What are you praying for today?
That’s an important question because that prayer may be more important than you think.
“You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips.” -Psalm 21:2
Prayers have the potential to be so powerful and are so unpredictable because they have a spiritual connection. When something is spiritually tied to God (those things that God tells us to do in the Bible), there is a potential that He will apply the supernatural to that situation. In other words, that spiritual connection creates the potential for God to perform a miracle on our behalf (that which we could not have orchestrated ourself).
Some of the other areas where spiritual connections can occur include:
- Relationships
- Salvation
- Finances
- Healing
- Work
- Ministry
- Family
There are many more.
What are you praying for today?
Who did Jesus come to save? What is the real purpose of the Church?
Jesus makes the answer clear in Mark 2:17: “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
This Bible truth is beautifully illustrated in this powerful video from Elevation Church.
Who Jesus Came to Save from Elevation Church on Vimeo.
Doing something different does not necessarily make it better. Doing something different that is also better, is how the world is changed.
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per·se·vere /ˌpərsəˈvi(ə)r/
Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success.
MARK BEESON:
Granger, IN
Jason waxed eloquent with his story of an 8th Grade bully. Then, with a gesture and a wave, he tossed his carefully stacked papers into the air. I watched those sheets of paper drift to the floor and wondered how young Jason must have felt when the bully grabbed his carefully prepared homework and scattered it in the school hallway.
I was stunned.
The illustration hit close to home; it’s not that I’ve been picked-on a lot, but I have been undermined, blocked and discredited. You have too. We all know how criticism feels; it hurts. We know the facts; all too many in this broken world are ready to push others down and laugh as they fall.
That’s true enough, but Jason told us something else that’s true.
God is for us, even when people are against us. God has plans for us that can’t be thwarted, no matter who tries to stop HIM. God has prepared works for us to do, no matter who throws us aside or mocks us for trying.
You can believe the people who take your hard work and toss it into the air as if it’s nothing (as if you are nothing), or you can believe Almighty God, who says you are worth the life of His Son.
You are precious to God. You are loved. You are valued.
Don’t believe the liars who say otherwise.
Ephesians 2:10 - For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.