UNDERSTANDING OUR JOURNEY

“ASKING FOR GOD’S INTERVENTION”

PART 2

JULY 20TH, 2003

REVIEW OF LAST WEEK:

LEFT OFF WITH OUR FIRST LESSON ON PRAYER…..

AND THAT IS…….”WE PRAY ABOUT WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT GOD”

WHAT WE CAN’T ACCOMPLISH ON OUR OWN!!!

AND REALLY IF WE WERE HONEST THERE ISN’T MUCH WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WELL ON OUR OWN

AND IN FACT…….WE SHOULD BE RELYING ON GOD ALMOST CONTINUALLY IN OUR LIVES!!!

PRAYER APPEALS TO THE ALMIGHTY JURISDICTION OF THE LORD OVER ALL THE HEAVENS AND EARTH…

AND IT TAPS HIS LOVING AUTHORITY FOR THE SAKE OF HIS BELOVED CHILDREN!!!!

WE ARE ASKING - - “LORD…LET YOUR WILL BE DONE - - - LET YOUR AUTHORITY……YOUR SWAY AND DOMINION (OVER) RULE - - HERE ON EARTH….AS YOUR WILL IS DONE IN HEAVEN”

WE HAVE ALMOST NO CONCEPT OF WHAT HE CAN SET IN MOTION ON OUR BEHALF - - THINGS THAT ARE NOT USUALLY PERCEPTIBLE TO OUR NATURAL SENSES….

THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEVER THINK OF ON OUR OWN!!!!

AND THAT IS THE SECOND LESSON ABOUT PRAYER!!!

IT OPERATES IN THE SPIRITUAL ARENA - - ACCOMPLISHING BREAKTHROUGHS ON THE NATURAL PLANE BY FIRST AFFECTING THINGS IN THE INVISIBLE DIMENSION OF REALITY!!!

WE MUST NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TWO DIMENSIONS OF REALITY!!!

TWO SPHERES IN WHICH WE LIVE AND HAVE OUR BEING!!!

THE SPIRITUAL REALM IS MORE REAL THAN THE NATURAL REALM!!!

PRAYER DEALS NOT ONLY WITH WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US…..

BUT ALSO…..WHAT IS INVISIBLE TO US!!!

JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISICPLES TO START THEIR PRAYERS WITH A SIMPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GOD AS THEIR FATHER IN HEAVEN  - - IN THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION WHERE ALL THE ACTION TAKES PLACE!!!

HE IS THE LORD OF THE HEAVENS AND THEREBY…….LORD OF THE EARTH!!!

GOD IS NOT LIMITED BY NATURAL CIRCUMSTANCES AS WE ARE….

AND HIS ANSWERS TO OUR PRAYER CAN JUST AS EASILY INVOLVE CALLING INTO BEING “THAT WHICH DOES NOT EXIST” AS WELL AS A RE-ARRANGEMENT OF THE NATURAL VARIABLES IN OUR SITUATION!!!

THE REAL ISSUES OF OUR LIFE ARE SPIRITUAL…….AND THE STRUGGLES WE HAVE ARE NOT PRIMARILY AGAINST NATURAL PROBLEMS…..BUT SPIRITUAL ONES!!!

EPH 6:12

FOR OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD…BUT AGAINST THE RULERS …AGAISNT THE POWERS…..AGAINST THE WORLD FORCES OF THIS DARKNESS……AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF WICKEDNESS IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES!!!

WHEREAS NOTHING IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD HAS THE POWER ON ITS OWN TO AFFECT SPIRITUAL REALITY………

SPIRITUAL CHANGES ALWAYS BRING ABOUT SOME SHIFT IN THE NATURAL WORLD!!!

FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT ENTER THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT………AND NEITHER CAN IT INHERIT THE ETERNAL!!!

CONVERSELY……SPIRITUAL KEYS…………………

LIKE PRAYER….

SHAPE AND INFLUENCE HOW THINGS TURN OUT ON EARTH!!!

THEY CAN BIND AND LOOSE……..

THEY OPEN DOORS….

AND THEY HEAL AND DELIVER!!!!

AND PRAYER IS ONE OF THE “DIVINELY POWERFUL” TOOLS OF OUR TRADE THAT ENABLES US TO GET AT THE SPIRITUAL….

OR THE ROOT CAUSES…….AND TO AFFECT SCENARIOS IN LIFE!!!!

