Please take a moment to pray for Billy. His story is stretching worldwide from right here in Oklahoma. We are hoping the right person sees this and can help Billy. Thank you for your prayers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbCqeac7UHM
I have been hearing a lot the past few days about unanswered prayers. Have your prayers really been unanswered or have you just been asking for the wrong thing?
God has a plan for our life. I can promise you it is better than anything you can come up with on your own. When you pray, pray that God’s will be done and your prayers will always be answered. Trust in God that what He gives you will be good.
With that said, faith isn’t easy. It takes hard work. It is a huge decision to turn your life over to God. Remember this: God can’t lie to you, won’t leave you, and knows everything. I would rather trust someone who knows everything than myself because I know very, very little.
If you think about it I’m sure that you can remember a time when you prayed for something and didn’t get it, but that turned out to be a blessing. I can remember many instances in my life that turned out that way. God knows what is best for you. Turn your life, your whole life over to Him and you will be flooded with answered prayers and blessings.
God has a plan for our life. I can promise you it is better than anything you can come up with on your own. When you pray, pray that God’s will be done and your prayers will always be answered. Trust in God that what He gives you will be good.
With that said, faith isn’t easy. It takes hard work. It is a huge decision to turn your life over to God. Remember this: God can’t lie to you, won’t leave you, and knows everything. I would rather trust someone who knows everything than myself because I know very, very little.
If you think about it I’m sure that you can remember a time when you prayed for something and didn’t get it, but that turned out to be a blessing. I can remember many instances in my life that turned out that way. God knows what is best for you. Turn your life, your whole life over to Him and you will be flooded with answered prayers and blessings.
Labels:
prayers
0
comments
I think the hardest part of being a Christian is that EVERYONE has free will. Don't you wish that you could pray for some people to have that free will taken away for their own good? It is tough to see someone hurting and know that God can help them, but they don't want God's help.
God's purpose isn't to make everything in life easy. He wants us to turn to Him. If you know someone who needs a relationship with God, you can't force them into it. You can, however, pray for God to place desire for Him in the heart of that person. Try this prayer:
Lord, I thank you that because of your love we have a new life in you. ___________ needs a new life in you. Please place a desire for you in ___________'s heart. Amen.
It is simple, but you must ask before you can receive. God WILL answer when the time is right. As Renee says, "EXPECT!"
God's purpose isn't to make everything in life easy. He wants us to turn to Him. If you know someone who needs a relationship with God, you can't force them into it. You can, however, pray for God to place desire for Him in the heart of that person. Try this prayer:
Lord, I thank you that because of your love we have a new life in you. ___________ needs a new life in you. Please place a desire for you in ___________'s heart. Amen.
It is simple, but you must ask before you can receive. God WILL answer when the time is right. As Renee says, "EXPECT!"
At service this weekend, Pastor Mike asked us, "Who are you?" This is the second toughest question out there. The first is why am I here, but we will save that for another day.
I'm sure we can all begin to answer this question by listing our roles in life. I am a wife, mother, daughter, granddaughter, friend, teacher, cook, cleaning lady, chauffer, therapist, etc. We can look at this list and all it reminds us of is how busy we are and how many demands are placed on us.
This week I want to issue you a challenge. When someone asks who you are, make your automatic response something along the lines of, I am the handiwork of God. "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do" (Ephesians 2:10 TNIV). Slow down and realize that the only demand God places on you is faith.
I'm sure we can all begin to answer this question by listing our roles in life. I am a wife, mother, daughter, granddaughter, friend, teacher, cook, cleaning lady, chauffer, therapist, etc. We can look at this list and all it reminds us of is how busy we are and how many demands are placed on us.
This week I want to issue you a challenge. When someone asks who you are, make your automatic response something along the lines of, I am the handiwork of God. "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do" (Ephesians 2:10 TNIV). Slow down and realize that the only demand God places on you is faith.
Let me start this by asking for your forgiveness. I am not a biblical scholar or a pastor. I am simply a person trying to live a faithful and Godly life. I will be posting things for discussion, as I hope you will as the Spirit guides you, that hopefully will speak to you and help you live a life in the Spirit.
Can you think of the last time someone wronged you? I sure can. Did you dwell on it? Bitterness in your heart grows stronger when you "take into account a wrong suffered" (1 Corinthians 13:5 NASB). The more you dwell on your bitterness, the worse it becomes. It takes up room in your heart that can be filled with the Holy Spirit. Have you traveled the road where you felt like Jeremiah. "And my soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness. So I say, "My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the Lord" (Lamentations 3:17-18 NASB).
Today let's focus on clearing our consciences. When you pray today, begin with praise to God. I recommend reading Psalm 1 aloud. After you praise God, confess to him any bitterness in your heart. Ask him to cleanse and purify you of the negative and fill that space in your heart with the Holy Spirit instead.
Do you want to join in a discussion about this? Visit http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=6703&uid=8605543977
Can you think of the last time someone wronged you? I sure can. Did you dwell on it? Bitterness in your heart grows stronger when you "take into account a wrong suffered" (1 Corinthians 13:5 NASB). The more you dwell on your bitterness, the worse it becomes. It takes up room in your heart that can be filled with the Holy Spirit. Have you traveled the road where you felt like Jeremiah. "And my soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness. So I say, "My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the Lord" (Lamentations 3:17-18 NASB).
Today let's focus on clearing our consciences. When you pray today, begin with praise to God. I recommend reading Psalm 1 aloud. After you praise God, confess to him any bitterness in your heart. Ask him to cleanse and purify you of the negative and fill that space in your heart with the Holy Spirit instead.
Do you want to join in a discussion about this? Visit http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=6703&uid=8605543977
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
