Prayer Process: Transmuting A Thought Into Its Physical Reality

By Ishaya Ganya

PRAYER PROCESS
Transmuting a Thought into its Physical Reality

Undeniably, the transmutation of a thought into its physical reality is the world’s most adventurous human endeavour. Everyone has an ambition! From the common man on the streets to the monarchs in their palaces, not a minute passes without the thought of how to crystallize such ambitions. Prayer is the facilitator of this process. It begins with a simple thought in the mind that is nurtured, incubated and finally hatched. The cycle goes on and on. This book provides a guide to building the critical infrastructure that is needed to be put in place to sustain this cycle. Ensuring that we stay in line with gods expectations of us as His workmanship.

Some of the chapters you would find in this book are:
The Purpose of prayer
The Power of thoughts in prayer
Praying your vision
Need –an incentive for prayer
All things are possible if you believe
The speech that pleases the Lord

As you make the choice to read this book, let me remind you that prayer is an activity of the heart and mind. Therefore, “Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.” (Proverbs 4:23)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ishaya Ganya
• Release date: Nov 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9789785695090

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Prayer Process

Transmuting a Thought into its Physical Reality

Ishaya Ganya

Foreword by: Ambassador S. T. Dogonyaro OON, mni

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Copyright © 2021 by Ishaya Ganya

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No portion of this Book may be used without the written permission of the Publisher or Author, with the exception of brief excerpts in magazine articles, reviews.

Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are taken from New King James Version of the Bible.

PRAYER PROCESS ISBN: 978-978-56950-9-0

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Contents

Special Dedication

Tribute

Acknowledgment

Foreword

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER

CHAPTER 2. THE PURPOSE OF THOUGHTS IN PRAYER

CHAPTER 3. PRAYING YOUR VISION

CHAPTER 4. LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT

CHAPTER 5. DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD

CHAPTER 6. EXPERIENCE TRUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

CHAPTER 7. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IF YOU BELIEVE

CHAPTER 8. HE KNOWS OUR NEEDS EVEN BEFORE WE ASK

CHAPTER 9. NEED: AN INCENTIVE FOR PRAYER

CHAPTER 10. THE SPEECH THAT PLEASES THE LORD

CHAPTER 11. EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE

Dedication

This book is specially dedicated to the memory of Colonel Simon Daniel Ganya, for his unwavering faith in God, the Giver, and Sustainer of life.

The Late Colonel Simon Daniel Ganya

(28/03/1965- 17/01/2016)

The late Colonel S.D. Ganya was born on March 28, 1965, to the family of the late RSM Daniel Ganya and Mama Saratu Ganya. He lost his mother at a relatively young age and was brought up by his stepmother and sisters. He attended Andi Gomo Primary School, Zuru. Born into a military family, Colonel Ganya was admitted into the Nigeria Military School Zaria in 1978, and he passed out in 1983. His ambition to become a military officer was actualized when he passed the Armed Forces Selection Board Examination for the 34th regular Course in 1983, and was accordingly admitted into the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, Nigeria.

He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army as a Second Lieutenant in June 1986, and was posted to the Nigerian Army Corp of Artillery. He had an exciting career and steadily rose to the rank of a Colonel. As a junior officer, Colonel Ganya was noted for his particular interest in the computation of data at the Command Post (a delicate part of the engagement of targets in peace or war). This endeared him to his superiors and subordinates, and he was always rated professionally competent.

Colonel Ganya was born in the barracks, and he lived all his life in the barracks pursuing the professional career he loved the most, in the service of his fatherland. He traversed the length and breadth of this nation on national assignments and served in all the geographical zones of the Country (Nigeria). He equally held appointments commensurate with his ranks. Prominent among them are: Troop Commander, Adjutant, Battery Commander, Commanding Officer, Chief Of Staff, and Chief Instructor Gunnery.

