Praying is more than just words, prayers are filled with deep heart wrenching calls for mercy.
The words of prayers seemed to be torn from you, they hurt as they come forth, almost as if they are a part of you that's leaving your soul.
Prayers give hope when there seems to be none.
That is why we pray for those who are sick, those who are dying, those that are lost and headed for eternal destruction or those who are in dire circumstances.
As Christians, we pray because God hears.
However, His ways are not our ways.
We can't know His purpose or plans.
No one or no thing prevents Him from fulfilling the plans He has made!
We only know that He is merciful!
Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! - Psalm 55:1
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. - Romans 12:12
7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
9 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, - Hebrews 5:7-9
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,
20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. - James 5:13-20
So everyday prayer earnestly for yourself and others!
Not empty repeated words but those that You rip from yourself in search of mercy.
Pleading to a God who is able!!!
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. - Ephesians 3:14-21
24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,
25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. - Jude 1:24-25
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