James
5:16 says Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
avails much.
There is nothing that moves a parent like the cry
of their children. The same thing applies to God. When we cry to Him,
things definitely happen. One of the reasons why the children of Israel
stayed so long in Egypt was because they were quiet. Immediately they
cried to God, He moved. This shows there is a disadvantage in been quiet
because one might suffer unnecessarily. If ten people lined up to seek
for help or to see the doctor , the one who cries most is likely to be
attended to first. There are many of us who still think suffering is
God’s way of testing us. There are many who still believe it is ok to
suffer. It is ok to endure temptation actually James 1:12 says blessed
is the man who endures temptation but the next verse which is James 1:13
says God does not tempt His children with evil actually God does not
tempt anyone. Many still believe that been sick is good. Many still
believe they need to be poor to get to heaven. Sickness is not God’s
plan for your life, 1 Peter 2:24 says by His stripes we have been
healed. Poverty is not a criterion to go to heaven, Salvation and living
a life of holiness takes a man to heaven not bank balances.
Why do we have to cry to God in prayers? Crying gets the attention of
God and makes Him to remember His promises – Exodus 2:23-24. From
studying Exodus 3:7-22, one will come to the conclusion that crying
causes God to pay us a visit
, causes God to make up His mind
to help us, causes Him to be an enemy to our enemy, causes Him to send
us help, causes Him to bring us in favor with our enemies, causes Him to
be with our helpers so that they will not fail in their attempt to help
us and many more. Crying to God causes Him to arise on our behalf and
we know from reading Psalms 68:1 that when God arises, all His enemies
are scattered. When we cry to God in prayers, we should not do it like a
gentleman or a lady. Our prayers should be hot and aggressive. James
5:16 says the effective fervent prayers of the righteous avails much.
Matthew 11:12 says and from the days of John the Baptist until now the
kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
The prayer that causes one to sweat is not a gentleman’s prayer, talk
less of sweat becoming like drops of blood. If Jesus who was the son of
God, prayed fervently until His sweat became like drops of blood what is
our excuse not to pray that way today. Before we go to God in prayers,
let’s make sure our standing with God is good. Psalm 66:18 says if I
regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
ACTION POINT: Cry to God today over that issue and I can assure you He will send help.
There is nothing that moves a parent like the cry of their children. The same thing applies to God. When we cry to Him, things definitely happen. One of the reasons why the children of Israel stayed so long in Egypt was because they were quiet. Immediately they cried to God, He moved. This shows there is a disadvantage in been quiet because one might suffer unnecessarily. If ten people lined up to seek for help or to see the doctor , the one who cries most is likely to be attended to first. There are many of us who still think suffering is God’s way of testing us. There are many who still believe it is ok to suffer. It is ok to endure temptation actually James 1:12 says blessed is the man who endures temptation but the next verse which is James 1:13 says God does not tempt His children with evil actually God does not tempt anyone. Many still believe that been sick is good. Many still believe they need to be poor to get to heaven. Sickness is not God’s plan for your life, 1 Peter 2:24 says by His stripes we have been healed. Poverty is not a criterion to go to heaven, Salvation and living a life of holiness takes a man to heaven not bank balances.
Why do we have to cry to God in prayers? Crying gets the attention of God and makes Him to remember His promises – Exodus 2:23-24. From studying Exodus 3:7-22, one will come to the conclusion that crying causes God to pay us a visit
, causes God to make up His mind to help us, causes Him to be an enemy to our enemy, causes Him to send us help, causes Him to bring us in favor with our enemies, causes Him to be with our helpers so that they will not fail in their attempt to help us and many more. Crying to God causes Him to arise on our behalf and we know from reading Psalms 68:1 that when God arises, all His enemies are scattered. When we cry to God in prayers, we should not do it like a gentleman or a lady. Our prayers should be hot and aggressive. James 5:16 says the effective fervent prayers of the righteous avails much. Matthew 11:12 says and from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. The prayer that causes one to sweat is not a gentleman’s prayer, talk less of sweat becoming like drops of blood. If Jesus who was the son of God, prayed fervently until His sweat became like drops of blood what is our excuse not to pray that way today. Before we go to God in prayers, let’s make sure our standing with God is good. Psalm 66:18 says if I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
ACTION POINT: Cry to God today over that issue and I can assure you He will send help.
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