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Jesus had a great deal to say about prayer. His disciples watched Him, and they said, “Lord, teach us how to pray.” They never said, “Teach us how to do miracles, or to teach, or to love people.” The one thing about His life that was so fascinating (and something they wanted to imitate) was His prayer life.
You must expect God to answer your prayers. If you doubt you’ll receive an answer, chances are you won’t! In James 1, we are told when we pray for wisdom, God will give it to us generously. Then James adds a powerful warning about letting doubt creep into your prayers. He writes: “But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord” (James 1:6-7). Compare that to the positive promise we find in 1 John 5:14-15: “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.” The difference is learning to pray positively, without doubting. Sadly, many Christians pray, but they really don’t expect an answer.
We are expecting God to move in a mighty way in families across East Texas who participate in Freedom Celebration. Will you join me over the next 40 days to fervently and expectantly pray for God to do a miracle in our hearts and lives this summer?
If you’ll pray for that, then we’ll really have something to celebrate!
Pastor David |
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Freedom Celebration
July 2-5, 2010
Updates & Information
will be posted here as available
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