"Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand."
Psalm 20:6 (NKJV)
He will answer him from His holy heaven...
There was more than a year-long period in my life when I stopped praying. I just stopped. I stopped praying because I stopped believing in prayer. I was not seeing the answers I needed, so I stopped believing. How can we know that as Children of God we can have confidence that God hears and answers prayer, even when we don’t receive (or more like just don’t see) the answers we need? One way is to consider the title, “Child of God.”
If we view our relationship with God as a relationship between a loving father and child, it becomes easier to see what, when, how, and why God answers prayer. Not just that, if we view ourselves as blessed and loved children, it becomes easier to see the answered prayers. We look less for the big “Christmas list” items, and more at the easy to overlook daily “little blessings.” Those little blessings really add up and can paint an overwhelming picture of abundant love and favor…if we have the right perspective. Another consideration is faith.
I stopped praying because in spite of all that I had experienced with God and prayer previously in our relationship, I lost my faith. I lost my faith that God was listening and was willing to answer. How can we continually combat this all too common reality? I will end this week's blog with a list of some great Bible verse reminders about prayer. It would be a good idea to memorize all of them…
AMEN!
Victorious In His name,
Dawn~
There was more than a year-long period in my life when I stopped praying. I just stopped. I stopped praying because I stopped believing in prayer. I was not seeing the answers I needed, so I stopped believing. How can we know that as Children of God we can have confidence that God hears and answers prayer, even when we don’t receive (or more like just don’t see) the answers we need? One way is to consider the title, “Child of God.”
If we view our relationship with God as a relationship between a loving father and child, it becomes easier to see what, when, how, and why God answers prayer. Not just that, if we view ourselves as blessed and loved children, it becomes easier to see the answered prayers. We look less for the big “Christmas list” items, and more at the easy to overlook daily “little blessings.” Those little blessings really add up and can paint an overwhelming picture of abundant love and favor…if we have the right perspective. Another consideration is faith.
I stopped praying because in spite of all that I had experienced with God and prayer previously in our relationship, I lost my faith. I lost my faith that God was listening and was willing to answer. How can we continually combat this all too common reality? I will end this week's blog with a list of some great Bible verse reminders about prayer. It would be a good idea to memorize all of them…
- Philippians 4:6 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;”
- Luke 18:1 “Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,”
- Matthew 7:11 “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”
- Proverbs 15:29 “The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”
- Psalm 145:18 “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.”
- Romans 12:12 “rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;”
- Psalm 102:17 “He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, and shall not despise their prayer.”
- Proverbs 15:8 “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.”
- Mark 11:24 “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”
- James 5:13(a) “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.”
- Jeremiah 29:12 “Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.”
- Ephesians 6:18 “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints”
- 1 John 5:14-15 “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:11 “Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore!”
AMEN!
Victorious In His name,
Dawn~
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