" GOD'S WILL "

How are you on this fine day that our Lord has made, are
you consulting the Father before you act. Know matter what
it's vital that you learn just how important it is to seek the
face of the Lord before moving on anything.

Why is it that even those of us who know the Lord Jesus
Christ as our personal Savior we still wish to act before
praying? It's human nature to make our own plans and then
request that the Lord bless them. Instead we should seek
God's Will first. By constantly thinking about the Lord and
his way of living, we will gain understanding that will lead
us to make right decisions and live the way our Lord desires.
Staying in contact with God allows him to counsel us and
give us wisdom. Please understand this, what ever we choose
to do we can without the Lord's intervention.

God does not usually stop us from making choices that are
against his Will. He allows us to declare our supposed
independence from him, even though he knows that in time
we will become slaves to our own rebellious choices - we
will lose our freedom not to sin. The reason that it takes
most of us sometime before we invite the Lord into our
hearts is that we're held captive to sin. Does life without
God look appealing to you? Look more closely, there is
no worse slavery than slavery to sin.

When we pray " Your Will Be Done, " we are not
resigning ourselves to fate, but praying that God's perfect
purpose will be accomplished in this world as well as the
next. The emphasis here is on God's will, not our will.
When we communicate with God, we don't demand what
we want we discuss with him what he wants from us. Now,
if we align our prayers to his will, he will listen, and we
can be certain that if he listens, he will give us a definite
answer. START PRAYING WITH CONFIDENCE!

Please understand we are to pray in line with God's
Will. There's no guarantee that we can get anything we
want simply by asking Jesus and believing. God does not
grant requests that would hurt us or that would violate his
own nature or Will. Jesus' statement is not a blank check
to be filled, our request must be in harmony with the principles
of God's kingdom. The stronger our belief, the more likely
our prayers will be in line with God's Will and then God
will be happy to grant them.

Until Next Time,

Jim