I want to speak to you about five things you need to know about prayer. Prayer is the breathe of the believer. The truth is we have all found ourselves driven to our knees to pray. It is almost impossible to live without prayer.
[Colossians 4:2 KJV] “Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;”
Those who play down on prayer are playing down on their lives. There is no way you can win except by prayer. We must all engage the force of prayer. If you want the best results from prayer, then we must remember to the following;
1. Pray without ceasing:
The Bible teaches us to “pray without ceasing” in 1 Thessalonians 5:17. There are times when you don’t feel like praying and that is the time you must pray the more. You ought to pray and pray without ceasing. We must keep on praying. We must keep praying through the seasons of life.
2. Pray when you feel burdened and beaking, or overwhelmed:
In Luke 18:1 we learn that “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;”. The Bible is teaching that there are times when you will feel like giving up, but when you get to that point, just hang on and keep praying. When life tries to beat you down, resist the temptation to bulge and crumple and rather, stand in prayer. May you arise and begin to stand in prayer! Consistency matters, and we must strive to be consistent.
3. Pray when you feel ansxious:
I encourage you to be anxious for nothing, but to pray instead. In Philippians 4:6-7, the Bible say, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”. I believe with all my heart that there are times when things try to alarm you. But I believe you shouldn’t allow anything to alarm you; bring everything to God in prayer. Let each of us learn to carry my fears to God in prayer.
4. Pray when you feel needy and helpless:
What do you do in the day of need? What do you do when things are getting out of control. What do you do when you face an evil day? Just pray! The Bible encourages us to come boldly before the throne of grace. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16KJV). When we learn to come boldly before the throne if grace in the day of need, we recieve grace. Most of the decisions we make in the day of need go wrong or are faulty. The best things to do in the day of need is to come boldly before God in prayer. We all face difficult times and we must all learn to pray.
5. Pray about everything:
Finally, remember that many of us don’t have answers because we don’t pray. We will recieve more answers when we pray. Learning to pray is the secret to learn how to recieve. “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts” (James 4:1-3 KJV).
These are the only things that will keep you going and standing. You cannot overlook these facts and make it.
No matter how bad my situation is, prayer is the master key that brings Godly solutions to life’s problems.
Stay blessed, I love you!
Pastor Simpe Bediako
