L.Y.F.E. is………
Blessings and greetings L.Y.F.E. family!
Welcome to another edition of “L.Y.F.E. is…”!
We hope and pray that your hearts are encouraged and that you are blessed by this devotional!
Title: Power Up Your Prayer Life!
Scripture: Matthew Chapter 6 (NIV)
In connection with our Prayer Warrior’s Ministry theme this month, “Power Up Your Prayer Life, Praying God’s Word” our devotional this month finds us in Matthew Chapter 6, where we find Jesus teaching His disciples and us how to pray.
Many of us, myself included have been taught the A.C.T.S. method on how to pray. A.C.T.S. stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. I recently learned that this method was not biblical. In Matthew Chapter 6, Jesus starts His prayer to God with Adoration then for God’s Will to be Done, then Supplication and then Confession.
Prayer is an exchange with God where we lift up God(increase) and we submit to God(decrease). Some additional points about prayer is that: 1). we recognize who God is when we pray; 2). we understand the purpose of prayer-praying God’s will in the earth; and 3). to pray as Jesus taught.
We have the blessed assurance and confidence that we can go to God for anything in prayer. When we pray, we exalt God; we praise God; we thank God; we seek God; we need God’s help. In our prayers, we can ask God to supply all of our needs, ask for forgiveness, and moreover pray for others. For it was Jesus who prayed for others more than Himself.
In sum, prayer is personal and we have the opportunity to go to God in prayer with anything and everything that concerns us. From financial needs to family matters to issues on the job. God hears and answers prayers! God is not necessarily concerned with the prayer closets and altars that we build for God as much as God is concerned about the altars and postures of our hearts!
Let us pray.
Prayer: Dear LORD, we thank YOU in Jesus name for the power of prayer. Thank YOU for not only being the God who hears prayers but a God who answers prayers as well. Now God help us to be like Your Son, Jesus first taught us how to pray and who also prayed for others more than Himself. For His name’s sake we pray. Amen and amen.
GOD bless and love you all
