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God’s Power in Our Prayers

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Ephesians 6:18 (NLT)
Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

 

Let us continue to pray with and for all believers everywhere because there is so much power in prayer, dear friends. Why is it that we don’t pray more? God does amazing things for us when we pray. The fullness of God works on us, around us, and through us when we pray. Cultivating our prayer lives is an amazing, life changing practice.

The Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, can be a very confusing concept that is difficult to fully grasp on this side of heaven. While we are certainly not experts on the Trinity (sorry!), we can tell you that the all of the Trinity is at work when we pray. When we are adopted into God’s family through Jesus, God sends the Spirit into our hearts to cause our souls to call out to him (Galatians 4:4-7). Prayer is our intimate and powerful soul connection to God.

There are several parts of the Bible that talk about God working in our prayers. All of the Trinity is present in prayer in Ephesians 6, the Holy Spirit in verse 18 and the Father and Son in verse 23. Romans 8:26 tells us that the Holy Spirit helps us and prays for us when we can’t express ourselves in words. When we sin and ask for forgiveness, Jesus, the Son, is our advocate before the Father pleading our case (1 John 2:1). Whenever we pray to God, the Father, He will answer our prayers and supply us with whatever we need (Matthew 7:7-11; Philippians 4:6; 1 John 3:21).

Isn’t it a blessing to know that God gladly works on our behalf when we pray? This allows us confidently call on God with the assurance that He will hear us and answer us. We pray that God blesses you as you pray for others. So let us pray everyday for our families, our marriages, our friends, the church, and for those who are still seeking the peace that comes from following Jesus!

 

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Be…Kind.

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imageThis month’s theme focuses on kindness. If you have not noticed, our themes are based on the fruit of the Spirit. As children of God we are called to live by the Spirit giving all glory to God and in turn bear fruit worthy of that call. (John 15:8; Galatians 6:16-25) This aspect of the fruit, kindness, is often replaced with niceness; however, there are big differences between being kind and being nice.

Being kind means giving others what they need according to God’s will (Roman 11:22-23), whereas, being nice means giving the other person what they want, even if it is not what God wants. Being nice focuses on pleasing others, but being kind focuses on pleasing God. Being kind requires us to tell the truth in love (2 John 1:4-6), whereas being nice requires we tell people what they want to hear. Being nice worries about pleasing the other person or what they might think of you, while being kind focuses on what best for the other person in light of salvation (1 Corinthians 9:19-23). The biggest difference between being nice and being kind is that when you are kind to someone you value their soul in light of eternity over making them happy in the present moment.

Jesus was kind, but not nice to everyone he met. As his disciples he wants us to show kindness to all those who cross our path. Kindness is a huge part of loving one another and loving our enemies. In order to have strong, godly relationships with our spouses, children, and friends, we must cultivate kindness for one another. Today and everyday, let us all bear the fruit of kindness to everyone in our lives!

God Loves You!

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It’s Freedom Friday!

“Eve picked the fruit and ate some. And Adam ate some, too. And a terrible lie came into the world. It would never leave. It would live on in every human heart, whispering to every one of God’s children: ‘God doesn’t love me.’ (from Jesus Storybook Bible)

We read this as part of our Advent devotional with our kids last night, and I have to admit that it cut me to my heart. Isn’t this so true? So many of us (even if we don’t say it out loud) feel like this more often than not. It shows up in the not enough, the do mores, the try harders, the move fasters, and the get mores of life. 

Here’s the truth, friend. God loves you! He loves you and me and him and her. “You see, no matter what, in spite of everything, God would love his children–with a Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love.”

God loves you, and He wants to BE with you. He wants you to BE whole, and He wants you to BE ONE integrated BEing that loves Him with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength.

In light of this, God has placed a ministry in our hearts. My husband and I have JUST launched a new ministry that is focused on cultivating wholeness for Christian families. We have seen what the Always and Forever Love of God can do to change people, to change marriages, and to change families. We want to share that with others, with you.

I almost didn’t write this post. The devil was whispering “God doesn’t love you–beoneFByou’re not equipped to do this” over and over in my ear. But I AM FREE in Christ, so I’m doing it anyway. I believe God’s TRUTH. Please go and “like” our page so that you can keep up with all the good stuff that God is going to use this ministry to do. We are also on instagram @thebeonelife  if that’s more your thing.

I love you all! Happy Freedom Friday!  www.facebook.com/thebeonelife

 

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