He was a veteran of the Liberian war – OP LIBERTY. He served from 1991-1993. He equally served in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Eritrea (2000-2001). He was also a veteran of OP HARMONY, Bakassi Peninsula. In all these, he gave a good account of himself as an officer and a gentleman.

He got married to his beloved wife, Amina, in 1997. He was a family man that placed a great premium on family values of love and happiness. He loved his wife until death and gave the greatest of care to his children and dependents. He was blessed with a son, and was a guardian to many. In life, Colonel Ganya was a man of peace. He was a passionate soldier that gave the better part of his life in the service of his fatherland. Like his late father, he lived, served, and died in 2016 as an officer with an unblemished record of service.

Colonel Ganya is survived by his wife, Amina; Son, Samuel Jnr. (equally a soldier); brothers and sisters. He was a guardian to Isaac, an orphan.

May The Lord bless his soul and in His mercy grant him eternal rest, amen.

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Tribute to Col. S.D Ganya by his wife

—Amina Ganya

You called me Toks, I called you Dude; pet names we called each other. They meant a lot to us because in our hearts their connotations are peculiarly dear and special to us. You are my friend, my love, my confidant, my soul mate, the best of all a woman could wish for, and most of all, you were my thoughts and dreams crystallized.

When you came into my life, it was for me the exact birthing of my thoughtful expectations of a husband. Like the officer and gentleman that you were, you swept me off my feet, and showed me what it means to be in love, and remained resolutely committed to your vows to love and love and love.

You have been my token of God's joy and still are, because when I am sad, a simple thought of you puts a smile on my face and tranquillity in my soul, and that is why you were my soulmate. My Barnabas, you were not just my encouragement when discouragement set in, you insisted, and ensured my hands remained perpetually rested in your very strong and graceful hands, providing godly leadership and mentoring. This never left me in doubt of your fidelity to me and the children. Your love for us was uncommon and simply amazing, and in my heart of hearts, you were an epitome of the kind of love the Bible requires of a husband towards his wife in Ephesians 5:25 (Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her).

As I look back today, I can only think of myself as a yielded and willing helpmeet, who only gave her support to a man so competent in providing for his family, and committed to being a husband and a father. As a professional soldier and a child of God, you appreciated life and knew it had its limits. You also knew that humans are finite beings that would someday depart this world to a glorious and never-ending place. I never thought you would leave soon because we had dreams and plans to do so many beautiful things together, but it pleased the Lord to take you home to Himself.

The beautiful moments we shared as a couple and a family would forever remain in our hearts. I am particularly encouraged and strengthened by your love for God and your passionate faith in Him, which was phenomenal and serves to keep me on the line of His grace for the strength to carry on with life in your absence physically.

Your favourite songs are always on my mind. I am always reminded of how you sang them with me on that fateful Sunday morning with the confidence of a believer and a child of God, before you left to be with the Lord later that evening.

Some of these songs are:

–Because You live Jesus I live,

I have no fear of what tomorrow brings.

Because You live Jesus I live,

I live to praise Your Name.

–You have promised You will never fail,

I will lean on you (2x)

You have promised you will never fail,

Your faithfulness is forevermore (2x)

–Thanks, thanks,

We give you thanks,

For all you have done in our lives. We are so blessed,

Our souls have found rest, Oh Lord, we give you thanks.

How can I ever forget these beautiful songs of confident assurance? I know you lved me, but I loved you more. I am certain we will meet at the bosom of the Lord to part no more. While we await that day, I assure you that the children and I shall remain trusting and following Jesus Christ, our Lord, and Saviour, Redeemer, and King, ayou continue to rest peacefully in His bosom.

Love always,

Toks.

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Acknowledgment

The reward of team work is immeasurable. This book is a product of a great team work. I have enjoyed the company of excellent persons whose devotion to seeing to the success of this project is unparalleled. I'm concerned that if I try to list them all, I'd leave someone out. So instead, I would simply register my profound gratitude to God for allowing these people to facilitate the needed incentive for this work. Without it I would be starved as a writer and grossly underdeveloped in this venture.

