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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Increase comes from God

[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Keep praying

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Oke Chinye
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Read: James 5:13-18

Meditation verse:

“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man will bring much good” (James  5:16).

The bible is replete with commands on not just how to pray, but when to pray,  what to pray for and the benefits of praying. Psalm 95:2 enjoins us to begin our  prayers with thanksgiving. John 14:13-14 tells us to ask in the name of our  Saviour Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 instructs us to pray without ceasing.  

Jesus Christ understood the importance of being in constant touch with His  Father during His time on earth. Before every important event, He took time to  be away from the crowd that constantly followed Him, to pray. Before He began  His ministry, He went into the desert where He prayed and fasted for forty days  and nights (Matt 4:1- 2). Before choosing His twelve apostles, He went out to a  mountainside and spent the night praying to God (Luke 6:12-15). Before  treading the path of Calvary to His death, He agonized in prayers in a place called  Gethsemane (Matt 26:36-45). He prayed so much that once after praying, His  disciples asked Him to teach them to pray. 

Luke 18 highlights the importance of continuous prayers with the parable of the  persistent widow. Bottom line: ‘keep praying even when it seems not to be  yielding any result. This way, prayer becomes a way of living so that you are  constantly in God’s will for your life irrespective of what circumstances dictate.  The biblical characters who lived exceptional lives, prayed continually. David  prayed in the morning, at noon, in the evening (Ps 55:17) and in the night (Ps  42:8). Even whilst on his bed in the early watches of the day, his heart was stayed  on God (Ps 63:6). Daniel’s custom from his early days was to get down on his  knees three times a day to pray and give thanks before God (Daniel 6:10).  Apostle Paul spent countless hours fasting and praying (2 Cor 11:27). 

Are you in constant touch with God through prayers? Spend quality time this  year tarrying in prayers. Prayer is a safe space where God through His Holy Spirit  instructs, teaches, guides, and corrects us.

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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