Prayer Changes Things

God wants to bless us. He delights in giving us the desires of our hearts. But . . . if all we do is ask for things and never snuggle up with Him intimately, then He knows it's the things that are first in our lives not Him. So, there's prayer. When we pray, we communicate with Him at our level of understanding and knowledge of Him. We talk to Him and He listens, just as in the natural, a doting father listens to his child. It gives Him pleasure to hear what's on our minds although He knew long before we began talking to Him. Prayer is simply, talking to our Father about everything. If it's important to us, it's just as vitally important to Him.

When we pray, we are strengthened in our faith. We connect our natural with His supernatural and can live life in victory. He doesn't always want us asking Him for things in our prayer. We must offer thanksgiving and release praise. How would you feel if the only time your child/friend talked to you was when they needed or wanted something from you? Well, God has more of a reason to be miffed if we do that. He gave His only son for us to live without condemnation and eternally! If we started every prayer with confessing our sins, repenting and thanking Him for the sacrifice made on our behalf, we are 'courting' Him and He loves it. It pulls at His heart strings.

We grow with prayer while spending that time, one-on-one, with our Father. When we grow and are spiritually strong it permeates every facet of our lives. We have strong familes, businesses, relationships etc. When we are strong, we can be about our Father's business, building the kingdom and bringing the lost to Christ.

iPray, uPray, we must pray! Prayer is our wealth and the most powerful weapon we have against the Prince of Darkness who wants to take us out!

Praying for you. Please pray for me.

Love,
Avis