However, there are few individuals whose proficient contributions demands mentioning. This is not in any way an attempt to downplay the impute of the many other members of this team.

The very amiable and Ambassador Sunday Thomas Dogonyaro: The few moments I have had the privilege of interacting with you on issues of life, especially in relation to God the Father on His Word and His world. Your very kind and transparent conversations are serving a greater purpose in my life, in a way I am not sure that perhaps even you would ever fully understand. Your in-depth observations and comments vetting through the manuscript in order to ensure content aptness, and the delivery of a good book, has redefined to me what kindness is. It is aiding to reawaken my consciousness of God with us. Your FOREWORD to this book, is in itself a book. I am grateful you gave your honest God-inspired thoughts on it. Thank you for practically compelling me to think, and provoking me to work harder at delivering a good job. You are simply amazing!

The admirable Dr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki (Sarkin Yakin Zuru): With a very short notice you accepted to edit this work. Your impute and kind comments have added a great deal of value to it. With your keen wisdom and tenacious optimism , you have inspired me beyound your imagination. I am deeply grateful.

My very rare friend - Moses Paul: The time you gave to read and read through the manuscript, the very candid recommendation you gave as a friend and partner in progress, and the gusto you demonstrated in seeing to the success of this work is simply incredible. I truly appreciate all you did.

My brother - James Bawa Salka: You read the manuscript and made very simple honest imputes that have added value to my work. This for me is a display of your interest in my success. I am deeply grateful.

To a distinguished gentleman I fondly call "my Uncle" - the very unassuming Emmanuel Andrew Namah: Taking your time to peruse the manuscript at a time you were supposed to be enjoying your Easter break, is for me a commitment in service to humanity. Your work on it is a major element in reaching my goal of getting this message out to the people who need it the most. I am thankful for your encouragement and for believing in my message and my method. You are simply the man!

To my sons, Philip, Joshua and Jacob, whom I love in ways that only true fathers can fully understand. You are remarkable boys becoming men right before my eyes. It's tremendously joyful for me to be your father, and be able to provide the very crucial elements for life. Many times we have disagreed on certain fundamentals and I have had to deliberately succumb to your pressures, just to allow you learn from the necessary experience of holding such erroneous view. I believe they are as a result of your evolving cognitive aptitude, and inability to count cost at this phase of your lives. This shall pass. I am praying to live long enough to be there with you as you go through the inescapable vicissitudes of life, that are a part of the progression to becoming the men that I am laboring and trusting God for to see. Whatever happens, I want you to know that, daddy loves you dearly.

To my Sister-in-law, Tabitha: Perfectly fitted in the space of the girl and princess of the house, your role is deeply esteemed for being not just an auntie, but most essentially, the energetic sister and stabilizer to my boys. You are sincerely appreciated.

To my wife Rebecca: Phenomenally unique! In all you do, you have redefined what stewardship is, in the many ways that only you are able to. In a class all by yourself, you are standing out to deliver your commitment to love and be loyal with such grace that only you can. Over the years that we have been together, I have come to love you in the most distinctive way ever, in response to those things that make you exceptional. Undoubtedly, you are an amazing woman!

To my parents: Your graceful thoughts of me and your prayers are making a difference in my life. You gave me my first impression of what prayer is, and it is getting better by the day. I am glad you are my parents.

To my new found friend and brother, Mike Olusegun Ogunwale of Manpower Publishing House: I awe you a great deal of gratitude for undertaking to publish this book. Your commitment to doing an excellent job is sincerely noted. With a grateful heart, I'm thankful and God bless you!

Most importantly, to my God and Father: I'm in awe of your love for me. I shall remain grateful and committed to following and promoting Your purpose.