THAT TAKES SOME GETTING USED TO BEC WE ARE SO ACCUSTOMED TO WALKING BY SIGHT…….AND NOT BY FAITH!!!

(2 COR 5:7)….FOR WE WALK BY FAITH…AND NOT BY SIGHT”

AND WE ARE SO USED TO LIVING OUR LIFE ON A NATURAL LEVEL!!!

WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO SOMETHING…..(PHYSICAL) ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS AND NEEDS!!!

WE WANT TO INFLUENCE DECISIONS AND OUTCOMES IN LIFE AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE SAY OR HOW WE ACT!!!

PRAYING ABOUT SOME SITUATION DOES NOT FEEL LIKE WE ARE DOING ENOUGH TO OUR NATURAL MIND………AND THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE TEND NOT TO PRAY MUCH ABOUT PROBLEMS WE THINK WE CAN BASICALLY HANDLE ON OUR OWN!!!!

AND THAT LEADS US TO THE THIRD LESSON ABOUT PRAYER:

SINCE IT IS AN INVISIBLE ACTIVITY AND SUCH A SMALL ONE IN COMPARISON TO THE HUGE…..IMPOSSIBLY LARGE NEEDS THAT FACE US……

IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE FAITH!!!!

THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEB 11:6….. WITHOUT FAITH…..(CONFIDENCE….AND TRUST IN……….RELIANCE UPON…….OR PERSUASION ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS SAID)………IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RECEIVE FROM THE LORD EVERYTHING HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU!!!!

 FAITH SPECIALIZES IN THE INVISIBLE…..AND HOLDS ON TO PROMISES GOD SPEAKS….EVEN WHEN THE FULFILLMENT OF THOSE WORDS IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN!!!

(HEB 11:1  NOW FAITH IS THE ASSURANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR……….THE CONVICTION OF THINGS NOT SEEN”)

FAITH SEES WHAT YOUR NATURAL EYES CANNOT SEE!!!

IT IS LIKE MY GPS RECEIVER WHEN I FLY!!  (GIVE EXAMPLE)

FAITH IS KNOWING THAT EVEN THOUGH I CANNOT SEE THE GROUND OR THE AIRPORT BEC OF THE CLOUDS……..I HAVE SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS ME TO SEE IN THE FOG!!!

NOT SEEING THE AIRPORT DOES NOT NULLIFY ITS EXISTENCE!!!

THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE…..YOU WILL FIND A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE LORD SAYS TO YOU AND WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES SAY!!!

FAITH IS A DECISION ABOUT WHOM TO BELIEVE!!!!

NOT JUST WHAT TO BELIEVE!!!

WE PRAY IN FAITH…MAKING THE SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND CHOICE TO BELIEVE THAT GOD IS THERE….

THAT HE WELCOMES US AND THAT HE HEARS US!!!

WHEN WE TELL HIM ABOUT THE MONEY WE NEED FOR THE KIDS BRACES…….OR

ABOUT THE JOB WE LOST …

OR ABOUT BROKEN FRIENDSHIPS WE WANT RESTORED, IT IS NOT AS THOUGH HE RESPONDS BY TELLING US THOSE SITUATIONS ARE NOT REAL!!!!

THEY ARE REAL……AND HE KNEW ABOUT THEM EVEN BEFORE WE TOLD HIM!!!

MATTHEW 6:32   “FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS THAT YOU NEED ALL THESE THINGS”

FAITH IS NOT A PAIR OF ROSE-COLORED GLASSES…

IT IS NOT A GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE

JESUS PROMISED HE WILL NOT LEAVE US….TO OUR OWN DEVICES OR RESOURCES!!!

PRAYER IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT HE ASSURES WE ARE NOT LEFT ON OUR OWN TO DEAL WITH THE TRUE…….AND SOMETIMES HEART-WRENCHING…..REALITIES OF A BROKEN WORLD!!!!

HE SAYS….HAVE FAITH IN GOD (MARK 11:22)……

HE DOES NOT SAY….”TRUST ME….THOSE PROBLEMS DO NOT EXIST”!!!

RATHER HE SAYS…….”TRUST ME….I CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM IN WAYS YOU CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE!”!!!

NOT LET ME BRING TO YOU SOME BALANCE IN TEACHING ABOUT FAITH!!!

