All tagged Praying
Do we believe that Jesus is able to do the things He says? When we are in prayer asking that He heal us, provide for us, or raise someone from the dead, do we truly believe? If we say “YES!” Then there are two more questions to ask before we proceed... have we invited him into our house; into the place where we presently are; into the deepest recesses of our heart? Then finally... do we have faith that He is who He says He is... the Son of the Living God?
Do you pray for your pastor, reverend, priest, or other spiritual leaders, and do you make intercession for them on a regular basis? We are inclined to think that by their position in the church, and the fact that we so often seek their guidance and prayers, that they are above the need for the pitiful prayers of someone such as us... but nothing could be further from the truth.
Do we give thanks to God as we should? Are our words the outpouring of our hearts, and the underlying foundation of our thankfulness a true and firm love of Him? It is not enough to thank the Lord when He has been exceedingly good to us, but in all things. Do we do this in sincerity, or maybe the question should be... do we do this at all?
Do you pray for those around you who are sick, or lost? Do you wait on the Lord in prayer for those who are unrighteous, and don’t know enough to pray for themselves? Do you peel back the sin in your mind’s eye, and pray for the sinner beneath? Can you bring yourself to love the sinner while detesting the sin? does God punish the sin, or the sinners?
God hears our prayers; He gives each of them audience and provides us with all those things we have prayed within His will. The question for us who pray is this... “Do I have confidence that God hears me as I pray and that He will answer me?” Confidence in the Word of God is of the utmost importance to he who prays. Put more simply, we must trust in the fact that God will do what His Word said He would do.