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"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).
There are plenty of people who tell us that prayer is a waste of time. they tell us that we're speaking to ourselves. The people of God have heard a different voice. We have heard the voice of the Spirit. The Spirit is calling God's people to prayer.
The message of the Spirit is clear: when God's people, things happen. People don't remain the same. They are changed. We don't change ourselves. we are changed by the Lord. As we learn to pray, we learn that God wants to bless us. He wants to pour out his love.
He wansts to pour out his power. How can everything remain the same when God's people are praying? The scoffers may ridicule those who pray. God honours those who pray. He honours them with his blessing. When God blesses us, he creates, in us, a desire for more of his blessing.
The more God blesses us, the more we will pray that his blessing will increase. The more we seek the Lord's blessing, the more he will send his blessing. The critics will tell us we're deluding ourselves. Who are we to listen to? Are we to listen to the voice of unbelief?
or Are we listen to the voice of the Lord? Each of us must make our choice. Again and again, we must choose to the voice of the Lord. May God help us to listen to him and live for him. May he help us to respond to him and receive from him.
May he help us to keep on praying to him, and to keep on saying, "Praise the Lord."
This thread can be read here: https://learningfromgodsword.wordpress.com/2021/05/06/keep-on-praying/
