Make a decision in 2019 to spend time in prayer. The Bible tells us to always pray. We are told to pray without ceasing. In scripture, we read that Jesus would go to a solitary place and pray. Now if Jesus prayed, how much more should we? Some may be asking, how do I pray always and without ceasing? Or better yet, what is prayer anyway?
Prayer is simply talking to God and, I must stress, listening to God. As you go about your everyday, talk to God like you would talk to a friend on the phone. The exception to this is, if I may, don't complain to God like you complain to/with your friend.
Let me illustrate. Let's say that you are having trouble or have a concern. First know that God already knows what's going on in your life. So when you pray to Him, say God, "I honor you and recognize that you know the trouble that I am experiencing. You said in your word Lord, that in the time of trouble, if I would call on you, you will hear me and deliver me from my trouble. So Father God, I give it to you and believe by faith that you will work it out for my good. It is in the name of Jesus that I submit this prayer and I thank you for answering me. Amen." (This is a prayer of faith and it refers to the promises of God that are in the Bible.)
Don't say, "God, I've been dealing with this issue for a long long time. When are you going to take care of it for me? I don't know how much more I can take/stand. I've been praying and praying and I haven't seen any results. Well, anyone, it's me again with the same issue." (This is a prayer of doubt and unbelief.) Do you see the difference?
Let's say that you do have unbelief. Just ask God in the prayer to help you in your/with unbelief. Remember, He already knows it anyway. So be transparent and honest about it and move on.
So you might say something like this, "Lord I've prayed about this issue for sometime now and I want to believe that I receive. Help me Father God with my unbelief. Help me in my weakness. And I thank you now for hearing me, helping me and answering me, in Jesus' name I pray to you. Amen."
One more thing, I don't want you to think that you cannot cry out to God in your suffering or going through. You surely can. However, the key is not to stay there time after time. Learn to encourage yourself with God's word and get out of the swamp of misery. Satan, the devil, hates it when you rise to praise and worship at your darkest hour because he knows he can't win - God says that "He will inhabit the praises of His people." And where God is, Satan, the devil, and his evil work got to go.
Give God the glory - Pray on in 2019.
Prayer is simply talking to God and, I must stress, listening to God. As you go about your everyday, talk to God like you would talk to a friend on the phone. The exception to this is, if I may, don't complain to God like you complain to/with your friend.
Let me illustrate. Let's say that you are having trouble or have a concern. First know that God already knows what's going on in your life. So when you pray to Him, say God, "I honor you and recognize that you know the trouble that I am experiencing. You said in your word Lord, that in the time of trouble, if I would call on you, you will hear me and deliver me from my trouble. So Father God, I give it to you and believe by faith that you will work it out for my good. It is in the name of Jesus that I submit this prayer and I thank you for answering me. Amen." (This is a prayer of faith and it refers to the promises of God that are in the Bible.)
Don't say, "God, I've been dealing with this issue for a long long time. When are you going to take care of it for me? I don't know how much more I can take/stand. I've been praying and praying and I haven't seen any results. Well, anyone, it's me again with the same issue." (This is a prayer of doubt and unbelief.) Do you see the difference?
Let's say that you do have unbelief. Just ask God in the prayer to help you in your/with unbelief. Remember, He already knows it anyway. So be transparent and honest about it and move on.
So you might say something like this, "Lord I've prayed about this issue for sometime now and I want to believe that I receive. Help me Father God with my unbelief. Help me in my weakness. And I thank you now for hearing me, helping me and answering me, in Jesus' name I pray to you. Amen."
One more thing, I don't want you to think that you cannot cry out to God in your suffering or going through. You surely can. However, the key is not to stay there time after time. Learn to encourage yourself with God's word and get out of the swamp of misery. Satan, the devil, hates it when you rise to praise and worship at your darkest hour because he knows he can't win - God says that "He will inhabit the praises of His people." And where God is, Satan, the devil, and his evil work got to go.
Give God the glory - Pray on in 2019.
No comments:
Post a Comment