Good Morning Friends,
When you prayed this morning, did you pray for someone else? when was the last time you prayed for someone who you hadn't talked to for a long time; possibly someone you don't even have a similar lifestyle with these days?
There's no love relationship that does not rest on "Giving". We always have to be giving something, time, material gifts, a hug, a story that will lighten up a friend's mood, money, clothes, a house, a land, a car. People give out these things joyfully because they have and most of all, they have the heart to give.
Love they say, is the greatest gift of all. there are so many love quotes in the Bible and other books, both religious and none religious that define love as a gift or the act of giving. John 3 v 16 says "For God so LOVED the world, that He GAVE his ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.." God loves, so God gives, so as we love, we also ought to give.
There are so much we could give to man, but as expensive as any gift can be, none is as good as a prayer. A word of prayer said for ourselves, great. We can ask God for blessings, peace of mind, protection, success, promotion, anything because our God is a God of all things and He gives all things good that we ask in Jesus name. Matthew 7 v 11 says ""If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!" In 1st John 5 v 14, "And this is the Confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, he heareth us".
What is His will?
God wants all men who believe, to be saved. This is the reason Jesus came to the world. This is the reason we have the churches today. This is the reason we have prophets today. This is the reason we have men of great talents who have made discoveries that make communication and transportation much easier. So we as children of His covenant, as prayer warriors in His army, we ought to say a word of prayer for our brothers and sisters out there. Especially those who are lost and seem happy living in darkness.
For a man to be saved, it means that man is now doing God's will. Living a godly life and bringing glory to God's kingdom through works of Faith and Love. God's commandments are modified to simpler terms in the new testament, Jesus said "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength, The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12 v 30 - 31. God has asked us to Love Him with everything. Trade all for Him, put none above God. and the second, Jesus said is the same as the first, we must Love our neighbours as we love ourselves. You cannot do one without the other, truthfully. 1st John 4 v 20 says "If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen". So, to prove our love for God, we must learn to show love to our brethrens. Pray for them as we would pray for ourselves, our prayer could be the key to end a struggle in their lives.
My hope for us today is that starting from this day, we should say a prayer for someone else. Whether in need of material blessings or salvation, a Job or good health, a house or the word of God, anything. Let's just pray, that God does for them that which is His will and guide us all towards His Kingdom (Amen)
Remember, Though we be many, in Christ, we are one body and by His blood in us, we are now one family, being heirs of the Father according to the promise of His Word (So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another Romans 12 v 5) Let our gift to others also come as we pray for people everyday.
Thanks,
Love, From Mona http://www.thepowerofprayers.org/
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