Oh, the Wonderful Power and Peace PRAYER Provides
The Reverend Billy Graham once said:
“Praying is . . . the very life and breath of Christian living.”
Truly, every believer has received the amazing privilege of reverent conversation with Almighty God. Allow that thought to sink deep into you (as I allow it to sink into me). A privilege. A rite of passage. An opportunity to approach God’s throne of grace. A duty, and A necessary part of our every day. Therefore, we must pray daily: morning, noon, and night, and we must pray every morning, before we go outside to face our day. You and I must pray, and it may be words such as this: “Lord, help me take Your gospel out into the world with me today.” Continually, that’s how we are to pray. We ask God to help us carry the gospel to others because we are marching into spiritual warfare. The Bible speaks of the spiritual armor we need, and we do need the Lord’s armor protecting us. If we preach and preach as we go, and if we battle and battle against the world, we will not be effective IF WE DO NOT PRAY FIRST.
“For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses,
(The Letter to the Hebrews 4: 15 NASB)
but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.”
We Pray and Give God the Battle, for HIS WILL to be done, and God Will Bless It.
Believe it, for the Bible tells us so.
Christ Jesus, our high priest, knows the battles in our minds, on our hearts, in our workplaces, within our homes, and everywhere we go. HE KNOWS, and because He does, Jesus is able to understand our weakness, our fear, and our helplessness. Over all the requests the disciples of Jesus asked for, their largest request was for Jesus to teach them to pray, for over and over, they watched Jesus get away, alone, to pray.
So, I ask: How’s your prayer life? &
I ask myself: How’s my prayer life?
Are we on our knees taking our requests to the Lord?
Do we lay our prayers at the foot of the cross?
After Jesus was crucified, he was seen by over 500, he ate with His disciples, and came into the place where His chosen ones were hiding, for fear that they would be next (crucified for their faith in Him).
JESUS KNEW their fear.
JESUS CALMED their hearts.
JESUS BROUGHT PEACE to a world where peace did not exist.
“Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace,
(The Letter to the Hebrews 4: 16 NASB)
so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Pour out your heart. Boldly approach His throne. Trust that God will hear your prayers and respond.
It is a bold Christian who believes in the power of prayer.
It is an effective witness for Christ who takes his requests to the Lord.
It is a believing saint who fully places his trust in the LORD’S SAVING GRACE. &
It is a mighty warrior who knows the power of prayer.
Trust HIM today with all your requests.
Trust HIM tomorrow.
Trust HIM right at this very moment, for HE will not depart but will hear your tears and your heart.
And—Even on those days when no words will even form on our lips, the Bible reminds us how the Holy Spirit helps us even then. One moment we are spiritually mute, unable to speak to God or even talk about God. THEN JESUS enters & HIS HOLY SPIRIT teaches us how to pray.
“In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness;
(The Letter of Paul to the Romans 8: 26-27 NASB)
for we do not know how to pray as we should,
but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;
and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is,
because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”