PRAYING SUCCESSFULLY 5

 

PRAYING SUCCESSFULLY 5

Nehemiah 1:8-9

One of the things most people find it hard to do when they pray is being bold. Yet, I believe it is something that we need to be in order to pray successfully.

Be bold when you recall God’s promises and remind Him of them. God promises us many things, and we often fail to take Him at His word. We know God’s keeps His word, but we assume it will happen and don’t actually bring them up to Him and hold Him accountable for them. Speak God’s promises back to Him and ask Him to do what He has promised.

We need to be bold when expressing our needs. We need to be honest with ourselves and then tell God what we perceive our needs to be.

We need to be bold with our emotions. There are times in which we need to let our raw emotions show. Don’t be afraid to express yourself before God, He can handle it. We have no problem with expressing joy and gratitude before God, but struggle expressing our anger, bitterness, loneliness, etc. to Him.

We need to be bold in our requests. Jesus instructed us to ask for anything in His name and it will be granted to us. We often limit what God will do for us by our lack of faith in what He can and will do. Now, we must always ask in accordance to God’s will for us. We must always accept that God’s knowledge of what we need takes precedence over what we think we need. God’s supply is always right and good for us.

We need to be bold in our actions. When we pray, we must act on faith that our prayers are heard and answered. We sometimes have to step out boldly trusting the Lord is at work to work everything out for us. Sometimes we need to make changes. Sometimes we have to keep doing what we do and wait for God to answer our prayers. Whether our prayers are answered right away or even years later, we must boldly trust God to answer our prayers.

Every prayer we pray is heard in heaven and moves God to act on our behalf.