If we believe not, he abides faithful. He can not deny himself.
He remains faithful even when we are not. He will never fail his people, those he loves and are called by his name.
God is not a man that he shall lie.
( 2 Timothy 2 verse 13 and Numbers 23 verse 19)
Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. ( Mark 11 verse 24.)
Believe for what you pray. Pray with all sincerity.
No one said trusting is easy, especially when darkness surrounds you, and doom is at the door.
This is the time you must dig deep into yourself and pray.
Pray when your heart is breaking.
Pray when you feel so helpless and alone.
Pray when there is nothing left to pray for when you see nothing happening.
Pray when all is quiet and there is no movement to victory.
Pray with a passion you did not know existed.
Pray and believe.
The passionate, sincere prayer of a person living right before the Lord is powerful before God.
The effectual prayer of a righteous man avails much. (Adapted from James 5 verse 16.)
Give thanks believing you have received it.
Meaning, there is no doubt. Believe the Lord is able to give you what you desire. Ask in faith, not doubting, because a double minded person is unstable in all things.
If there is doubt, then how can you say you trust God? How can you say you say in truth you believe him or that you take him at his word?
You do not believe it because you have no faith.
And you are living a lie.
You do not believe he can do it for you.
You do not believe he is great enough.
You do not believe you deserve it.
You need to make it right. You need to present all your fears and tell him about your doubts then cast them aside knowing he hears you and you trust him.
Even if your faith is small like a grain of mustard seed. He will come through for you.
Believe him and see him as God the creator. The God who loves you no matter what you have done, no matter who you are.
(Adapted from Mark 11 verse 24, James 1 verse 6 and Matthew 17 verse 20)
Next… no one said it will be easy. There can be dark days ahead…
Ask BIG, and don’t be afraid.
You don’t have what you desire because you don’t ask him. He gives us everything because he is our source of blessing, so ask. And when you ask, do it in detail. Every little thing awakes his ear. He loves to know you can trust him, and you believe he can do whatever you ask for. He is faithful.
Jesus said, ” Ask and it shall be given unto you. Everyone who asks receives.”
That person who comes to him he will not cast away or cast aside. He loves freely and fully. Ask and approach him with all reverence and boldness, knowing he will reward you.
With God, all things are possible.
(Adapted from James 4 verse 2 and Matthew 7 verse 7 and 8.), Matthew 19 verse 26.)
Next up…give thanks believing –
Trust in the Lord and ask Him for all your needs.
Whisper a prayer of believing and trust –
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust. I call on thee and there is no one like thee. Thou art the God of all and above all, mighty in power and wisdom who can never fail or change.
Hear my cry and come in as I wait for thee.
And the Lord answers saying, “Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed.”
(Adapted from Psalm 31 verse 1, Romans 10 verse 11)
Praise in the midst of mourning.
I will give thanks unto thee, oh Lord.
To the end, my glory will praise thee for thou turned my mourning into dancing.
When I looked, I saw that weeping only lasted for the night because Joy came in the morning.
( Adapted from Psalm 30)
The Lord is in control.
The Lord sits as king forever. There is none like Him. He rules with a strong arm and with great compassion.
He is worthy to be praised from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same.
(Adapted from Psalm 29 verse 10, Psalm 113 verse 3 and Psalm 135 verse 6.)
My words are not fake.
I do not want to speak peace to my neighbors but have mischief in my heart. ( adapted from Psalm 27 verse 3.)
My prayer today is that I want my words to be pure and sincere. I pray daily that my ways might please the Lord. I pray my heart might be right before the Lord who dwells in holiness and who is holy and cannot look upon sin. But he might be pleased with me and that my enemies will be at peace with me.
Amen.
Waiting on God in Hope.
When we wait on the Lord, it is not because He is slow or forgets to be kind to us. Waiting can seem very long. We do not hear or see any difference. He is not subjected to time like humans. We are born, live a little, and then we die. ( Ecclesiates 3 verse 1. To everything, there is a season.)
Time is not His enemy. It is His creation.
( Genesis 1 verse 5. The evening and the morning were the first day.) He dwells in eternity where time and the ravishes of time can never touch. Yet, God remembers what we are. He remembes we are frail creatures, and we go back to the earth as dust.
(Psalm 103 verse 14. He knows our frame and remembers we are dust.)
At the appointed time, He will come through. It will be for us perfect. We have only to trust Him.
I know it is hard. But He knows how this story ends and how it started. He is faithful.
(Isaiah 46 verse 9 to 13…
I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from the ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I purposed it, I will also do it. Hear me, I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry.)
Amen
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