“If two of you . . . agree about anything . . .” (Matthew 18:19–20)

Double up. Bring in reinforcements!

Sometimes, you need somebody to agree with you in prayer—somebody who knows how to stand on God’s Word and intercede with Him for your finances, your children, your marriage, your job, etc.

The apostle James had just been executed and Herod was planning to kill Peter in the morning. Now, you’d think Peter would have been up all night praying, but he wasn’t. The Bible says he was sleeping (Acts 12:6). Where did he get that kind of faith? The Bible says: “The church was earnestly praying to God for him” (Acts 12:5).

Any time you can sleep in the face of danger and experience grace in the midst of chaos, it’s one of two things: (1) you know God well, you’re standing on His promises and you’ve handed the situation over to Him; or (2) somebody is praying for you, somebody with “clout” in the heavenly realm. Notice, the church didn’t say, “If Peter was in God’s will, he wouldn’t be in this mess right now,” or, “Since Peter’s in jail, who’s going to preach the sermon next Sunday?” No, while the church was praying in faith for a breakthrough, God was at work on the other side of the city dispatching an angel to set Peter free. That is how prayer works. It has been said, “We can do great things when we pray, but we can do nothing until we pray!”

Do you feel like your prayers aren’t getting the job done? Double up. Bring in reinforcements! Find somebody who’ll agree with you, for Jesus said, “If two of you . . . agree about anything . . . it will be done for you.”

Today, let’s again thank those who are standing beside us in prayer but don’t know us, ask for more prayer partner reinforcements, and raise our voices to the Heavens together in a beautiful symphony and ask God for all that we need today and to provide a breakthrough.