Pray as Jesus told us to
I had emailed this as a devotional or our bible study group, but decided that because I can't think of anything to blog, I'll blog this!
Enjoy! This one is called.........
PRAYER AND CALLING THOSE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE!
Were!Were!Were!Were!
Echo!Echo!Echo!Echo!
Now, I know that it is grounded in the Bible(the verse in all that), but I can't find it. I searched Bible.com *repeat*Bible.com*repeat*, but couldn't find it. So you could take my word for it or.....I guess you couldn't.....whatever! Anyway, when Jesus told us how to pray, he didn't tell us to keep asking as if it were the first time each time(cause I know that gets old and monotonous and boring, and apparently Jesus knew that too). He even said NOT to do that, cause that's what the Pharisees do.
What, you think God doesn't remember what you said last time? That just maybe He, in His infinite wisdom forgot your prayers?
He told us that when we pray we are to THANK Him for what He has given us, even if we physically don't have it, but we do that cause we have faith and because He told us that when we became born again through Jesus, we have all things already given to us. I will name three right here:
1. Healing for emotional, physical, and spiritual scars(His body was broken for that, not just so we could pass around a loaf of bread, take a piece, and recite the words of Christ at the last supper, as important as that is)
2. Dominion over Satan(resist the devil and he will flee from you, because the god of this world, being Satan, has no power over you when you say and believe and ACT like he has no power over you)
3. Stength, rest, and peace(read Psalm 23)
We don't need to ask Jesus for these things. No, it's not arrogance, it's not pride, and it's not stupid. Jesus is very clear that all things blessed have BEEN(past tense) given to us upon recieving salvation. We need to thank Him and thank Him and THANK HIM for what He has given us. Even when we do acquire it, keep giving thanks!
So, when you pray, don't ask as the Pharisees do, which is with vain repetitions and useless banterings, but DECLARE over yourself and your life the blessings that have been promised to us(emphasis on promised). So, if you have a problem with your back, and it hurts day to day, begin to give thanks to Jesus because He already HAS healed you. Declare that your back is whole, pain-free, and STRONG! Tell Satan to SHUT UP(which I suppose is the modern way of saying I rebuketh thee), and inform him briefly and with authority his position in your life is GONE! Now, it may take a week, a month, a year, or forty years for what you've been praying for to manifest, but leave that up to God. God doesn't fail man, man fails God. But since God isn't mean or evil, He will always let you try again if you fall in your faith.
Matthew 7:7-8 says, "Ask and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find, knock, and the door will be open to you."
So, here's how it goes. Ask once. There's the asking part. Now seek. What better way to seek than to thank and give praise to Jesus for His provision? Knock! Keep knocking on someones front door, and eventually someone will open. But the real question is, are you desperate for what you seek? Do you really want it? If you give up in a week, that just goes to show how much faith you have. How much faith you have is however long you stand strong. Do you want to have a week's worth of faith and no more?
The answer should be ABSOLUTELY NOT!
I hope I wrote everything in order and everyone was able to understand it, cause I can be confusing when I write sometimes.
God Bless!
Nick
Enjoy! This one is called.........
PRAYER AND CALLING THOSE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE!
Were!Were!Were!Were!
Echo!Echo!Echo!Echo!
Now, I know that it is grounded in the Bible(the verse in all that), but I can't find it. I searched Bible.com *repeat*Bible.com*repeat*, but couldn't find it. So you could take my word for it or.....I guess you couldn't.....whatever! Anyway, when Jesus told us how to pray, he didn't tell us to keep asking as if it were the first time each time(cause I know that gets old and monotonous and boring, and apparently Jesus knew that too). He even said NOT to do that, cause that's what the Pharisees do.
What, you think God doesn't remember what you said last time? That just maybe He, in His infinite wisdom forgot your prayers?
He told us that when we pray we are to THANK Him for what He has given us, even if we physically don't have it, but we do that cause we have faith and because He told us that when we became born again through Jesus, we have all things already given to us. I will name three right here:
1. Healing for emotional, physical, and spiritual scars(His body was broken for that, not just so we could pass around a loaf of bread, take a piece, and recite the words of Christ at the last supper, as important as that is)
2. Dominion over Satan(resist the devil and he will flee from you, because the god of this world, being Satan, has no power over you when you say and believe and ACT like he has no power over you)
3. Stength, rest, and peace(read Psalm 23)
We don't need to ask Jesus for these things. No, it's not arrogance, it's not pride, and it's not stupid. Jesus is very clear that all things blessed have BEEN(past tense) given to us upon recieving salvation. We need to thank Him and thank Him and THANK HIM for what He has given us. Even when we do acquire it, keep giving thanks!
So, when you pray, don't ask as the Pharisees do, which is with vain repetitions and useless banterings, but DECLARE over yourself and your life the blessings that have been promised to us(emphasis on promised). So, if you have a problem with your back, and it hurts day to day, begin to give thanks to Jesus because He already HAS healed you. Declare that your back is whole, pain-free, and STRONG! Tell Satan to SHUT UP(which I suppose is the modern way of saying I rebuketh thee), and inform him briefly and with authority his position in your life is GONE! Now, it may take a week, a month, a year, or forty years for what you've been praying for to manifest, but leave that up to God. God doesn't fail man, man fails God. But since God isn't mean or evil, He will always let you try again if you fall in your faith.
Matthew 7:7-8 says, "Ask and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find, knock, and the door will be open to you."
So, here's how it goes. Ask once. There's the asking part. Now seek. What better way to seek than to thank and give praise to Jesus for His provision? Knock! Keep knocking on someones front door, and eventually someone will open. But the real question is, are you desperate for what you seek? Do you really want it? If you give up in a week, that just goes to show how much faith you have. How much faith you have is however long you stand strong. Do you want to have a week's worth of faith and no more?
The answer should be ABSOLUTELY NOT!
I hope I wrote everything in order and everyone was able to understand it, cause I can be confusing when I write sometimes.
God Bless!
Nick
posted by Silly Nicky at 11:10 AM
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