HAVING FAITH IN GOD AND IN HIS WONDERFUL PROMISES TO CARE FOR US IN LIFE AND TO USE US IN MINISTRY………..

WE THEN CAN BE ASSURED ……AHEAD OF TIME……….THAT HE IS TRUE TO HIS WORDS!!!!

WHAT HE PROMISES IS AS GOOD AS DELIVERED!!!!

IT IS LIKE YOUR BOSS TAKING YOU TO DINNER AT AN EXCLUSIVE …..MEMBERS-ONLY RESTAURANT AND TELLING YOU TO ORDER ANYTHING YOU WANT ON THE MENU - -   -

ASK FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT AND IT WILL BE YOURS!!!

(THE BIBLE SAYS IT THIS WAY……..((((READ JOHN 15:7))))

BUT……LISTEN CAREFULLY

YOUR FAITH IS NOT IN WHAT YOU SAY YOU WANT!!!!!

AS THOUGH…….WITHOUT BEING YOUR BOSS’S GUEST…..YOU COULD GET INTO THE RESTAURANT AND MAKE A FANCY MEAL JUST MATERIALIZE OUT OF THIN AIR ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU…..

JUST BEC YOU REPEATED…..”PRIME RIB….PRIME RIB…..PRIME RIB”

SEVERAL TIMES EACH HOUR!!!

NO!!!

THE BOSS GETS YOU IN……………AND HE (NOT YOU OR YOUR WORDS)…..IN THE ONLY THING THAT CAN ARRANGE FOR THE PRIME RIB TO SHOW UP IN FRONT OF YOU!!!!

THE MAIN POINT IS TO BELIEVE THAT BEC OF WHAT HE INVITES YOU TO DO - - -  -

PICK ANYTHING ON THE MENU - - - - YOU WILL BE GRANTED YOUR REQUEST……AND YOU CAN START ANTICIPATING HOW GOOD THE PRIME RIB WILL TASTE EVEN BEFORE THE WAITER BRINGS IT TO YOUR TABLE!!!!

IN EVERYDAY LIFE……WE ORDER MEALS IN A RESTAURANT AND WAIT FOR THEM IN FAITH!!!!

WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT …….(AND HEAR ME CLEARLY) TO VERBALIZE YOUR REQUESTS AND SPEAK THE WORD IN FAITH…..

SOME CHRISTIANS PLACE SLIGHTLY TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON BEING ABLE TO SPEAK THINGS INTO EXISTENCE - - - QUITE APART FROM HAVING HEARD A PRIOR INVITATION TO DO SO BY THE LORD!!!!!!!

ANYTHING MORE IS PRESUMPTIOUS……..AND THAT DOESN’T WORK WITH GOD!!!

THERE ARE TWO MORE AREAS ABOUT PRAYER THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON WITH YOU THIS MORNING BEFORE WE GO TO PRAYER!!!

THE FOURTH LESSON ABOUT PRAYER HAS TO DO WITH A GRATEFUL ATTITUDE!!!

AS IN ALL KINGDOM ENTERPRISE…..PRAYER IS A WAY IN WHICH THE LORD WELCOMES US TO PARTICIPATE WITH HIM IN WHAT HE IS FULLY CAPABLE OF ACCOMPLISHING ALL ON HIS OWN!!!

HE DELIGHTS IN OUR DELIGHT!!!!

SO LIKE A MOTHER……LETTING A CHILD HELP SET THE THANKSGIVING TABLE…..

GOD LOVES TO SHARE TASKS WITH US!!!

PRAYER IS OUR WAY OF “HELPING” PLACE THE SILVER AND CHINA!!!

WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT HIM…….BUT HE COULD (IF HE WANTED)  DO IT WITHOUT US!!!

KEEPING THAT IN PERSPECTIVE - - - PRAYER IS MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE……..

REMINDS EACH OF US TO BE GRATEFUL!!!!

FURTHERMORE…..MOTHER’S LITTLE THANKSGIVING HELPER WILL NEED LOTS OF HELP KNOWING WHERE THE FORK GOES AND WHICH SIDE OF THE PALCE RECIEVES THE BUTTER DISH!!!

OFTENTIMES….THE LORD WILL DIRECT US IN HOW TO PRAY AND WHAT THINGS TO PRAY FOR!!!!

IF WE KNOW THAT THE LORD HEARS US WHEN WE PRAY…..

