November 13, 2024
Matthew 21:22
“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
Do you ever find that prayer can become a duty, a requirement for each of us that call ourselves Christians? Have you experienced that prayer can become a routine task, leading to rather meaningless prayers? This can happen can't it.
If prayer as we often say is an important way to mantain a connection with God. That prayer is a relationship practice between God and ourselves, where we both speak and listen. Then perhaps we need to think about how to pray with intention. By praying with intention, we can transform our spiritual practice and witness positive changes in our lives.
“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith” Matthew 21:22 teaches us. In other words it is saying believe in what you pray for. When we ask God for help or for him to bring things into our life, or the life of others, trust wholeheartedly that God will take care of things. 1 Peter 5:7 invites us to "cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” We know that our God has our best interest at heart, so in prayer we express our confidence and trust that he knows what is best for our life.
“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith” Matthew 21:22 teaches us. In other words it is saying believe in what you pray for. When we ask God for help or for him to bring things into our life, or the life of others, trust wholeheartedly that God will take care of things. 1 Peter 5:7 invites us to "cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” We know that our God has our best interest at heart, so in prayer we express our confidence and trust that he knows what is best for our life.
who created us (Genesis 1:27),
who forgives us (Ephesians 4:32),
who saved us (Ephesians 2:8),
who promises to protect us (Isaiah 41:10),
who has a puposeful plan for us (Jeremiah 29:11),
and whose words and action demonstrate the he loves us so intensely (1 John 4:9-10).
When we consider these great truths, it does fill us with a level of trust and confidence as we pray.
Placing our trust in God always. Offering our prayers sincerely, not on some sort of "autopilot" mode, but with intention because of who God is. Handing over to our loving creator, our concerns and our uncertainties, with the awareness of his promise to assist us and look after us, to be "for us not against us," then we will know in experience what the Psalmist declared "those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10
Placing our trust in God always. Offering our prayers sincerely, not on some sort of "autopilot" mode, but with intention because of who God is. Handing over to our loving creator, our concerns and our uncertainties, with the awareness of his promise to assist us and look after us, to be "for us not against us," then we will know in experience what the Psalmist declared "those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10
That is GOOD NEWS!!
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