Focus on Prayer

WOW! It has been one crazy whirlwind week!!! So many things have happened this past week! It has been crazy! You know how people always say that when things are going good, it’s easy to forget to Praise God for the many blessings that He has given us. This past week, I felt that God kept getting put off because I was to busy running around, helping people. I would pray but it was not the deep, intimate prayer that I normally have. I would be in the middle of doing something and I would just mutter a quick prayer under my breath. I am rather ashamed to admit that. How I longed for the deep and intimate prayer with my loving Abba but I could just not find the time.

I then remembered that you can never find time for anything, you have to make time. So I just stopped what I was doing, went in my room, shut the door and had my deep prayer time. It was wonderful! God is so good!

God longs for us to come before Him, to humble ourselves and bow down before Him. To spend time with Him. If we do not pray with God our relationship with Him does not grow and it starts to fade.
Prayer helps us grow closer and more intimately connected with God ( But if you stay joined to me and my words remain in you, you may ask any request you like, and it will be granted! John 15:7) We do not need to use big fancy words when we pray, simple prayers with simple words are often the best ( Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2). If we do not know what to pray , the Holy Spirit will help us pray ( In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. Romans 8:26-27)

When we pray we must have a Humble Heart ( If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land 2 Chronicles 7:14) Wholeheartedness ( You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13) Faith ( Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24) Righteousness ( Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:16) Obedience ( And we will receive whatever we request because we obey him and do the things that please him.1 John 3:22).

God answers our prayers. (He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. Psalm 91:15)

Sometimes our prayers are refused. They must line up with God’s will.

We should always pray with other believers ( Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. Matthew 18:19)

Go make time to spend with God, humble yourself and bow before Him. Be in His presence. It’s amazing and wonderful. He is waiting for you to come to Him! He longs for you!

Shalom!