WE ALSO KNOW THAT “WE HAVE THE REQUESTS TWHICH WE HAVE ASKED FROM HIM!!!

HE WILL PUT THE DESIRES AND REQUESTS ON OUR HEART TO PRAY FOR!!!

NOT ONLY DOES HIS SPIRIT TEACH US HOW TO PRAY….ACCORDING TO GOD’S WILL…..BUT SOMETIMES HE WILL EVEN PRAY ON OUR BEHALF BEYOND WHAT WE KNOW TO PRAY ON OUR OWN!!!

(YOU DON’T Believe ME………LET’S READ ROMANS 8:26)

ANSWERED PRAYER IS SIMPLY ONE MORE EXPRESSION OF GOD’S LOVE FOR US!!!

IT IS NOT SOME FORMULATED OCCURRENCE THAT HAPPENS WHENEVER WE HAPPEN TO HIT UPON THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF WORDS OR POSTURES…..!!!!!

(EX.  GRANDMA BEALL AND HER PRAYER TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT)

PRAYER IS NOT LIKE A CAR THAT WORKS ONE DAY….BUT MUST BE COAXED TO RUN THE NEXT DAY!!!

GOD LIKES US!!!

I SAID…….GOD LIKES YOU!!!!

HE CARES ABOUT OUR SITUATIONS

GOD DOES NOT SCORE OUR PRAYERS LIKE AN OLYMPIC JUDGE DEDUCTIN POINTS FOR SLIPS……HESITATIONS…..AND IMPERFECT LANDINGS ON THE BALANCES BEAM!!!!

INSTEAD…

HE IS MORE LIKE THE COACH OF AN UNDER-EIGHT-YEARS-OLD BASKETBALL TEAM….

SCIMMAGING HIS PLAYERS AT PRACTICE!!!

RATHER THAN BEING A STICKLER FOR DETAILS….AND CALLING EVERY TRAVELING VIOLATION OR EVERY FOUL……..

HIS BASIC BENT IS TO SMILE…….AND ENCOURAGE US BY SAYING….”PLAY ON!!”

WHEN IT COMES TO PRAYER…..

SINCE MOST OF US WORRY ABOUT “GETTING IT RIGHT”…..IT IS EASY TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF TRYING TOO HARD OR CONCENTRATING TOO MUCH ON EXTERNAL AFFECTATIONS - - - - MANNERISMS…….INTONATIONS OF THE VOICE……

THAT LOOK LIKE PRAYING!!!

YOU READ PSALM 38:9…..139:4…….OR MATTHEW 6:8……AND YOU WILL FIND THEY TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT PRAYER!!!

THE LORD KNOWS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO ASK BEFORE WE ASK IT IN PRAYER………

SO WE DO NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE EXACT WAY IN WHICH WE PRAY…..

WE JUST NEED TO PRAY….AND ALIGN OURSELVES TO THE KINGDOM SOLUTION THAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED!!!!

IT IS NOT AS THOUGH PRAYER IS A GAME OR THAT THE CRUSHING ISSUES OF REAL LIFE ARE OF NO MORE CONCERN TO THE LORD THAN A PRACTICE SCRIMMAGE!!!

BUT LEARNING TO PRAY WITHIN THE SAFE…..ENCOURAGING AND AFFECTIONATE ATMOSPHERE OF HIS LOVE . . . . .

REMEMBERING THAT HE DOES THE REAL WORK……..

IS FAR MORE HELPFUL THAN IMAGINING HE WON’T DO ANY WORK UNLESS WE GET OUR PART EXACTLY AND ALWAYS CORRECT!!!

PRAYER IS ONE OF THE MOST PERSONAL AND POWERFUL RESOURCES THE LORD HAS GIVEN TO US…

AND IT IS A GIFT TO ENJOY THROUGH WHAT JESUS HAS ACCOMPLISHED ON OUR BEHALF!!!

AND THAT LEADS US TO THE LAST LESSON TO LEARN!!!

IN FACT….THE TRUTH OF THE NEXT LESSON FOR US NOT ONLY APPLIES TO PRAYER BUT TO EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR LIFE!!!

WHATEVER WE DO IN OUR LIFE…..WE ARE TO DO “IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, GIVING THANKS (COL 3:17) THROUGH HIM TO GOD THE FATHER!!!!

