Men,
What does more prayer look like?
More prayer looks like each Christ-follower driven by God-given faith. That faith initiates, propels, sustains, and motivates Spirit-led, Bible-based, Kingdom-focused prayer in Jesus name.
More prayer looks like a young husband who can’t stop thinking about his new beautiful bride—just like we can’t stop thinking about Jesus and what is important to Jesus.
More prayer looks like praying alone, like Jesus praying all night on a mountain.
More prayer looks like praying with others, like Jesus praying with His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane.
More prayer looks like prayer driven by righteous anger like Jesus as He drove out the money-changers from the Temple.
More prayer looks like heart-ache as Jesus demonstrated “offering both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.” Heb. 5:7
More prayer looks like “knowing that you know that you know” God is with you.
More prayer looks like truly standing on God’s promises—not letting go—knowing He will do it!
More prayer looks like we have been with Jesus.
More prayer looks like husbands fighting for their wives, fathers and mothers fighting for their children, and wives fighting for their husbands.
More prayer looks like every Christ-follower consumed with deeper satisfaction in Jesus.
More prayer looks like the church truly living and behaving like the Spirit-empowered world-changer she really is!
More prayer looks like “Paul-like” life change of people in our families, communities, city, region, and the world.
More prayer looks like “pursuing His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to us, as well.” Matt 6:33
More prayer looks like “the God of endurance and comfort giving us unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together we may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Rom 15:5-6
More prayer looks like David asking the Father to, “Teach me your way O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear your name. I will give thanks to you, O my Lord, with all my heart, and I will glorify your name forever.” Ps 86:11-12
Father, we ask for You to re-define our lives as lives of prayer, lives of whole-hearts after You, lives of Your kingdom as our priority in Jesus name, Amen.
Blessings, Steve
SEEKING GOD BY STEVE FINNELL
ReplyDeleteIS IT POSSIBLE FOR MEN TO SEEK GOD? IF THOSE OF THE "GRACE ONLY" PERSUASION ARE CORRECT IN THAT GOD SELECTS A FEW TO BE SAVED AND THE MAJORITY OF MANKIND, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, WILL BE SENT TO HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY, THEN OF COURSE MAN'S ATTEMPT TO SEEK GOD WOULD BE FUTILE. ARE THEY RIGHT?
CAN MEN SEEK GOD?
MATTHEW 6:25-33.......33 BUT SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THESE THINGS WILL BE ADDED TO YOU.
Why would Jesus say, seek God's kingdom? Men can seek God. Seeking God is not an impossibility.
Acts 15:13-18......16 'After these things I will return, and I will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen, and I will restore it, 17 So the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name,' 18 Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.
James answered, Simeon has related, and the Prophets have agreed that mankind may seek the Lord, however, those "grace only' advocates who believe in the doctrine of predestination, without qualifications, disagree.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Men come to God. Men seek God. God does not force men into salvation. God does not force men to have faith. God does not compel men to repent. God does not overpower men and then force them to be baptized in water for the forgiveness of their sins. God does not force men to confess Jesus as the Christ the Son of God.
GOD IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO SEEK HIM!
SEEK GOD-------IT IS POSSIBLE!
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