God's Promises Sunday

 

Prayer Is Serious

Philippians 4: 6-7, be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Prayer is something most people are not sure of. There are many reasons people have trouble accepting the efficacy of Prayer.  One important fact to remember is that everything already exists. The problem for most of us is that although prayers are already answered in Heaven, we must get them to the natural world. How do we do that?

When you pray, there are no magic words, or special words, or whether you kneel, stand, or sit. You must believe who almighty God is, how much He loves you, and how He fits into your life. Once you realize the truth of how God feels about you the rest is fairly easy. The only problem some of us have had is that we don’t know how God feels about us, because we are not familiar with His word, the Bible.

Matthew 6: 7, and when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathens do, for they think they will be heard by their many words.

The reason most people do not believe their prayers are answered is because they didn’t get what they were expecting the answer to be. The fact is the Lord God Almighty loves us so much, that when He answers prayers it’s usually much more than we asked for and much better.

Believe it or not, another problem a lot of people have, and I’ve experienced this myself, we pray for something and then we forget about it. We get caught up in our daily lives, the answer comes, and we’re too busy to even notice it.

John 15:7,  if you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

People sometimes start to lose hope, because the answer was not instantaneous. As when Jesus was on this Earth, He preferred to use natural means to supply the answers. Of course, He didn’t have to, but He did. Jesus always performed miracles with someone’s participation. That participation was an example of the person having faith in the outcome.

If you remember stories like the cripple, Jesus told him to stand up and walk. In Cana at the wedding, water turned into wine as it was poured. And so, it goes with all the Miracles. The important thing to remember about prayer is that when you pray, believe you already have what you prayed for. Remember it’s a question of bringing the answer from Heaven to Earth.

Mark 11: 24, therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you for what you did on the cross for me. Your blood washed away all my sins, by your stripes I was healed, your death and Resurrection brought me salvation. Please forgive my sins and come into my heart as my personal savior. Amen. 

Praise The Lord!