Prayer Is A Wonderful Mystery - Philippians 4:6-7

Have y'all e'er thought: "Why pray? If God wants something to happen, it volition hand off whether I pray or not."*

C.S. Lewis said that's the same equally saying: "Why launder my hands? If God wants them clean, they'll live on build clean whether I launder them or not." 

Although nosotros can't fully sympathise prayer amongst our finite minds, God all the same tells us to "Never halt praying" (1 Thessalonians 5:17NLT).

And Scripture assures us at that topographic point are many benefits inwards prayer. For example, prayer brings a peace that is beyond our understanding. 

Do non live on anxious nearly anything, but inwards every situation, yesteryear prayer as well as petition, amongst thanksgiving, introduce your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, volition guard your hearts as well as your minds inwards Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 

If nosotros can't sympathise the peace prayer brings, nosotros shouldn't live on surprised that nosotros can't sympathise prayer itself. 

Obviously, agreement prayer is non equally of import equally only doing it. 

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* Psalm 139 tells us that, amidst other things, God knows our thoughts earlier nosotros intend them.

The Significance Of Our Lives

During the class of his 95 years of life, Billy Graham has shared the Gospel amongst millions. 

There were times he preached to thousands of people half dozen evenings a calendar week for 4 months straight. 

Last calendar week I visited the Billy Graham Library inward Charlotte, NC, in addition to I left amongst a deep honour for how powerfully God tin purpose a faithful homo or woman. 

Sometimes hearing close Christians similar Graham makes us experience insignificant. But it shouldn't. God gives us dissimilar gifts, opportunities, in addition to callings, in addition to He's prepared kingdom operate for each of us (Ephesians 2:10).

He called Graham to preach to millions, only he's called most of us to polish our lite inward a much smaller sphere of influence. (Matthew 5:16)

God doesn't stair out our significance past times numbers only past times faithfulness to His call. So today, let's hold out deliberate, eager in addition to faithful inward whatsoever God calls us to do. 

image: William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Little Marauders. 1872. 

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When Lilliputian Things Are Big Things

When nosotros know God, little things are large things.

That's because God determines our opportunities according to our faithfulness inward minor victories.

“Whoever tin hold upward trusted alongside real lilliputian tin likewise hold upward trusted alongside much." Luke 16:10

If nosotros desire to slay giants,* nosotros necessitate to "practice" on daily "enemies" first.

Before David fought the giant Goliath, he'd fought lions together with bears equally a shepherd. 

These smaller victories taught David he could trust God.

The Israeli soldiers were shaking inward their boots together with King Saul "knew" David couldn't defeat Goliath. 

But David explained that God had saved him earlier together with would produce it ane time to a greater extent than (1 Samuel17:32-37).

David's organized faith - the organized faith that killed Goliath - was formed showtime inward the shepherd's field.

Like David, if nosotros desire to slay our giants, nosotros likewise necessitate to start yesteryear slaying our everyday sins, doubts, together with discouragements.
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*difficult trials, sin patterns together with attacks from Satan

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Grasshopper Faith

We tin give the sack endure victorious inwards Jesus...

God sent twelve leaders to explore the Promised Land.

Ten of them couldn't run across beyond their fears, too they returned to alert too discourage everyone else.

Caleb tried to beak truth: "Let’s larn similar a shot to accept the land. We tin give the sack for sure conquer it!”(Numbers 13:30).

But the 10 leaders continued to promote fear, non faith, explaining they were all similar grasshoppers compared to the giants inwards the province (Numbers 13:17-33).

I read this flush too intend them idiots, exactly thence I grab myself: I tin give the sack likewise endure a grasshopper inwards faith. Just every bit God promised them the land, He's promised me peace, joy, growth, too strength. But sometimes I set to a greater extent than endeavor into my fears than His promises.

I necessitate to recollect Caleb's words too these similar ones inwards Romans 8:37: "In all these things nosotros are to a greater extent than than conquerors through him who loved us." 

Are y'all living similar a conqueror or a grasshopper? 
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Keep The Faith

"God has called us to alive holy lives" (1 Thessalonians 4:7), exactly it's slowly to stray if our devotion is less than wholehearted:

"I attempt yous amongst all my heart; produce non permit me stray from your commands." Psalm 119:10

Many people come upward to faith inward Jesus amongst fervor together with single-mindedness exactly gradually skid dorsum into their sometime ways of life.

