We get busy... We tend to think it's just not that important... We say we don't really know how to...what words would we say anyway? We may think...He won't even hear us...if we actually decide to...
To pray
Why do you think it is soo hard to have a good, strong, healthy prayer life? Why do you think after starting to pray...we sometimes can't focus right...and get distracted by other thoughts...making us want to hurry up and get it over with...when, if we only persevere in it, we would find a deeper peace than we thought possible?
Because the enemy knows how powerful it is. It is what grows our relationship with The One who formed us in the womb. The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy...and he'll do it...by keeping us...from having a healthy relationship, through constant communication, with The One who reminds us...we are precious...we are beautiful...we are a new creation...that we are FORGIVEN through Christ...that we have been called to a Life filled with never-ending blessings...that we are more than conquerors...that we...are God's masterpiece...fearfully and wonderfully made...wholly and dearly Loved...being raised as a kings and queens for a kingdom that will not pass away.
Brothers and sisters...may we not be a people too prideful to get on our knees and pray to The One who sets us free. May we not be a people too busy to take moments out of our day to say thank you, to ask for strength, to ask for healing, to ask for direction, to ask for forgiveness...to ask...for help. May we, however, be a people unashamed to be seen praying...or saying the name of Jesus out loud. May our hearts, though, not yearn for attention and still go in our prayer closets (Matthew 6:6) to have one on One time with Him...time...that nobody knows about. May we be a people not timid...but courageous to share with others about the hope that we have found in Christ. May we be a people who chooses Love...and puts others before ourselves...as we become His hands and feet...Loving a world in desperate need...
Why?
Because the enemy is at work...and wants nothing more than to have a world filled with believers...not growing in their faith...but just comfortably gliding through each day...not making waves for the Kingdom. He wants believers to look like the world looks...so that people who don't know Christ will have no reason to believe...if believers are taking part in the very same things that the lost are... Family...may this not be. We...are world changers...but we will never change it...unless we pray for it...and then follow...our Shepherd's lead.
Take heart, brothers and sisters...we have been called for such a time as this. May we draw near...and find Him drawing even closer. May we allow ourselves to be vulnerable with Him...and find that He is for us...and not against us. He's not trying to take from us...He is trying to give us more than we could have ever possibly imagined. May we make our requests known to Him...and find our strength, hope, joy, peace and rest...in His embrace.
To pray
Why do you think it is soo hard to have a good, strong, healthy prayer life? Why do you think after starting to pray...we sometimes can't focus right...and get distracted by other thoughts...making us want to hurry up and get it over with...when, if we only persevere in it, we would find a deeper peace than we thought possible?
Because the enemy knows how powerful it is. It is what grows our relationship with The One who formed us in the womb. The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy...and he'll do it...by keeping us...from having a healthy relationship, through constant communication, with The One who reminds us...we are precious...we are beautiful...we are a new creation...that we are FORGIVEN through Christ...that we have been called to a Life filled with never-ending blessings...that we are more than conquerors...that we...are God's masterpiece...fearfully and wonderfully made...wholly and dearly Loved...being raised as a kings and queens for a kingdom that will not pass away.
Brothers and sisters...may we not be a people too prideful to get on our knees and pray to The One who sets us free. May we not be a people too busy to take moments out of our day to say thank you, to ask for strength, to ask for healing, to ask for direction, to ask for forgiveness...to ask...for help. May we, however, be a people unashamed to be seen praying...or saying the name of Jesus out loud. May our hearts, though, not yearn for attention and still go in our prayer closets (Matthew 6:6) to have one on One time with Him...time...that nobody knows about. May we be a people not timid...but courageous to share with others about the hope that we have found in Christ. May we be a people who chooses Love...and puts others before ourselves...as we become His hands and feet...Loving a world in desperate need...
Why?
Because the enemy is at work...and wants nothing more than to have a world filled with believers...not growing in their faith...but just comfortably gliding through each day...not making waves for the Kingdom. He wants believers to look like the world looks...so that people who don't know Christ will have no reason to believe...if believers are taking part in the very same things that the lost are... Family...may this not be. We...are world changers...but we will never change it...unless we pray for it...and then follow...our Shepherd's lead.
Take heart, brothers and sisters...we have been called for such a time as this. May we draw near...and find Him drawing even closer. May we allow ourselves to be vulnerable with Him...and find that He is for us...and not against us. He's not trying to take from us...He is trying to give us more than we could have ever possibly imagined. May we make our requests known to Him...and find our strength, hope, joy, peace and rest...in His embrace.
#PrayForIt
Ref:
Philippians 4:6, Ephesians 2:10, James 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Matthew 6:6
Ref:
Philippians 4:6, Ephesians 2:10, James 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Matthew 6:6
