Prayer Warriors

I Thessalonians 5:17 "Pray without ceasing."

Do you pray for others? Or Do you pray for what, me, myself an I, want? Well, it's ok to pray for your personal needs, desires and wants but first and foremost I believe we should pray for others first. There's this song I learned in high school and I love it!!

J - is for Jesus he is the way
O - is for others tell (pray) today
Y - is for you my friend why don't you come to him
Joy is the way you feel when you let him in! 

When I went to college I would every now and then put pray today on O. Because I knew more people for one and praying for their needs and rejoicing with them in their answered prayers, somehow made me feel better and think differently. Then when I did pray about my needs it didn't seem quite so important. Even though my school bill needed to be paid, and I had desires and wants when you put others first your own will not seem as big.

So for a challenge - If you don't pray for others why not for the whole month of August, starting today of course (don't put off tomorrow what you can do today) pray without ceasing, for Others, then yourself. :)

Just a thought for the day :)

P.S.

Trying of your Faith worketh Patience....

Well, I can tell you right now that I'm not a person with a lot of patience! I have however learned not to ask for patience simply because when you do trials and tribulations seem to pop up everywhere.

James 1:3 "Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience." 
So with all that is happening in the world, in your (my) life right now is your Faith being tried?

Think about friends, so many area's that we as Christians need to take a stand on that is WORTH fighting for we're not. Have we asked for patience to deal with our own faith or for Patience to deal with what is happening in America! I'm not one to make a lot of commotion about something's but If you are going to tell me that as Fundamental Independent Baptist I can't do this or that, you are trying my Faith! You may ask what does Patience have to do with what you're writing about, well, I don't have patience with those who try to destroy the country I live in, my faith, or anything else that goes against God.

I believe the Bible, I believe in Man and Woman marrying, I believe that a child is a child at conception not some molecule, I believe that the Flag of United States of America should be flown and NEVER EVER walked on, or burned. I believe in our Military, The Coast Guard, The Army, The Air Force, The Marines and The Navy! I believe in the rights to bear arms.

If you read this an are offended by it you no longer have to read my blog. You know longer have to receive the e-mails.

Confused?

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. I Corinthians 14:33

Remember that the Lord is not the author of confusion!

Just a thought and something for us all to think on.

Abiding in God's Word

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat commeth, but her leaf shall be green, and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. Jeremiah 17:8

As we read the Bible it speaks of a time to plant in Ecclesiastes 3:2. After you have been through a rough time, for instance severe weather sometimes a flower bed will be destroyed or a crop. What do we do? We go out and we save what we can but we have to wait for the time to plant. But as Christians we are to be growing daily and drawing life from the Word of God.

In todays society if we are going to make a difference we NEED to stay in the Bible and prayer and make God our first priority and get our "roots deeply grounded".  The roots that you establish aren't seen by others physically but by your life, your standards, the way you obey the Bible, God, your parents, authority in your life.

Did you know that, the impact of your ministry (life) to people will be in direct proportion to the time you spend with God.  There was a Christian leader that said, you cannot be with people all the time and a ministry to people. You have to have alone time, in Prayer, Bible Reading, studying, getting closer to the Lord. We are such a busy people that sometimes we all forget at times to Abide in God's Word.

Looking back to the tree planted by the water they store the food needed for the tree. Your roots in the word store what you need also. Think about it.....

*Shall be like a tree planted by the waters -- we are planted by the Bible
*which spreads out it's roots by the river -- we spread our roots into the Bible, reading, learning, growing then sharing what we've learned and what we're taught.
*and will not fear when heat comes -- when that battle comes in your life. When that hard time comes. Because we are human we do fear but we have God by our side!
*but it's leaf will be green -- as you come through the fire/heat you are purified
*and will not be anxious in the year of drought -- God always provides
*nor will cease from yielding fruit -- You will be able to stand and go tell others how they too can have what you have.

Roots deep into God's truth are definitely needed as reserve when times are rough!

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:7