting tears in a bottle was a custom in the ancient Middle East. An offering of tears was often left in the tomb or on the grave of a departed loved one. In Persian (ancient Iraq/Iran) funerals, the priest would collect the mourners' tears onto cotton and squeeze them into a special bottle --- they were that precious. The Lord describes Himself as the Breaker, the Messiah, the Lord of the Breakthrough, in Micah 2:13 (AMP); however He needs your heart, your passion, and your voice as a point of contact, the leverage to bring breakthrough. He wants you to have the expectation of a miracle with fervency in your prayers.

There are many biblical examples showing breakthrough from passionate prayer:

A Cry for Deliverance

We can look to David as our example, when he cried out from his heart before God. The Lord heard him. His voice made entry before the Lord's throne. At the time, King David was surrounded by his enemies, but he did not let the circumstances discourage him: "Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer" (Psalm 6:6-9 KJV).

A Cry of Repentance

John the Baptist illustrated that. "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah" (John 1:23). John had a cry from his spirit for the lost come to salvation. He was a rough man, living on locusts and wild honey and dressed in camels' hair. However, with one heartfelt declaration, he gave the world the opportunity to depart from the wilderness of sin into repentance and fruitfulness.

A Cry for Fruitfulness

Consider the sisters Rachel and Leah. Rachel was barren while Leah conceived easily. There was a cry in Rachel's heart for a child of her own. She pled with her husband Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die." (Gen 30.1). The Lord gave her Jacob and Benjamin.

The prophet Samuel's mother Hannah was another case of barrenness who would not be denied. She poured out her heart before God. "She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.She rose up in spite of years of ridicule from the other women around her and cried in anguish to the Lord. Her cry brought an answer. Her son Samuel was one of the greatest prophets of the Old Testament. The Lord heard my cry for fruitfulness, too. After my husband and I were married for two years, it did not look like we were going to have children.The Lord moved me to cry out to Him for a miracle. He responded, and within 3 weeks I found I was pregnant with our first child. Keith and I went on to have three children in 6 years. The pregnancies were truly miraculous.

Points to Remember:
1) God needs our cry to take action.
2) God responds to our cries by granting deliverance, salvation, and fruitfulness.