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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"PRAYER IS NOT JUST FOR ASKING FOR SOMETHING" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
PRAYER IS NOT JUST FOR ASKING FOR SOMETHING
WHY DO YOU PRAY? IS IT TO ASK GOD FOR SOMETHING YOU NEED OR JUST DESIRE? PSALMS 37:4 SAYS "Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." IS IT TO ASK FOR HEALING OR TO PROSPER? DO YOU PRAY FOR A LOVE ONE TO BE SAVED? THESE ARE ALL GOOD PRAYERS BUT WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT PRAYER?
IN PHILIPPIANS 4:6 WE ARE COMMANDED TO PRAY "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." FOR CHRISTIANS IT SHOULD BE VERY EASY TO PRAY. WE TALK TO FRIENDS AND PRAYER IS JUST TALKING TO GOD. HE IS NOT WAY OFF SOMEWHERE THAT HE DOES NOT HEAR US. HE IS ALWAYS WITH US THROUGH THE COMFORTER, HOLY SPIRIT, AND JESUS SAID IF WE WILL ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WORD, HE WILL ANSWER OUR PRAYERS. HE DIDN'T SAY HE "MIGHT" ANSWER THEM BUT HE SAID IN MATTHEW 7:7 TO "Ask, and it shall be given you".
JESUS GAVE US AN EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW ABOUT PRAYING. IN MARK 1:35 IT SAYS "And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed." DON'T YOU THINK IF JESUS NEEDED TO PRAY TO STAY IN THE WILL OF GOD, HOW MUCH MORE DO WE NEED TO PRAY.
HOW ELSE CAN WE RECEIVE UNLESS WE PRAY? IN LUKE 18:38, IT SAYS IF THE BLIND MAN HAD NOT CALLED OUT TO JESUS HE WOULD HAVE STAYED BLIND. JAMES 4:2 SAYS "Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not." I BELIEVE A LACK OF PRAYER IS A LACK OF FAITH IN GOD'S WORD. WE PRAY TO SHOW GOD THAT WE BELIEVE HE WILL DO WHAT HE HAS PROMISED.
THE LAST THING I WILL SAY ABOUT PRAYER IS THAT IT IS HAVING A CLOSE, PERSONAL, RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. BEFORE JESUS TOOK OUR SINS AWAY, WE COULD NOT GO DIRECTLY TO HIM. ALSO, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ASKING FOR SOMETHING. JUST SITTING AND TALKING WITH HIM IS SUCH A BLESSING. WE WERE CREATED FOR HIS PLEASURE SO DON'T YOU THINK HE ENJOYS IT ALSO? TALK WITH HIM TODAY AND TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM. YOU WILL FEEL THE WARMTH OF HIS LOVE TOWARD YOU AND YOU WILL BE TRULY BLESSED.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
