PRAISE ALWAYS In order to pray effectively we’ll need to PRAISE God at ALL times. As our example, King David offered praise when he prayed for deliverance from trouble. In 1 Samuel 21:10-15 he records his trouble when he feigned madness before A′chish the king of Gath. Later In Psalm 34, he wrote, “This poor…
“If you can do anything for him, please have pity on us and help us. Mark 9:22 This prayer doesn’t sound courageous or confident. It doesn’t sound as though it would be an effective or aggressive prayer. This was simply the desperate prayer of a parent with a demon-possessed son in need of a miracle.…
Grace and peace on this wonderful Wednesday Dear Hearts Today I’ve been thinking about *peace* and our current world view. The Prophet Isaiah wrote about peace __ “They know nothing of the way of peace, and injustice is their way of life. Their paths are so crooked that no one who walks in them knows…
Grace and peace on this lovely Saturday morning Dear Hearts ❤️ As our world changes moment by moment I am reminded of my friends who are “out there” working to make us all safer: 🌺 {Bridget Allen, who posted “Hey guys keep me in prayer..gonna be drawing blood for ER patients out front of the…
Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 Praying for God’s will to be done on earth is an effective – aggressive prayer. Often, as believers, we assume that somehow everything that happens is God’s will. But that is NOT true. Lives destroyed by acts of terror, mass killings, families…
LISTEN I believe we can all learn to listen to God if we are equipped with the right tools. The first tool is a regular time and place. Select a slot on your schedule and a corner of your world, and claim it for your “time with God.” Take enough time to say what you…
Forgive Yourself and Others Do you ever feel your prayers never reach the throne room of God? If you feel that’s happening when you pray I suggest you examine your storehouse of pain and rejection. Have you internalized all of the little and large hurts instead of giving them to God? Did you stuff everything…
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If…
Praying effectively means you must change your mindset. Negativity stops the blessings of Heaven in your life. It opens a door for the enemy to come and entangle you with guilt and shame. The thoughts and things we put before us are what we focus on and therefore what we become. If we are speaking…
Anxiety is a meteor storm of “what If’s” Effective prayer eliminates the “yeah, but’s” and “what if’s” that torment the life of a Child of God. Our Abba, Father invites us to bring ALL of them to Him in prayer. Philippians 4: 4-7 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all…
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