Don't. Stop. Praying.

"What's your impossible? Your, 'I need a miracle,' what's got you barely hanging by a single thread?

What looks so hopeless now? What weighs down your heart with doubt? You beg for a breakthrough, but no sign of breakthrough yet.

When you've cried, and you've cried 'til your tears run dry, the answer won't come, and you don't know why, and you wonder if you can bow your head even one more time...

Don't stop praying!

Don't stop calling on Jesus' name, Keep on pounding on Heaven's door, and let your knees wear out the floor. Don't stop believin' cause mountains move with just a little faith.

And your Father's heard every single word you're saying...

So, don't stop praying!

    Matthew Joseph West/Jeff Pardo

    Meaux Mercy/Brentwood Music 2024

Recently in my little corner of the world, there has been a lot of talk and preaching about praying.

It's because, in my opinion, it's the most powerful source available to the Christian to communicate with our Saviour, and the most over-looked, taken for granted power-source.

What's happened?

We've become lazy and self-reliant.

Until we REALLY need help.

When was the last time you really wrestled in prayer with God like Jacob?

Are you, right now, in the belly of a whale of your own making before calling out to God?

Or are you diligent like the widow woman in Luke 18 who made her requests before the judge daily and was finally given an answer?

"And he (Jesus) spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint."  Luke 18:1 (Parentheses mine) 

We have been taught the how, why, what, when and where in prayer, but sometimes we get lost in the answers to our prayers:  'yes,' 'no', 'wait.'  And so we stop.

A friend of mine recently asked, "How do we know if the answer is 'no' or wait?'

Good question.

This was my answer:  "I guess if it comes to pass after a really long time, it was just wait.  I remind myself that God is not limited to time.  A day is like a thousand years to Him and a thousand years is like a day. (2 Peter 3:8)  So, if  a thousand years go by and I didn't get an answer to my prayer, God would say, 'Yes you did, I answered that yesterday!'"

Silly response?  Maybe.  I don't think it is always about the 'yes, 'no' and 'wait.'  I think it's all about our obedience to trust and have Faith enough to know that God knows what He is doing in each of our lives, and when we ask of Him something in prayer, He will answer according to what He knows is best.  

Prayer is about resting IN Him.  He knows just what we need before we even ask.

And when He answers...

     you will know...

        and it's always right on time...

            But that's just me!

"Prayer isn't always about asking.  It's about praising and thanking The One Who saved us and gave His life for us.  Prayer is telling God that you need Him and love Him"  T.H.