John 14:14 (NKJV) 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
If we truly want God’s answers, we have to pray.
I say this with all sincerity. I have seen God move through prayer so much in my life and in such a powerful way that it makes me want to stay praying all day long. Why? Because God’s desire to help people is so strong, I want to lift everyone up in prayer because I know that God moves.
Prayer is essential for us in order to stay close to God. It allows us to be able to follow God and to know what He has for us in the time and hour in which we live.
It might be a correction in our step, or a healing in our body.
It may be specific directions to escape or overcome our problem, or deliverance from our addictions.
Asking people to pray for us is OK. The Bible tells us to pray for each other. But, we must remember that just because we have someone praying for us and with us, we still need to be praying for ourselves and others as well. We absolutely need to spend time with God.
Some people won’t even attempt to pray. Why? Because they think they don’t know how to do it correctly.
The most important things we need to know are these; 1. He is God, Jehovah Jireh, El Shaddai, Majesty, Creator, Heavenly Father. And, 2. the only way to Him is through His Son Jesus Christ. That’s it.
John 14:6 (NKJV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Some may think asking God for what they need is inappropriate. They may feel guilty because they see others going through difficulties and they don’t want to bother God or take away from the needs of others.
This is not of God. This thinking is wrong. And it can be prideful, even though on the surface it appears to be humble.
You see, the devil doesn’t want us to go to God and ask for things, because he knows that if we go in faith, with the right heart, and through His Son, we will see God move.
The devil will use deceitful thoughts, or pride, to stop us from asking, to stop us from getting our answers. He wants us to suffer and not get ahead in this life.
He doesn’t want us to know that we can go to God, pray, ask and receive. No. That would change us from leaning on our own understanding to resting and trusting in God.
That may cause us to walk in humility, leaving behind pride, arrogance and trying to figure everything out based on our own intellect.
It would rock this world if our relationship and trust were ever so strong in Him.
People of God, we are missing out on God’s faithfulness, guidance and victory if we are not praying and going to Him for guidance on a daily basis. If we keep running to and depending on others to pray for us, we are missing out.
God desires our fellowship through His Son.
This doesn’t mean that it’s bad to ask for prayer from others. It simply means that if we do ask others, we need to continue to pray as well. We can’t just leave it all up to someone else to find our answer.
1 Corinthians 1:9 (NKJV) 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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