As we are preparing for our upcoming prayer program I
would like to exhort us a little on some important things to note about prayer.
Prayer is not getting God to do something for you because He gave us everything
in Christ Jesus; God is our Father and we pray in order to have fellowship with
Him. Note that fellowship can only take place between those with the same
identity, that is there must be a sameness in nature and because of Jesus Christ we have access to the Father. In 1 Corinthians
6:19 we see that the Holy Spirit lives in us, and if God lives in you it simply
means He identifies you as belonging to Him(His kind). The Bible says in 2
Corinthians 5:17 that if anyone is (in grafted) in Christ (the Messiah) He’s a
new creation (new creature altogether) the old (previous moral and spiritual
condition) has passed away. Behold the fresh and the new has come. This is who
we are in Christ and thus we’re redeemed, sanctified, forgiven, and justified
etc in Him. You have been freed from sin through the crucifixion, death,
burial, resurrection and ascension and seating of Jesus Christ. He is seated at the right
hand of the Father with you and as you. Know you are so welcome before the
Throne of Grace. God is the Author and Finisher of your faith and so you don’t
need your faith for your prayers to be answered. The faith of Jesus Christ has
freely given to you everything that you will ever need. God loves us eternally,
unconditionally and so we should come in to His presence with rejoicing.
You're Blessed!!!
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