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Prayer produces results. Do you want results? Pray!
Prayer gives peace. Do you want peace? Pray!
Prayer encourages faith. Do you want Faith? Pray!
Here's an adaptation of my prayer devotion from my free ebook, God of
All Hope.
James 5:16 says, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much." Do you believe that? Let's make it more basic. Do you
believe that prayer availeth anything? Do you believe that prayer makes
any difference whatsoever?
Most people will admit that prayer changes things. They will, at least,
hope that it does, and that is a great start. Now, hope is not faith,
but it is a step towards it. In fact, it is a good place to start.
Following the logic of hope leads to steps of faith.
For example, do you believe a sick person in prayer recovers faster
than a non-praying individual? What, then, stops you from believing in
a recovery twice as fast or faster? Do you believe a person in prayer
will stay healthy longer than a non-praying person? What, then, stops
you from believing that a praying person might never get sick?
In short, if you believe prayer can change anything, what, then, stops
you from believing it can change everything? God says in Psalms 50:15,
"And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and
thou shalt glorify me."
He also says in Psalms 91:15, "He shall call upon me, and I will
answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and
honour him." God wants to answer our prayer.
Jesus spoke of prayer many times. In John 16:23, He promises,
"Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it
you." You may be asking if He really means "whatsoever?" Well, in
Matthew 21:22 He says, "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in
prayer, believing, ye shall receive." All things!
Why are we not living in the blessings of an active prayer life? It is
because we are not praying. We have a tendency of trying to do things
ourselves. The devil has us convinced God doesn't want to be bothered
by our problems, but that's not what scripture says. Jesus never says,
"After you try it yourself, come and ask for my help."
Often, Christians tend to believe maturity in Christ means growing
independent of God; however, that is just crazy. Apart from God, we can
do nothing (John 15:5), so, maturity in Christ, in fact, means growing
dependent upon him. Our prayer does not bother him. He is anxiously
waiting for our prayers in order to help us.
We serve a God that is interested in our needs and has an open ear to
our call (Psalms 34:15). Thank God for prayer.
I hope this post helped pump you up on prayer. Being pumped on prayer
will produce a divine touched life. May God's smiles surround you.
Ken Clifton
Providential Plan
http://providential-plan.com
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