It's normally a gradual move, a boring alter inward one's perspective, a continual giving of one's pump to "other gods."

Some methods of evangelism attract people to the Gospel past times promising peace, joy, love, hope, together with role together with never explaining the toll of next Christ (Luke 14:27-33). 

Perhaps that's why our acquaint Christian civilization oft overlooks together with excuses weak faith together with back-sliding.

Let's brand certain that nosotros never lower God's standards to adapt our lifestyle. Instead, let's estimate our goals, values, together with "treasures" amongst Scripture. 
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Our Lord's Faithful Friendship

Have you lot always been the faithful someone inwards a relationship? 

You rearrange your schedule to come across your friend for coffee, merely she cancels at the terminal infinitesimal for a slight inconvenience.

She asks you lot for aid when she has a need, merely she's likewise busy to aid when you lot bring needs.  She talks virtually herself for hours merely starts looking at her sentinel when you lot start out to talk. Pretty soon, you lot start out to experience similar a "duty," non a friend.

Not really fun to endure unopen to those variety of people, is it?

But sometimes I process God that way. And at that spot He is promising:
“I volition never neglect you. I volition never forsake you.”  Hebrews 13:5 

Today let’s brand a commitment to remain unopen in addition to interested inwards our Best Friend. Let’s non allow slight inconveniences top on us from coming together alongside the Lord.
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You Are God's Coin

Did you lot know that you lot are God's "coin"?

Let me explain:
Some Pharisees asked Jesus if He believed inwards paying taxes.

Christ answered amongst a query (he did that often). He asked whose icon was on the Roman coins.

“Caesar’s,” they replied. 

Then he said to them, “So give dorsum to Caesar what is Caesar’s, too to God what is God’s.” (Matthew 22:15-22)

The Pharisees didn't empathise Christ's total message:

If Caesar deserves everything that bears Caesar's image, God deserves everything that bears God's image.

All of creation reveals things virtually God's divine nature (Romans 1:20), only ane move of creation uniquely bears His icon - you lot too me! (Genesis 1:26-27)

The cattle on a thou hills belong to Christ (Psalm 50:10), only Christ came to populace for ane affair inwards item - human souls bearing His image. 

That's why He commands us to give ourselves fully to Him (Romans 12:1-2).

You too I are God's coins. Let's give to God what is God's.
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God Wants To Hand Us To A Greater Extent Than

Usually nosotros produce non inquire every bit good much of God, nosotros inquire every bit good little.

"For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you lot from the country of Egypt. Open your oral cavity wide, in addition to I volition fill upwardly it amongst proficient things." Psalm 81:10

God reminds us that He miraculously delivered His people from Egypt. 

So we, similar babe birds, tin opened upwardly our mouths in addition to God volition fill upwardly them.

God doesn't promise to fulfill selfish desires (James 4:3), merely nosotros tin bring confidence "that if nosotros inquire anything according to his will, he hears us. And if nosotros know that he hears us—whatever nosotros ask—we know that nosotros bring what nosotros asked of him." 1 John 5:14-15

Let's inquire God to utilization us for His purposes inward greater ways, to give us a deeper dear for Him in addition to His people, to strengthen our religious belief in addition to direct our lives. 

Open broad your oral cavity in addition to He volition fill upwardly it amongst proficient things.

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How Organized Faith Is Related To Repose In Addition To Comfort

People sometimes intend organized faith would hold upwards slow if everything inwards their lives went smoothly. But organized faith is non built on repose of life.

There’s no ameliorate event than King Solomon. He had everything, together with God had personally praised him for his choices early on inwards his life. But inwards his after years, he turned away from God for the dear of infidel women, infidel gods, together with Egyptian horses!(1)

His event warns us to guard our hearts against anything that powerfulness decrease our devotion to God (Proverbs 4:23).

Solomon proved that it’s non how much nosotros accept that matters. It’s how nosotros role what nosotros accept that counts (Colossians 3:23). It's non only how nosotros commencement our race, it's how nosotros complete it (Acts 20:23-24).

On Judgment Day at that topographic point volition hold upwards keen vantage heaped on unknown men together with women who gave their best to God (2 Corinthians 5:10).

Dear Lord, help us role the circumstances You accept given us fully together with faithfully.
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(1) 1 Kings 11:1-11; Deuteronomy 17:16; 1 Kings 10:26-28. 
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