E.p.i.c. Word Of Truth

Prayer does not try to force God. We are to pray with urgency and anguish, but we are not to pray an impetuous type of pray. We are not to try to force God to answer our prayers. Do we pray to receive the answer to our prayer, or do we pray trying to force an answer from God? How we approach God in prayer matters. We need to approach God as a child does a father as he receives a gift, a child is not very successful when he tries to take the gift from his father. The father is much eager to give the gift when the child is anxiously waiting to receive it and not trying to take it. Are we praying to receive the answer or are we praying to force the answer?

There are two ways man can choose from. The narrow way or the wide way. One leads to blessings and life, and the other leads to destruction and death. One seems easy, tempting, and a short cut to success; the other seems narrow and not as easy. But in reality the narrow way is the easy way; it is the most wonderful and joyous way anyone could ever want to live. We just need to be patient and choose the narrow way, and live a life for Christ, and in Christ; and choose to avoid the wide and tempting way. 

The disciples asked the Lord to teach them to pray. He said "When ye pray," every Christian must have a when to their prayer life. Prayer must be planned and consistent. You need to have a when to your prayer life. Do you have a when time to your payer life? We all need a when time to our prayer life. Prayer should not be done just in stolen moments of time here and there, haphazardly. We should all have a consistent "when" to our prayer life. 

Be Still and Know - Be Still and know that He is God. Think through your schedule you can probably find some alone time each day. We need to be still, alone, and focused on God as we pray. We need that time with Him. Do not pray as the hypocrites do to be seen of men, but pray not to be seen of men. Seek time alone and hidden away with God and pray. Find a daily time to be still and alone with God, acknowledge His presence and pray to Him. 

Why develop our faith and prayer life? - Our prayers are precious to the Lord. He desires and cherishes our fellowship with Him. The Lord wants you to tell Him about your concerns, and your needs. He wants you to tell Him about your day. We should never take our prayer life for granted. Never quit, never give up on your faith in God.

There is much to be learned, and then applied to our own life from the life and example of Moses. We can learn much about prayer from Moses; we can learn much about faithfulness from Moses; we can learn much about sacrificial love from Moses. Listen to this message and see what you can learn from the life of Moses that you can personally apply to your own life. There is much to learn from the life of Moses for all of us. 

Some say prayer is for the weak. Well it is for the weak, for man is weak. Who is strong apart from the Lord? Who can get along entirely by themselves, apart from any help from any person or thing? Who do you lean on? Do you lean on your job, your family, your riches? What if you lost them suddenly? We are to lean on the Lord, and we do this in part through prayer and developing our prayer life with Him.

What is meant exactly by the word prayer? Many Christians would say that prayer, “is asking things from God.” But there must be more to prayer than just “getting things from God.” It cannot be just that.