I am sure that we have all had a moment in our lives where we have utter words to God for some matter or another in prayer. There are times when we feel that those prayers have gone unanswered or just not on our scheduled. Prayer we have heard many times, read many times, quoted many times "CHANGES THINGS". Yet, what do we do when the situations has not changed or seemly gotten worse. As faithful servants of the most high do we throw in the towel, changed the verbiage, call on Big Mamma, or simply move on? I know that many times I start to have the spirit of good ole doubting Thomas and wonder if there is something that I have not been doing that would stop God from answering my prayers. I have never been one to believe that God did not hear or that He did not care, it was just that I was not worthy enough or living in accordance with His word to get what I wanted or needed. I never believed that God was cruel or that He sat on his throne laughing at my pain and sorrow or lack of fiances. I know that some of you can relate and others have had the very doubt and thoughts I was not hindered by. My doubt always lied with ME! Well God is perfect and there has to be something that I am doing or not doing that is hindering my blessing so what now? What do I do from here and how can I work to get the results that I want? I should help people more, maybe praying harder is the key, I could probably give up reading my favorite fictional books for a week, or do something more for my parents or the church. So now as you can read I have the spirit of Martha and I battle that spirit more than I do that of Thomas's. I work and work and work never allowing myself the time to go reflect and develop a personal relationship with Christ. No amount of working or fixing what I thought was wrong in my life was going to have my prayers answered. No amount of anything I could or would do could save my life. I needed Jesus Christ. So now the dynamic of my prayers have changed, the very intent of my heart is not from want, but from my need for a savior. Through my time spent with Christ I was able to see that he had been answering my prayers all along and the ones that He did not answer with His answer of silence or no was for my good. What are some of you experiences with Prayer and scriptures that you turn to? Below or some Scriptures that I have quoted in times of doubt or worry.
Psalms 103: 8-13
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Romans 10:13
For "Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved."
Mark 9:29
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
James 1:6
But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
