Good morning everyone, I hope we slept well, if so all thanks to God almighty, you know it is for his grace that sees us through this pandemic he protected us all, all the glory belongs to him. Today, I welcome you all to my blog, as I share with you an interesting topic titled AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT PRAYER a lesson for the contemporary Christians but before I proceed, I will like to appreciate the leaders and the parishioners of this great blockchain @heartchurch under the influence of our leader
@sirknight, I pray the almighty God bless you in Jesus name. Enjoy and stay blessed as you read,
Read 1 Kings 17:1-7
[1]And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.[2]And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,[3]Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.[4]And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.[5]So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.[6]And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.[7]And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months (James 5:17)
Stella's husband termed her a bad communicator. Whenever the couple were having soul-to-soul discussion, the wife was fond of dominating the session. She shared her own views and wouldn't be attentive enough to hear her husband out. Does that describe your prayer style - praying without feedbacks?
Prayer is an act of communicating with God. Genuine prayer is a two-way communication line. When we talk, God hears and talks back to us, and we are expected to hear Him, too. Many are not attentive enough to get feedback from God. No wonder they are not getting results. Not all prayers bring results in form of a gift bag. Answer to some prayers come in form of instruction, guidance, direction from God on what you are to do. In the process of God talking to us, we must learn to listen. In most cases, God does not just talk to us, but also acts on our prayers. Hence, we should be sensitive to God's responses to our prayers.
Some of the below listed points would definitely help your prayer life: