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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode is: “Building A Relationship By Prayer”

As God’s children, we should have joy. We have every reason to walk out our faith walk with joy. Life throws us some hard and hurtful things at times. But in the times of our deepest despair, we can have joy in our hearts that God is with us. He will answer when we call in times of trouble.

Psalm 5:11-12 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.  12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

I have been thinking about all the different stories in the bible that we use for inspiration. Daniel in the lion’s den, the three Hebrew men in the fiery furnace, David and Goliath and don’t forget Elijah calling fire down from heaven.

All of these miracles were preceded by a strong prayer life. Daniel was thrown in the lion’s den for praying. Each of these miracles happened because of the relationships these people had with God. They all had put in the prayer time and had gotten to know God in an intimate way.

If we ever expect receive anything from God, we have to work on our relationship with Him. Not for what He can do for us, but because we desire a deeper faith walk. Our relationship will grow as we create a time of prayer and fellowship.

Think of the old saying about the man that took a chisel and hammer and tried to break a rock in half. He hit the rock repeatedly, finally there was one last blow of the hammer that the chisel separated the rock into pieces. It wasn’t the final blow that broke the rock, but all the ones that had gone before including that final one.

Prayer is the same way. Do you think that God would have answered on top of Mt. Carmel with fire, if Elijah had not built a relationship with God. If that was the first prayer he ever prayed. It is highly unlikely, because the prophets of Baal would have never been in that challenge with Him.

The enemy knows when you have been with God. He knows if you have been with Jesus. Just like Moses came off of the mountain, he had to put a veil over his face because the people couldn’t stand to look at him.

The reason some people do not like to be around Christians is that the Spirit of God in them, makes their demons nervous. They will know that you have spent time with God, because like Moses you will be shining with God’s light.

Building our faith and strength as believers starts with a healthy prayer life. There is power in prayer. My grandfather always said, little prayer equals little power. We need great overcoming power. It stands to reason, the body of Christ needs to amp up our prayer life, me included.

Ps 55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Many verses in Psalms are similar to the above verse. David often felt unworthy of God’s attention. It is easier to fall than to get back up. David felt like God was going to give up on him.

God will not give up on us if we are sincere and wanting to grow. He will help to pick us up when we fall, if we ask Him to help.

BEFORE I GO, A QUICK REMINDER: Today is the National Day of Prayer. Take time today to slow down and find a quiet place to talk to God. Our country needs our prayers today more than ever before for good to triumph over evil. Ask God to pull down the evil leaders and set up righteous ones.

Pray for the hurting and the children of the world that are being trafficked for its even hard for me to imagine, for sacrifice to false gods, medical experimentation and evil sexual desires of evil people. God help set the children free.

I want you to know that I will be praying for all of you to be strong against evil. Let your light shine and hope arise in your heart. God is still on the throne and He will take care of it all, If we pray.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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