Encouragement
THE PRAYER STRUGGLE AND THE VICTORY DOUBLE!
The prayer struggle refers to the common difficulty many believers experience in maintaining a consistent, focused, and fervent prayer life, despite a genuine desire to do so. It is widely recognized by spiritual leaders as a universal challenge, often described as a form of spiritual combat or the most productive work that requires effort and perseverance. PERSISTENCE IS GREAT FAITH THAT PLEASES GOD GREATLY. If we persist, resist and insist, we will reap the monumental spiritual, physical and material rewards promised by God. When prayer is a struggle, your victory is a double. Keep at it till you get there!
O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray to the LORD day and night for the fulfillment of his promises. Take no rest, all you who pray. Give the LORD no rest until he makes Jerusalem the object of praise throughout the earth. Isaiah 62:6-7.
Hebrews 11:6.
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Luke 18:1.
Jesus told His disciples a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit.
As we hear, study and meditate on God's Word regularly, we get pregnant with His PROMISES. Then, when we DECLARE those precious promises BACK TO GOD in prayer, we receive divine ability to give birth to MIRACLES.
Luke 5:16.
But Jesus OFTEN withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
IF JESUS CHRIST, THE CREATOR OF THE WORLD AND MAKER OF ALL THINGS PRAYED OFTEN, WHAT’S OUR EXCUSE NOT TO DO THE SAME?
WE HAVE NO EXCUSE!
We know that prayer, especially in solitude, is powerful and vital to our spiritual and material well being, as well as that of God's entire glorious Kingdom. Then, we must shun all EXCUSES, do it and reap the massive benefits. We must realize that if we don't plan to seek the Lord in solitude and regularly, the enemy of our life would have access into our lives to steal, kill and destroy God's goodness and that could isolate us and rob us of the benefits of effective prayer! Jesus Christ cautioned us.
John.10.10.
The thief, the Devil does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that you may have life, and that you may have it more abundantly.
It's time to pray hard when it's hard to pray. COMPEL YOURSELF TO PRAY! As you deliberately start yourself praying though you don’t feel like it, the Spirit of God comes on you to help your weakness. GOD WANTS TO HELP YOU PRAY MORE SO YOU CAN BE BLESSED, DELIVERED AND ANOINTED MORE!
We start praying by faith. We keep praying in faith. Do not feel like it before you pray, start, and you will feel like praying! The Holy Spirit moves only on those on the move. He is the Spirit of faith. We walk by faith and not by sight.
Read the Psalms aloud, use your prayer list, pray over those names one after the other. Sing praises in between, speak in other tongues for hours while you walk around, do the laundry or dishes etc. Stay awake and focused, for your prayer is making a great impact.
When we are dissatisfied with where we are in God, He is satisfied. But when we're satisfied, He's dissatisfied! Our dissatisfaction in our spiritual status quo is the only convincing proof that we're willing and prepared to move forward, towards the mark of our high calling in Christ Jesus.
Hallelujah!
The prayer struggle refers to the common difficulty many believers experience in maintaining a consistent, focused, and fervent prayer life, despite a genuine desire to do so. It is widely recognized by spiritual leaders as a universal challenge, often described as a form of spiritual combat or the most productive work that requires effort and perseverance. PERSISTENCE IS GREAT FAITH THAT PLEASES GOD GREATLY. If we persist, resist and insist, we will reap the monumental spiritual, physical and material rewards promised by God. When prayer is a struggle, your victory is a double. Keep at it till you get there!
O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray to the LORD day and night for the fulfillment of his promises. Take no rest, all you who pray. Give the LORD no rest until he makes Jerusalem the object of praise throughout the earth. Isaiah 62:6-7.
Hebrews 11:6.
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Luke 18:1.
Jesus told His disciples a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit.
As we hear, study and meditate on God's Word regularly, we get pregnant with His PROMISES. Then, when we DECLARE those precious promises BACK TO GOD in prayer, we receive divine ability to give birth to MIRACLES.
Luke 5:16.
But Jesus OFTEN withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
IF JESUS CHRIST, THE CREATOR OF THE WORLD AND MAKER OF ALL THINGS PRAYED OFTEN, WHAT’S OUR EXCUSE NOT TO DO THE SAME?
WE HAVE NO EXCUSE!
We know that prayer, especially in solitude, is powerful and vital to our spiritual and material well being, as well as that of God's entire glorious Kingdom. Then, we must shun all EXCUSES, do it and reap the massive benefits. We must realize that if we don't plan to seek the Lord in solitude and regularly, the enemy of our life would have access into our lives to steal, kill and destroy God's goodness and that could isolate us and rob us of the benefits of effective prayer! Jesus Christ cautioned us.
John.10.10.
The thief, the Devil does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that you may have life, and that you may have it more abundantly.
It's time to pray hard when it's hard to pray. COMPEL YOURSELF TO PRAY! As you deliberately start yourself praying though you don’t feel like it, the Spirit of God comes on you to help your weakness. GOD WANTS TO HELP YOU PRAY MORE SO YOU CAN BE BLESSED, DELIVERED AND ANOINTED MORE!
We start praying by faith. We keep praying in faith. Do not feel like it before you pray, start, and you will feel like praying! The Holy Spirit moves only on those on the move. He is the Spirit of faith. We walk by faith and not by sight.
Read the Psalms aloud, use your prayer list, pray over those names one after the other. Sing praises in between, speak in other tongues for hours while you walk around, do the laundry or dishes etc. Stay awake and focused, for your prayer is making a great impact.
When we are dissatisfied with where we are in God, He is satisfied. But when we're satisfied, He's dissatisfied! Our dissatisfaction in our spiritual status quo is the only convincing proof that we're willing and prepared to move forward, towards the mark of our high calling in Christ Jesus.
Hallelujah!
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