09/24/2026
Intimate Relationship ✝️✝️
September 24, 2026
by David Wilkerson
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The book of Acts is the account of holy men and women seeking the Lord’s face. From beginning to end, it tells of how prayer moves God. In the morning and sometimes all night, the early Church prayed without ceasing. Cornelius prayed always, and Peter prayed on rooftops. By the seashore, in the temple, or in the desert, they called upon the Lord continually. They spent hours and days shut in with God, until they received dear, detailed guidance. And what incredible specifics God gave them.
Ananias was a man of God, a disciple given to prayer. “Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, ‘Ananias.’ And he said, ‘Here I am, Lord.’ So the Lord said to him, ‘Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying. And in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.’” (Acts 9:10–12, NKJV).
God told Saul everything! Why did the Lord tell this new convert such intimate details? Because he prayed! For three days Saul fasted and prayed. It was not, “Lord, what can you do for me?” Rather, it was, “Lord, what will you have me to do?”
Had Saul been saved in our time, he would have been caught up in our world of hype with a media blitz, a best-selling book, and invitations to give his testimony to churches everywhere. Like Saul, many are miraculously saved but, unlike him, they are soon living in confusion, not knowing what to do. God said to Saul, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do” (Acts 9:6). God was saying, “Go pray! Seek my face and learn to wait on me.” No direction came until he had spent three days in prayer. But something powerful happened during prayer: Saul got to know the Lord’s voice and learned to depend on his leading. Although just a newborn believer, he was already being clearly led by God. He needed no counselor or prophet to show him what to do; he needed no one to give him a word of knowledge. Why? Because the Lord said, “I will show him” (Acts 9:16).