Are you praying?
Are you praying – and believing God for the answer? The Bible says: Keep on praying. Keep on believing.
Realize His ways are not our ways, and His timing is often not our timing. His will is His, not ours. So we must always pray with a heart yielded to Him, for His will to be done.
That is how Jesus taught us to pray: “Our Father who art in Heaven… Thy will be done….”
And we must build-up 0ur confidence in God’s written will, which of course is the Bible and only the Bible (Hebrews 11:11). From His Word we know that He does care about us and He will answer our prayer.
“…but my words
will be fulfilled
at their proper time.”
–Luke 1:20
Zacharias and Elizabeth Prayed. Luke 1:5-7, 11-13
5 In the days of Herod [the Great], king of Judea, there was a certain priest whose name was [c]Zacharias, of [d]the division of Abijah. His wife was [e]a descendant of Aaron [the first high priest of Israel], and her name was Elizabeth. 6 They both were righteous (approved) in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord. 7 But they were childless, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both far advanced in years….
…11 And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense. 12 When Zacharias saw the angel, he was troubled and overcome with fear. 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, because your petition [in prayer] was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him [g]John.
– Luke 1:5-7, 11-13
Sarah Prayed and Believed.
By faith even Sarah herself received the ability to conceive [a child], even [when she was long] past the normal age for it, because she considered Him who had given her the promise to be reliable and true [to His word].
– Hebrews 11:11
Prayer is a mysterious thing. The Bible teaches us to pray.
- Pray according to His will.
- Believe Him
- Be persistent.
“Ask
and keep on asking
and it will be given to you;
seek
and keep on seeking
and you will find;
knock
and keep on knocking
and the door will be opened to you.
– Matthew 7:7 [Full Chapter]
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