Good Morning,
Our communication with our Father must be kept at all cost, for we must lean heavily upon our heavenly insight and information more than anytime before. Prayer means to come near to God in worship, to draw near in supplication. Supplications denotes to voice ones petitions or requests; a humble prayer of what one wants; asking for the action desired. We must always keep our asking in line with the Word of God, we cannot afford to go off on a selfish tangent. "You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure." (James 4:2-3). Motives are our goals or our object for our action; the reason behind what we do. Therefore we must keep our motives in line with the Word because God keeps His Word. As we keep our prayer clear of selfish motives and make sure they are established by The Word, we will be confident about our prayers being heard and answered. "And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him." (1 John 5:14-15)
Remember that as we go through difficult times the enemy's tactic is to stop all communication between the soldiers and their headquarters. The enemy tries to discourage us from talking to our God, our help and Rescuer. He does it through doubt, discouragement, intense maneuvers, sorrows, longevity of time, anything that he has been successful with in the past, he will use to stop all communication/ prayer to God. "Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known; And God's peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."(Phil. 4:6-7) We see that as we continue in prayer/ communication in everything and in every circumstance and make our wants known to God we will experience His peace. We can stop the worry, the anxieties from building up in our heart and mind by praying, making definite requests on a continual basis. This builds up a kind of peace that will cause you to be able to stand when all others are blown away. It's because as we continue to talk with God through our prayers and petitions we are actually drawing closer to Him. It is the door of communication that keeps the way open so that we experience peace that goes beyond our ability to understand, peace that guards our mind and our heart. The very areas that our enemy is trying to take us captive, our thoughts and our feelings. Our prayers are helping us to build up a fortress of peace. "O God, listen to my cry; Hear my prayer! From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety, for you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me. Let me live forever in your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter of your wings!" (Psalm 61:1-4) So, continue to pray and communicate in every circumstance and in everything, opening up a fortress of peace and safety, a place where our enemy can't really hurt us.
Love,
Pastor D.
Daughters of Z 