JESUS TELLS US TO “ASK THE FATHER FOR ANYTHING” BUT TO
”DO SO IN MY {HIS} NAME     (JOH 16”23-24)

JESUS IS THE NAME ABOUT “EVERY NAME THAT IS NAMED” (EPH 1”21)

THERE IS SALVATION IN NO ONE ELSE!!!

HIS IS THE ONLY NAME IN HEAVEN OR EARTH…….BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED!!!

WHEN GOD REESTABLISHES HIS COMPLE RULE OVER THE NEW HEAVENS AND EARTH….AT THE CULMINATION OF TIME……

EVERY KNEE WILL BOW AT THE NAME OF JESUS…..ACKNOWLEDGING HIS AS LORD OVER ALL (PHIL 2:10)

THE REASON OUR PRAYER ARE HEARD BY GOD IS NOT BEC OF WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO….

OR HOW CORRECTLY WE HAVE MANAGED TO LIVE ….

OR HOW INGRATIATINGLY WE HAVE SAID….”PLEASE!!!”

GOD HEARS OUR PRAYERS ONLY BEC WE COME IN JESUS’ NAME - - -

OR IN THE PRIVILEGE AND AUTHORIZATION HE HAS GIVEN TO US!!!

WE ARE LIKE YOUNG TEENAGERS OUT SHOPPING WITH DAD’S CREDIT CARD - - -

HIS NAME IS ON THE CARD BEC HE HAS THE GOOD CREDIT…..AND HE PAYS HIS BILLS!!!!

OUR NAME…LIKE THAT OF A 14 YEAR OLD……IS NOT FOUND ON ANY SPIRITUAL CREDIT CARDR…..

NOR WOULD OUR NAME WRITTEN ON AN I.O.U.  NOTE ENABLE US TO WALK OUT OF THE STORE WITH A PAIR OF NEW SHOES!!!!

WHEN WE PRAY…..THE NAME OF JESUS EMPOWERS AND “BACKS UP” OUR REQUEST!!!

JUST AS JESUS PERFORMED MIRACLES IN HIS FAHTER’S NAME……

SO WE ARE TO ASK…..IN PRAYER…….FOR BREAKTHROUGHS AND ANSWERS IN JESUS’ NAME!!!!

GOD OUR FATHER REACHES INTO OUR WORLD TO HEAL PEOPLE AND TO PERFORM MIRACLES IN JESUS’ NAME AS A WAY OF BRINGING GLORY - - AND RECOGNITION AMONG PEOPLE - - -

TO JESUS AS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD!!!

PRAYERS TO THE FATHER IN JESUS’ NAME………ANSWERED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT…….SHOW THE WORLD JUST HOW COMPLETELY “AS ONE” THE FATHER ….SON….AND SPIRIT ARE!!!!

THE LORD’S PRAYER WHICH SERVES AS A GOOD MODEL FOR ALL OUR PRAYERS…

BEGINS WITH WORSHIP OF HIS NAME!!!

(HALLOWED BE THY NAME)

GOD GIVES HIS NAME (AND AUTHORIZES ITS USE) ONLY TO HIS PEOPLE AS AN EXPRESSION OF HIS VERY PRESENCE AND POWER ON EARTH!!!

“IN HIS NAME” IS SYNONYMOUS WITH “ON BEHALF OF HIM AND HIS AUTHORITY…BY VIRTUE OF WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED”!!!

THE BIBLE TELLS US MANY THINGS ABOUT THE NAME OF THE LORD!!!

FOR INSTANCE:

IT IS TO BE PRAISED……”FROM THE RISING OF THE SON TO ITS SETTING!!!

IT IS A “STRONG TOWER OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE FORCES THATTRY TO DESTROY US!!!

IT IS NOT TO BE USED IN VAIN - - AS AN EMPTY EXPRESSION OF SPEECH

ONCE AGAIN WE ARE REMINDED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIP WE GET TO ENJOY WITH THE LORD…..AND THE DEAD RELIGION THAT IS ALWAYS TRYING TO STEAL AWAY THAT JOY!!!

PRAYER WORKS!!!…….NOT BEC WE WORK TO EARN CREDITS TO “CASH IN LATER” BUT BEC JESUS FINISHED ALL THE WORK ON THE CROSS….

ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!

AND INTERESTINGLY…..JESUS HIMSELF DAILY COMES BEFORE HIS FATHER IN CONVERSATION AND INTERCESSION - - - TO APPEAR IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOR US!!!!

