Do You Lack Strong Faith?

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1, NIV)

What are you needing to have more faith about and trust God more for? Faith is a tall order and takes an immense amount of patience. 

Read the entire chapter of Hebrews 11 and ponder according to that chapter how your Faith stacks up. Diving into scripture on a daily basis helps your Faith grow stronger in addition to developing a more Christ centered less world centered mindset. 

Keep thinking positive and believing and don’t get angry or harbor resentment or fear in your heart as that shows a lack of faith. And just remember God’s timing is perfect. 

PRAYER: Lord I pray sometimes and believe and want to give you total control and release a situation to you but then I start to doubt. Help me Father to really stand strong and confident that you will come through. In Jesus’ name. Amen.  

Prayer Conditioning

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1

There is air conditioning, physical conditioning, hair conditioning, and so forth so why not get ‘prayer conditioned’ as well? To do this you need to be in a habit of making prayer something you do automatically when a situation arises.

Questionable Facebook post? Pray first. Text message you are not sure about sending? Pray first. Job searching? Pray first. Home shopping? Pray first. Let prayer be your first response to anything.

When you wake up try to remember to just lie there in bed and say “thanks Lord for giving me another day. Guide my steps today.” So many people run to the phone for help instead of running to ‘the throne’ so the point is to be getting ‘conditioned’ to take your concerns to the Lord and after that  if you don’t have peace about something it is probably not a good idea. Pray first.

PRAYER: I pray for those people who may not pray cause they think it is worthless or why bother. I pray Satan does not take advantage of them due to this attitude. I pray Lord Jesus that you will help me to persevere in prayer and know you hear me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Don’t Beg God, Be A Believer

As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed-the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not. Romans 4:17

What are you believing God for? A turn around in a relationship? Children to come back to the Lord? Whatever it is know that God hears your prayer and you need to stand in faith believing he is working even when you do not see evidence of any change. 

It can be easy to just collapse in fear, anxiety, or tears thinking the situation you are praying for is never going to change.

Remember this, God is working and in His time for His purposes you will see victory!  Believe in faith. Trust God ‘before’ the walls tumble down.

PRAYER:I thank you Father for the fact I know you care about my situation more than me and I need only trust and relax you are working. In Jesus’ name. Amen.