PRAYER SIMPLIFIED

We've been discussing the use of Jesus' Name recently. We've also mentioned John 14:13 - "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, that will I do.

That is a most wonderful statement - prayer simplified! "In other words," Jesus is saying, "You do the asking, and I will do the doing!" We know that Jesus' power is unlimited. Now He challenges us to do unlimited asking.

My very favorite Bible verse is Ephesians 3:20 - He "is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us." We know that the power that is in us is the Holy Spirit, the greatest power in the world. Romans 8:9b says "Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." So if you are God's child, you HAVE that power in you. The Word says you do! And who are you to argue with the Word?

So if we are filled with that power, God can "do exceedingly abundantly ABOVE ALL that we ask or think." Where, I ask you, is the limit on what you can think to ask God for? Let your thoughts go; let your imagination soar! I don't see that there's any limit! So shouldn't we be seeing great and mighty things done in the spiritual realm? What's holding us up? What's hindering us? It certainly isn't God, for He is big enough to do anything you ask Him to do! All authority, according to Scripture, is given Him under heaven and earth, and His authority is great enough to see that any request coming from you and me is honored! Can you grasp that?

You ask for salvation for an unsaved friend. He says, "You ask, and I will do it." You ask for a financial need to be met, and He says, "I will do it." You ask for a revival for a church that has grown cold, and He says, "I will do it." In other words, your business is to ask; His business is to do it! It's just that simple! Behind everything stand these words: "I will do it."

Your humble, simple prayer, made according to God's instructions, will move mountains! What power we have both on earth and in Heaven!

Rise to the challenge, friend, rise to the challenge!

Preacher's Kid