Finally, to everyone who held out a thought of me in their heart and prayed for me to succeed. I invite you to celebrate with me the birth of one of the products of your goodwill. In your moment of need, the Lord Himself shall raise for you a team of Grace to race with you to finish.

Shalom!

Ishaya Ganya

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Foreword

I had the privilege to read the manuscript of this book, but was taken aback when Ishaya, the author requested me to write the foreword. This is because it is usually those who are experts or authorities in a field of knowledge that stamp their take on a new contribution to knowledge. I am neither an expert nor an authority on the issues of God nor religion, let alone on the holy book, the Bible. As I reviewed my life relating to prayer and pondered on the request, tending towards rejecting it, I was more than convinced that I was not qualified to write a foreword in a book on Prayer Process. I then wondered why Ishaya did not follow the traditions of men. For the appropriate thing would be for his Pastor, General overseer or some reputable author of the Christian religion to validate the book by providing the foreword. Then God began to speak, flooding my heart with understanding, and I felt led and enabled to write.

This book adds knowledge to an already crowded and seemingly exhausted area, prayer, by anchoring it on the book's subtitle, Transmuting a Thought into Its Physical Reality. By so doing, the author is already laying bare the truth that prayers come from thoughts and thus, are the expressions of desires. This means that everyone prays to someone often or sometimes! If this is true, it follows that every prayer uttered emanated from either the flesh or spirit of man. If you are carnal, your thoughts are carnal coming from the flesh, so are your prayers. Similarly, the opposite is true. If you are spiritual so will your thoughts and prayers be. Thus, the first fruit of knowledge in this book is calling each person to examine and address the root of his or her prayers.

The book also attempts to inform the reader that prayer is a process, not an event or an activity, and thus a lifestyle. This indirectly provides an answer to the often-asked question, why God does not answer most prayers. Thoughts that are given you by Him so you return them to Him in prayer is a prayer God is obligated to answer, for you are His vessel of expression on the earth. Taken further, it means that the needs that drive prayer must first emanate from God. This introduces many other concepts into the process which includes: oneness with God, son-ship, Christ our Cornerstone, true identity, grace, etc. These tie our existence, knowledge, choice, and purpose together.

Thirdly, this is not a How to pray book. Rather, it provides you a series of mirrors to look yourself in, judge yourself, and make the required adjustments. The book shows clearly that once God has answered by His grace, the prayer of the unbeliever to be saved, there must be growth. Prayers and the prayer process provide the mechanism for the person (now a believer) to measure where he is with God.

We all know and agree that God is Spirit. In Hebrews 12:9, He is called the Father of spirits and in James 1:17, the Father of light. While in Romans 8:14 and Matthew 5:14 and 16 the believer is introduced as son and light. The Apostle John in John 1:12-13 identifies the basis of this New birth, meaning that real prayers belong to sons of God who are spirits, not flesh! Paul in Romans 6 captures the process of dying to self and being alive to God. Thus, possessing your self is critical in walking with God. This births the right prayers from the spirit to the God of spirits.

I remember in 2008 as I sat with God, within a minute, He said to me, Stop praying for yourself, and I quickly learned dying to self and living for Him. When you learn this – carrying your cross daily – prayer becomes a pleasure. Your motive for praying each time is right and the content accurate. The knowledge of your real identity enables you to develop the corresponding pilgrim lifestyle that is pleasing to God, as you become His vessel of mercy (Rom. 9:23).

In my study of the lifestyles of the Jewish patriarchs (Abraham, Jacob & David), the Prophets and our Lord Jesus Christ, I found that they hardly prayed for needs, but the will of God. Jesus in John 5:19 and 30 laid this pathway for us and it was illustrated by Matthew in chapter 6:30-34. This is what activates Act 20:32 – the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among those who are sanctified.

This book is rich, unusual, and written from the spirit of the author in clear lucid but graphic language. That makes it an easy but compelling read. The 11 chapters of the book mirror the prayer process and help one who loves God to develop this critical communication skill