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(Pray until something happens)
THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILETH MUCH. JAMES 5:16b
SO MANY TIMES WHEN WE PRAY WE WANT AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
HABIT-POSSIBLY IMPATIENCE-PROBABLY BUT MOSTLY I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN.
EVERYWHERE WE GO PEOPLE ARE IN SUCH A HURRY.
REST IN THE LORD, AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM: FRET NOT THYSELF BECAUSE OF HIM WHO PROSPERETH IN HIS WAY, BECAUSE OF THE MAN WHO BRINGETH WICKED DEVICES TO PASS. PSALM 37:7
I KNOW THAT WAITING ON GOD IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT...
BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES; THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY, AND THEY SHALL WALK, AND NOT FAINT. ISAIAH 40:31
OK, SO WHAT IF I'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT SOMETHING FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING?
CHANCES ARE THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING: IT'S JUST NOT THE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN.
FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, NEITHER ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, SAITH THE LORD. ISAIAH 55:8
REMEMBER, GOD MADE EVERYTHING AND KNOWS EVERYTHING.
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I DID A LESSON ON THINGS THAT GOD CAN'T DO.
I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE TO THE LIST.
GOD CAN'T BE SURPRISED.
I KNOW THY WORKS.... REVELATION 3:15a
JESUS SPOKE THESE 4 WORDS TO 7 DIFFERENT CHURCHES YET IN 6 OF THEM WE SEE THAT THEY WERE BUSY DOING SOMETHING. SOME GOOD, SOME BAD, SOME UGLY. NEVERTHELESS, EACH OF THEM WAS DOING SOMETHING, BUT IN THE 7TH CHURCH-THE LAODICEAN CHURCH NOTHING IS HAPPENING. (NOTICE I SAID IS AND NOT WAS)
THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE LAODICEAN AGE.
THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD TODAY HAS GROWN INDIFFERENT TO THE THINGS OF GOD.
SO, HAVE YOU BEEN PRAYING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN?
WELL...
THEN LOOK UP, AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; FOR YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH. LUKE 21:28 |
