July 2018
We tackle common issues with prayer, our relationship with God, and, for mature believers, take you to a whole new level in your prayer life!
We tackle common issues with prayer, our relationship with God, and, for mature believers, take you to a whole new level in your prayer life!
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you. Meditate on it (Psalm 1:2)<br />
and wait to see if God shows you<br />
something. Pay attention, ask a<br />
question and see what impression<br />
God puts in your heart (not<br />
your head response) and get<br />
used to interacting with God.<br />
Yes, He definitely wants to interact<br />
with you. Your listening<br />
skills are the greatest goal of the<br />
prayer life, and the most rewarding.<br />
He has lots of ways of responding,<br />
for example through<br />
pictures, impressions, emotions,<br />
feelings, even smells and sometimes<br />
a word that appears before<br />
you. It could even be through<br />
the words of a friend or an event<br />
at a later moment in time.<br />
Let some of your prayer time<br />
be for listening. Sometimes the<br />
answer doesn’t come just after<br />
the question, but the answer will<br />
come in some form eventually.<br />
He is not a Father who ignores<br />
His children but one who loves<br />
their company and, surprisingly,<br />
their patter! Jesus always did<br />
what He saw his Father doing.<br />
That is how we need to be.<br />
Often his answer will come in<br />
an impression immediately the<br />
question leaves your mouth.<br />
Also pay close attention to your<br />
dreams for our Father often talks<br />
to us through them. Write them<br />
down so you don’t forget them<br />
and ask God to help interpret<br />
them. Dreams are very revealing<br />
and it’s a wonderful study to<br />
gain understanding of them.<br />
God has a plan for your life and it<br />
is through prayer that you will begin<br />
to discover it. What has God<br />
placed you one the earth to do?<br />
He has put many talents into you<br />
and they are there for His purposes,<br />
His glory, and your joy in<br />
obedience.<br />
Prayer is also a way of developing<br />
the trust relationship between<br />
you and your Father. Without<br />
trust there is no conversation,<br />
but as you converse the trust<br />
deepens, the relationship grows,<br />
along with discernment, wisdom,<br />
responsiveness, understanding.<br />
If you trust a doctor you talk with<br />
him. If you don’t trust him, you<br />
don’t talk. Your conversations<br />
with our Father shows the level<br />
at which you trust Him, and that<br />
defines the limits of what He can<br />
do for you. And yes, God loves<br />
you. He is a very, very good Father,<br />
all the time, and won’t let<br />
you down, leave you alone, or<br />
fail to hear your prayer (He collects<br />
them in bowls in Heaven,<br />
especially the tears – Revelation<br />
5:8, Psalm 56:8).<br />
You don’t have to be too careful<br />
with God. He knows exactly<br />
what is going on anyway, but<br />
He loves to hear from you all the<br />
same. Spill it out. God has heard<br />
it all before and His love NEV-<br />
ER FAILS. Isn’t that wonderful?<br />
Whatever bothers you, you are<br />
SAFE with God. Whatever you<br />
have done, you are SAFE with<br />
God. That doesn’t mean He<br />
will not correct you at times. He<br />
does that lovingly for your benefit.<br />
He will also open up new<br />
paths to you, new visions and<br />
dreams. He will escalate your<br />
hope, increase in you the mind<br />
of Christ, provide opportunity (be<br />
awake to this) and generally enjoin<br />
you in the great adventure of<br />
Life (more abundant).<br />
12 www.faithfilledfamily.com <strong>July</strong> <strong>2018</strong>
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