NO ISSUE OF NEED IS TOO LARGE OR TOO LITTLE FOR US TO BRING TO BEFORE THE LORD!!!

BOTTOM LINE…

THE LORD LOVES TO HEAR FROM US!!!

COMMUNION WITH HIS IS A TWO-WAY STREET……

A DIALOGUE…..

A SHARING BACK AND FORTH!!!

AS SURELY AS HE OPENS HIS HEART AND PLANS TO US……..SO HE LONGS TO HAVE US….”POUR OUT OUR HEART” BEFORE HIM  (PS 62:8)

HE ENGAGES US IN INTIMATE…..PERSONAL DIALOGUE…….

WANTING TO HEAR ABOUT EVERYTHING IN OUR LIVES….

FROM POINTS OF UNCERTAINTY LIKE A PENDING JOB INTERVIEW…..

TO HUGE OBSTACLES AND CONCERNS…….LIIKE CHRISTFEST!!!

PRAYER GIVES US FREEDOM FROM WORRY AND ANXIETY…..

BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING…..

BUT IN EVERYTHING

EVERYTHING……………..EVERYTHING……………………….EVERYTHING

BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD…..

AND THE PEACE OF GOD……WHICH SURPASSES ALL COMPREHENSION SHALL GUARD….(OR KEEP) YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS!!!!

IT IS EASY TO BE DISHEARTENED WITH LONG-TERM SITUATIONS IN OUR LIVES THAT SEEMINGLY HAVE LITTLE HOPE FOR CHANGE!!!

CAN YOU THINK OF UNRESOLVED CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU HAVE STOPPED PRAYING ABOUT???

WHY NOT CONSIDER TODAY……TALKING WITH GOD ABOUT IT AGAIN???

SET ASIDE TIME EACH DAY TO PRAY!!!

ASK THE LORD TO SHOW YOU WHAT ISSUES AND NEEDS TO PRAY ABOUT!!!

AND HOW TO PRAY ABOUT THEM!!!

LET HIM BRING THINGS AND PEOPLE TO YOUR MIND IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU PRAY ABOUT REGULARLY!!!

BELIEVE IN GOD

BELIEVE IN HIS POWER……HIS PROMISES…….HIS WILLINGNESS AND HIS ANSWERS!!!

BELIEVE THAT HE HAS TAKEN CARE OF WHAT YOU TALK TO HIM ABOUT….

AND HOLD ON WITH FAITH TO THE ANSWER THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE IN THE NATURAL ARENA….!!!!!

FATHER….THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU LOVE TO BE WITH ME….TALKING AND SHARING WITH ME!!!

THANK YOU LORD………………….FOR WANTING TO LISTEN TO ME….

EVEN WHEN I KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE ………AND WHEN I UNDERSTAND ONLY A SMALL PART OF WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON

I AM SO GLAD……………….THAT I MAY TELL YOU WHAT IS TROUBLING ME……….

AND AS I DO………………………..I AM AWARE THAT I AM RELEASING ALL TO YOU FOR A SOLUTION!!!!

I AM NOT GIVING UP!!!

I AM GIVING MYSELF OVER TO YOU ……………BY BEING WILLING TO LET YOU WORK THROUGH ME………….

THROUGH OTHERS…………….

AND THROUGH THE CHALLENGE ITSELF!!!

THANK YOU GOD………………….FOR BLESSING ME WITH LIFE….

AND BLESSING ME THROUGHOUT LIFE!!!

YOU HAVE BEEN SO FAITHFUL TO ME………………

EVEN WHEN I DID NOT REALIZE IT WS YOU AT WORK IN MY LIFE!!!

EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED BEFORE I ASK YOU…….

I STILL WANT TO ASK YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THE (SITUATION) I SET BEFORE YOU TODAY!!!

SOMEHOW…………ASKING YOU DIRECTLY LIKE THIS HELPS ME REMEMBER ALL THAT YOU DO FOR ME!!!

I LOVE COMING INTO YOUR ‘OFFICE’ AND HOW YOU ARE NEVER TOO BUSY TO LISTEN TO ME!!!

I DO BELIEVE

I DO BELIEVE………….THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU!!!

THANK YOU LORD…..

PRAISE YOU FATHER……………

IN JESUS NAME!!!

AMEN!