PRAY ON…
I Woke this morning after some difficult physical days of illness….. and pressures awaited me as I awoke, “But God…” I “preached” to myself on prayer…and Luke 18;1 came to mind “Pray lest you lose heart…” and encouraged as I ended up with Hebrews 4:15-16
PRAY not because you have to,but because you must!
Prayer is not about an activity to do, but a relationship to be developed, a life of dependency, that declares self is not the answer but God alone is!
He can be trusted. He can comfort. He can strengthen, He can change hearts and circumstances if it pleases Him. He can be known in the hard place, in the celebratory place. He is accessible through the blood of Jesus continuously. He sees, He cares,He is able. His is a throne of Grace, favor, kindness, empowerment towards you that rests upon you eternally and He bids you COME..TO …RECEIVE…”This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.”-{Heb 4:15-16 NLT}…
COME …TO A PERSON… NOT AN ACTIVITY… NOT A PROGRAM BUT TO THE LIVING GOD… COME TO…. RECEIVE…IN “TIME OF NEED,”…HELP…MERCY…GRACE!
What incentive is there to Pray? The Person who bids us to come to Him, the GOD OF GRACE, who tells us we come to His THRONE of GRACE towards US TO RECEIVE UNLIMITED MERCY, AND GRACE TO HELP in Time of need. I love the way it is written “the NEEDY ONE” may come to RECEIVE…If you are needy– and which of us are not, we always are, it’s often just being reminded, and often difficulties and trials can do so, and are but a springboard to remind us we can come to a PERSON who bids us come not to hurt us but Help us in our time of need…PRAY ON!! PRAY TO A PERSON- THE GOD OF ALL GRACE…at the THRONE OF GRACE… and RECEIVE from Him, mercy and GRACE to help you…
We pray not because we “have to” but because we have been afforded the high and costly privilege to!