Some of us have people in our life that we have been praying for a LONG time. It is so easy to get discouraged, tired of asking. For some, you may even begin to give into the temptation to believe your prayers aren’t getting through.
HOLD UP.
Let me remind everyone that God’s timing is not our timing. Let me also remind you that the person you are praying for has a choice to make, and it is THEIR choice, God does not take away our free will. I would encourage you to ask them AGAIN, but before you do, PRAY. Before you ask them, ask the Father. Call out to Him for them.
I would encourage you to ask them AGAIN, but before you do, PRAY. Before you ask them, ask the Father.
Here’s Jesus talking about the way that we ask God:
[5] And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, [6] for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; [7] and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? [8] I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs. [9] And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. [10] For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. [11] What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; [12] or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? [13] If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:5-13 ESV)
Ask them AGAIN. Call them AGAIN. FaceTime them AGAIN. Text them AGAIN. FB messenger them AGAIN.
The important operative word here is AGAIN. But before you do, ASK JESUS AGAIN – and believe that the All-Powerful God is supernaturally working on your behalf.
So friends, don’t fall asleep on this opportunity…
This Sunday at Vertical Lumberton is going to be an amazing day – I feel it in my bones. The spiritual atmosphere will be right. So friends, don’t fall asleep on this opportunity – your time is now.