Category: Friday Messages
After Jesus said this, He looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You”. John 17:1 In preparation for the suffering that Jesus knew He would have to endure in the days ahead, He prayed for God to be glorified in His body at the Last Supper. How could a terrible death on the cross bring glory to God? Jesus explains in His prayer that God is glorified through the obedience of the Son. We seldom feel that our suffering and defeat could be to God’s glory, yet we seldom...
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“when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.” Matthew 6:7 There are many people who do not give serious thought to their prayers to God. They have a fixed pattern that used to be meaningful but through repetition has lost its meaning. When you spend time in the presence of the living God, and you are sharing your wishes with Him, you must seriously mindful of the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Ask Him while you pray if there is anything that you can do to...
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“So He left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.” Matthew 26:44 Some Christians wonder why, if God is all-seeing and omniscient,, they still need to persevere in the discipline of prayer. They feel guilty about troubling God over and over with issues that He is already aware of. Remember, you often know about problems in people’s lives but you do not usually intervene unless asked to do so. If you feel that a particular matter in your life needs God’s intervention, do not hesitate to bring it before Him. Remind Him...
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“Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.” Galatians 5:16 Many of us desire to have a meaningful prayer life; to set aside more time for God and grow in our relationship with Him, but time and again we fail. The triumph over Satan’s attempts to distract us in our prayer time is not easy. Yet Jesus promised the help of the Holy Spirit to those who embrace Him as their Lord and Savior. “The Spirit helps us in our weakness” (Rom. 8:26). Open yourself up to the influence of the Holy Spirit,...
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“He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him.” John 1:11 If you love someone you allow him or her the freedom that their spirit needs. It is only by setting someone free the bonds of mutual love may be strengthened. The principle of generous love forms the basis of the Christian gospel. God allows you the freedom of choice to either believe in Him or reject Him. Christ does not want to compel you love Him. He invited you by grace to accept Him and associate with Him through a relationship of love....
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