This is Why You Pray

We know nothing. Nothing about life, our life and especially about God's plan. He runs this universe and we are in it.

There are times when you think that He is distant from you but that shouldn't stop you from praying. Why? Because you never know what He is up to.

When the spirit comes over you, praise Him, worship Him, speak in tongues and just keep doing it until you are filled. Thank God for the time that you spend with Him. Your communing with Him is what protect you from evil, He blesses your going out and coming in, saves you when everyone else isn't. Your relationship with Him is what keeps you in His hand.

Think about it and remember that everything happens for a reason but God's love is for all seasons.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Lord! You are Good.

What to Do in the Meanwhile

Best-selling author Iyanla Vanzant has written a book on the meanwhile. It's the period when you go through a change and are waiting to receive all the good things that life has to offer. What do you do in this moment though. When you have made realizations and have taken the action necessary to bring you closer to fulfillment but you are still not there yet.

This period can also be described as the period of waiting for God to answer your prayers.

You have prayed so much that you might think that He is avoiding you. Everyday you bring your supplications to Him, you go on your knees and cry out to Him and nothing. You fast and you fellowship and still time goes by and God's answer has not been made clear to you.

When you're praying about something specific like getting a job it's easy to see how long your prayer has been unanswered and it is just as easy to lose heart.

So what do you do in these moments? This might seem redundant but you pray. You keep praying and talking to Him. Present all your feelings and thoughts to Him and believe that He has a reason for the apparent delay. A reason which may or may not be reviled to you but regardless His love will continue to be present.

Sometimes God's delay is not for you but for your testimony. Think about it.

Even as the days become weeks and then months and maybe even years (God-forbid if your prayer is regarding a job), just encourage yourself because it is God's will. Every closed door doesn't mean God is denying you your blessing. No, never. God's will, love and plan for your life will always work together for good (romans 8.28).

So smile and sing Hezekiah Walker's Faithful is Our God and Marvin Sapp's Not the Time, Not the Place and remembered you are blessed.

No Phone Calls

When was the last time yo spoke to your best friend? Probably recently because if you didn't they wouldn't be your best friend would they. When was the last time you spoke to God? I might have been just a minute ago but maybe it was longer than that. Maybe you can't remember. But the real issues isn't when was the last time but it's now that you realize that it might have been a while, what are you going to do? Are you going to put it off or schedule time to do it later? But who said later is promised?

Take a few minutes now to speak to your good friend and father. He's waiting to here from you.

Stay Blessed Saints

Fasting for Blessings

Not many churches include fasting in their program anymore but it's a sacred form of worship which is intended for seeking God's face. There are many references in the bible to fasting. The most popular being when Jesus fasted for 40 days in the wilderness.

Fasting can bring you closer to God's word while tuning your Holy Spirit to His voice. It is a very powerful form of worship that can help bring about many things including restoring and positive change.

In Mark 9, Jesus was able to cast out a demon from a boy when others who tried where not able to. When they asked Him why He was able to cast out the demon and they were not He said in vs. 29 "This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting" (NKJV).

The NIV version omits the fasting from that verse but in the bible you find many times where fasting was need to bring about change. Aaron the priest fasted a few times to stops God's wrath from destroying the ungrateful Israelites that were in the wildness.

Fasting shows your seriousness and commitment. With all that being said, abstaining from food is no easy feat. It requires discipline but even more than that it requires a commitment to God. Pray and seek His guidance to help you fast and worship Him.

My first time fasting was just over a year ago. I went 3 days (78hrs to be exact) with only water. I haven't been able to go that long for a while. I now mainly do dawn to dusk fasts where I don't eat until 6 as is the practice with my church’s end of the month 3 days fasts.

The benefit of completing a fast is that it gives you confirmation that God hears your pleas (as He always does). You may not get exactly what you want from fasting. David fasted for seven days for God not to kill his child that he conceived in sin but the baby still died. Nevertheless while refusing your body food you are gaining control over your fleshly desires and yielding to God's desires.

If you have never fasted before, look into it. Research scriptures and books to find out the best ways to go about doing it.

Here's a site that help me on my first fast:

http://www.billbright.com/howtofast/

Remember that fasting is not only for seeking God's face but also for worship. You can do it even if you don't want Him to do something for you but just want to praise Him.

God is great in 2008!

-m

God gave me Love and Happiness

Just keep saying it to yourself. Make it your mantra and say it when you are by yourself. The more you say it the more you believe it. What God has in store for you will definetley display His love and will give you happiness~

What Has God Done for Me?

It's still early in 2008 so you might be still reminiscing or reflecting on 2007. Things like unanswered prayers or problems with illness might have plague you last year and you are feeling discouraged in the New Year. You might think that because things didn't go well last year that this year has no hope. Discouragement has settled in your heart and you beginning asking "What has God done for me?"

Only God knows what 2008 has in store for any of our lives. While your financial situation may not have have gotten better, or you may have been unemployed for most of the '07, or you may have lost a few friends, let me tell you what God has done for you.

He has loved you. And if you don't think that is enough consider what His love does for you. It gives Jesus as your comforter and helps you face the uncertainties of live and certainty of death.

His love is all that you need. So whether it was a sickness, debt or job issues that you felt limited you in 2007, take a look at the bigger picture. Christians and non-Christians all suffer from the same issues but how many non-believer can smile while suffering because they know that they are heading to a place where they will cry no more.

Check out this testimony to further encourage you: http://blessingsforlife.com/blessings/doneforme.htm

Glory to God

-m

Another Year of God's Glory

Welcome 2008

Welcome God's favour and blessings

Welcome new adventures both good and bad

Welcome God's promises and most of all,

Welcome God's Love


Have you said a prayer for your heart's desires in the New Year? It's never too late. Sit down for minute and pray, ask God to protect and you in this new year of life so that His will be done in your life.

Blessings and Favour for the new year

M