Motivation for Prayer
Jeremiah 29: 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and PRAY to me, and I WILL listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with ALL your heart.
*Yes talk to your Heavenly Father today-He loves You and wants a Personal Relationship with you more then anything. Spend your time talking to Him this day on. You are His Masterpiece!
The purest motivation for our prayers is that GOD WILL be Glorified and that HIS Will would reign supreme in our lives
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10,
We have all heard the phrase, “just like heaven on earth.”
When Jesus taught His disciples how to pray in Matthew 6:9–13, He provided some insight into what “heaven on earth” might look like.
*In reality, heaven is a place where God’s will reigns supreme.
If we want to have a taste of heaven on earth, then our prayer should be like Jesus’: “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done…” The purest motivation for our prayers is that GOD WILL be Glorified and that HIS Will would reign supreme in our lives, just as it does in heaven.
On a more personal level, we can pray that HIS will be unhindered in our own life.
Rather than imposing His will upon us, God gives us the choice to surrender to it with trust and gladness.
As we yield to the Lordship of Christ over every area of our lives, we come into agreement with Him.
We experience alignment with heaven and position ourselves to taste a little bit of heaven here on earth.
The purest motivation for our prayers is that God will be glorified and that His will would reign supreme in our lives, just as it does in heaven.
God’s Will then becomes what we desire and the thing we most seek after. We enter into the incredible adventure of participating in God’s plan to move His kingdom forward on the earth.
Absolute trust in God requires us to lay down our selfish desires and arrogant demands. God knows what He’s doing! Even through sickness, injuries, hardship, and even death!!!
This is where we find the most fulfilling and joyous life, but it all starts with one personal “yes, Lord” on our part.
God is using us each to carry out His ultimate plan! For example: In the movie, Letters to God, the young boy had cancer, but through the boys cancer MANY people were brought to start, renew, and strengthen their relationship with God.
All that God is, and all that God has, is at the disposal of prayer.
Prayer can do anything that God can do, and as God can do everything, prayer is omnipotent.
John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. (Matthew 6:5-15)
Lord help me to have True Forgiveness which starts with me taking action. Help me be an example to others as a mature follower of Jesus and take the lead in opening the door of Forgiveness. Help me discern and fellow Luke 6:37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Thank you for the CROSS!
1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.
Amen.