In the midst of it all, I developed  a heart for prayer.  Over the years, I have found that prayer works, it changes things, it brings results, increases faith, is habit forming, brings peace and will absolutely bring you in the presence of God! 

So…though many prophecies talk about the good plans that God has for the individuals in the body of Christ…we need to pray so that we may KNOW where to go, what to do and When.  God knows the why and over time, if you will listen…I promise that you will come to a proper understanding!

Matthew 6 (New International Version)

Matthew 6

Giving to the Needy

¹“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

² “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. ³ But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴ so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Prayer

⁵ “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. ⁶ But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. ⁷ And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. ⁸Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

⁹ “This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰ your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us today our daily bread.
¹² And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into temptation,^[a]
but deliver us from the evil one.^[b]’

¹⁴ For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.  MATTHEW 6

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I KNOW WHAT GOD SAID!!!!

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. (Hebrews 4:12-13 NKJV)

• Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:21 NKJV)
• …the battle is the LORD’s… (1 Samuel 17:47 KJV)
• “…the enemy… is the devil…” (Matthew 13:37-39 KJV)
• “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10 NKJV)
• “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.” (Matthew 12:30 NKJV)
• “…what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.” (Luke 14:31-33 NKJV)
• This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience… (1 Timothy 1:18-19 NKJV)
• You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. (2 Timothy 2:1-4 NKJV)

• Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:21 NKJV)
• …the battle is the LORD’s… (1 Samuel 17:47 KJV)
• “…the enemy… is the devil…” (Matthew 13:37-39 KJV)
• “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10 NKJV)
• “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.” (Matthew 12:30 NKJV)
• “…what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.” (Luke 14:31-33 NKJV)
• This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience… (1 Timothy 1:18-19 NKJV)
• You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. (2 Timothy 2:1-4 NKJV)

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SACRIFICE:  JESUS PAID THE PRICE:  HE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR ALL OF US…

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. (NIV)

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is true worship. (NIV)

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. (NIV)

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If I searched the world; I could not fine one person who doesn’t want something, need something, hoping for a breakthrough…but I want to scream:  “How bad do you want it?”

Now, if I am talking to an unbeliever that’s a whole new story; but if I’m talking to a believer…the answer is at hand.

I sometimes have to remind myself that the Bible is not only a  book of victory, revelation and a training manual…it’s also full of promises…

Matthew 7: 7 says:  Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:  (Author Jesus Christ)

Prayer is a form of asking, seeking and finding.  And I’ll be honest; sometimes when I need a really big answer…I sacrifice.

I do not do it to get God’s attention!   I already have it.  I do it so that I can be sensitive to The Holy Spirit…so that I can HEAR what God has to say and often…often…I’m delighted to say that He says it over and over…so strongly that nothing else matters!!!

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