Short articles of the, "Yes Jesus" Book on prayer. # 76.

 

Repeat after Jesus

“Our Father in Heaven”

“Give us this day our daily bread”

 

As we pray the Lord’s Prayer we will grow in dependence for our daily sustenance in no other but God. God’s faithful answer to prayer will make it easy to kill the “mammon” of our time and generation.

 

God’s provision for our needs of the body, soul, heart, strength, and mind will increase our faith in God, our trust in our Shepherd who makes us lack no good thing, and will make us love him more and more.

 

One can only love him whom he trusts and one can only trust him whom he loves.

 

Faith in prayer and prayer answered is the one thing that increases faith, and for him who believes nothing is impossible.

By the same token, prayer without faith is prayer without an answer, and this kills faith. Without faith it is impossible to please. One must believe that He is. Yes, he is “I AM.” He is God, this is his kingdom, and his will rules and only his will prevails.

 

Prayer is the result of faith. Faith is by the hearing of the Word of God. Jesus said, “This, then is how you should pray: Our Father in Heaven.”

 

As we pray and meditate upon those words, childlike faith will lead us to believe the meaning of every word and trust, and confidence is produced in us to the point of boldness and joy.

 

The more we pray, the more we trust.  The more we believe, the more we love.

 

The faith the size of a mustard seed grows to become a bush and soon your children and fellow believers perch on your branches and make their nest and chirp happily in the glory of God.

 

This is the teaching elder on duty in matters of Prayer.

 

Gerry Gutierrez.