Continue Earnestly in Prayer
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My Daughter, Take My Hand to Continue Earnestly in Prayer
Colossians 4:2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
Romans 8:26,27 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Hebrews 7:24,25 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
James 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Jeremiah 33:2,3 "Thus says the LORD who made it, the LORD who formed it to establish it (the LORD is His name): 'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
Jesus said in John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
Mark 11:22-24 So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Thank You Heavenly Father
Your love, the love of Jesus Christ and the power of Your Holy Spirit will always lead me in prayer.
In Luke 18, Jesus tells you to pray and not to lose heart. With every prayer you speak or think, you must remember that God has heard you and He is prepared to answer you, If your earthly father will answer you, how much more will your loving Heavenly Father answer you.
In Matthew 6 Jesus tells you not to use vain repetitions as the heathens do. When the heathens were praying, they were more interested in others hearing their words. They were putting their faith in their words. Their eyes were not on God because they did not know what it meant to trust Him as their Father. They were trying to move the hand of God instead of trusting that God was already there helping them.
Do you sense at times that you slip into unbelief by trusting in your words rather than trusting in God? This can happen easily when you do not see an answer for a long time. You start to believe that there is something you are missing instead of remembering that your prayers are grounded in your faith in what Jesus has already provided for you.
If this happens, remind yourself that Jesus loves you deeply. He has promised to continually provide for you. He has given you a faith that is not based on what you see or do but on what He has said and done. A faith that has the power to deflect every arrow of doubt that is continually coming against you.
God is always listening, my Daughter, so talk to Him and when you do remember Isaiah 65:24:
"It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will hear.
All scripture above taken from NKJV. See Scripture Acknowledgements page