What is the force behind your prayers? If it doesn't come from the heart, it doesn't get to God. Would you pray more if you felt like your prayers were making a difference? Start by checking your heart and your passions.
Make God's priorities your priorities and you'll notice an increasing intensity in your prayers as your heart begins to speak. Elijah was a man just like us and yet his prayers were mighty.
You and I can see more results from our prayers if we'll learn to pray from the heart. Steve Gray is the founder and president of Steve Gray Ministries , a ministry focused on restoring the glory of God to Israel and Jewish people everywhere. Known worldwide as the leader of the Smithton Outpouring, Gray is also known globally through the live revival broadcasts of World Revival Church services on Daystar Television Network.
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Have you ever known someone who really trusts God? When I was an atheist, I had a good friend who prayed often. She would tell me every week about something she was trusting God to take care of. And every week I would see God do something unusual to answer her prayer. Do you know how difficult it is for an atheist to observe this week after week?
After a while, "coincidence" begins to sound like a very weak argument. So why would God answer my friend's prayers? The biggest reason is that she had a relationship with God. She wanted to follow God. And she actually listened to what he said. In her mind, God had the right to direct her in life, and she welcomed him doing just that!
When she prayed for things, it was a natural part of her relationship with God. She felt very comfortable coming to God with her needs, her concerns, and whatever issues were current in her life. Furthermore, she was convinced, from what she read in the Bible, that God wanted her to rely on him like that. She pretty much exhibited what this statement from the Bible says, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
It may be because they don't have a relationship with God. They may know that God exists, and they might even worship God from time to time. But those who never seem to have their prayers answered probably don't have a relationship with him. Further, they have never received from God complete forgiveness for their sin.
What does that have to do with it you ask? Here is an explanation. But your iniquities have separated you from your God. Your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. It's pretty natural to feel that separation from God. When people begin to ask God for something, what usually takes place?
God is a God of love, and He is interested in every detail of our lives. He hears our prayers, and answers every sincere prayer if we meet His conditions.
We must not expect that every answer will be "yes", since we are sinners and do not always ask what is best for us. We must continue trusting Him, regardless of His answer at the moment.
God's timetable is not the same as ours. He knows better than we do when is the best time for our prayers to be answered. See Hebrews 6 God is eternal and does not measure time as we do. In the story of Abraham, God promised a son to Abraham. Abraham tried to solve the problem in his own way and the result was disastrous.
We are still seeing the results of his mistake today. God eventually answered his prayer at the time when He saw it was best for Abraham. For God to give us what we ask for, we must ask "according to His will. If God's answer is "No" we still must be willing to wait patiently, and trust God to answer in his own way and in His timing. Trust God, even though it may seem like prayer doesn't work.
Even though it may seem like at the moment He is not near and has abandoned you. Her eyes sparkled again. The miracle was so incredible Phil says, "God gave me back my wife. NFL running back Sherman Smith, the "Sherman Tank," stood six feet four inches tall and packed pounds of the most solid muscle you'd ever want to tackle. His reputation for bowling over defensive linemen raised his celebrity to near-cult status in the Pacific Northwest, where he played for the Seattle Seahawks.
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