Praying

Dear Readers,

Doesn’t it feel so wonderful knowing that we can pray to our Father in heaven and know that He hears us always. However, when it comes to prayer, God will either tell you “yes,” “no” or “just wait.” For a lot of us we just want that “yes” from Him all the time. But when He says “no” or “just wait” then we tend to not like that response from Him. The thing is, the Lord says to us “no” or “just wait” instead of “yes” is because He sees what we don’t see. He is simply protecting us from harm.  

In fact the very definition of prayer in the dictionary is this “A solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or an object of worship.” However, when we do pray and we don’t get the response that we were hoping for our reaction shouldn’t be a negative one but a more positive one. God wants us trust Him when He responds to our prayers and to know that we can count on Him. Besides when it comes down to it God is not your prayer machine. He won’t always say “yes” to what you are asking of Him. 

That’s not how God works in our lives. He won’t give everyone everything they have ever wanted in life because if He did then we would be miserable. We would not learn anything from having everything. We as believers need to remember that when it comes to praying yes He will give you what you need but not always what you want. 

 We must let go of the selfish mentality that we can have when we pray to God. James 4:3 says this “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” So keep that in mind when you pray to the Lord, that you keep your motives in check. So that when we all pray that to God that our motives are in a good place. Hope this was encouraging to you all. 

 God bless. Bye.