Power of Prayer

Good morning, I pray that as you are reading this, you are doing well and coming to grasp just how much Christ loves you! It is an awesome way to start the morning and end your day "to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ" Ephesians 3:18.


I was thanking God on my way to the office this morning for HIS ANSWERED PRAYER. I wonder, do we, as The Church, as BELIEVERS and BY BELONGING TO THE BODY OF CHRIST truly grasp the power of prayer? Do we grasp the power of the Holy Scriptures?


I'm not sure we do because I listen to others walking in defeat or heavy with burdens never once asking for prayers of others. I'm not saying that all of those men, women and children are walking this way because they haven't asked. Yet, I have come to realize that when I question one of God's beloved about praying they say I didn't want to bother you, or I didn't think about it, or God has much more important things to be taking care of.


WRONG! There is power in prayer! How do I know this? Matthew 18:19-20 "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." That tells me that HE hears my prayers, He hears your prayers, and by aligning ourselves with His WILL, He answers them. That doesn't mean we get what we want, it means He answers with the BEST ANSWER for the situation we are seeking answers over.


Just this morning, after three days of intense pain in my left hip, thigh and shin area, after a restless night of not being able to get comfortable...I got face down on the stairs, because that was a comfortable position with my aches, and truly asked God to touch me. He did instantly, RIGHT then! The pain started dissipating, my lower back and the area between my shoulder blades just cracked and popped. I sat back in awe, because I hadn't come asking before now. I had taken some Advil, I had voiced my hurt at the office but I hadn't taken the time to pray for myself. Lord, thank YOU, there is POWER IN PRAYER.


Sunday morning in our services, a particular small group came to the microphone to recite the scriptures that they have been putting to memory. I have also been working on writing God's Word on my heart. "No one is like you, O LORD, you are great, your name is mighty in power." Jeremiah 10:6. Do you see that, His NAME IS MIGHTY IN POWER. The Holy Scriptures are our life line!


Father, I come before You thanking You for the power that is in YOUR NAME ALONE. That You are MIGHTY; that Your love for us is wider than the universe, deeper than the ocean, higher than the stars, and longer than the prairies. I hunger for my Brothers and Sisters in Christ to grasp the power of prayer. To desire Your presence and a relationship with YOU that will far surpass any relationship that we have had or will have with another. Thank You Lord for the BEST answers to our prayers. Thank You for the power that comes with asking for another to pray in agreement with me because of a concern or need that I have. I praise You Lord in the morning, at noon, and in the evening. In Your Son's Name, JESUS. Amen.