Husbands And Wives Pray Together
When we wonder how you can pray, we seldom look to the Bible for guidance. The truth, however, is that the Bible is packed with praying people, and we can learn much from their examples.
Occasionally we have to dig via Scripture for models. We don’t always find an obvious tip-off, for example, “Lord, teach us to pray…” (Luke 11:1, NIV) Instead, we can appear for strengths and situations. Many Bible figures showed courage and faith, but others found themselves in situations that brought out qualities they didn’t know they had, just as your situation can do these days. How Husbands And Wives Pray Together
How to Pray When Your Scenario is Desperate
What if you feel backed into a corner? Your job, finances, or marriage may be in trouble and you wonder how you can pray when danger threatens. David, a man right after God’s personal heart, knew that feeling, as King Saul pursued him across the hills of Israel, trying to kill him. The slayer from the giant Goliath, David understood where his strength came from:
“I lift up my eyes towards the hills-where does my assist arrive from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:1-2, NIV)
Desperation seems a lot more the norm than the exception within the Bible. The night prior to his death, Jesus told his confused and anxious disciples how you can pray at such times:
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” (John 14:1, NIV)
When you really feel desperate, trusting in God calls for an act of the will. It is possible to pray towards the Holy Spirit, who will help you overcome your emotions and put your trust in God instead. This is difficult, but Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit as our Helper for times like these.
How you can Pray When Your Heart is Broken
Despite our heartfelt prayers, things don’t constantly go the way we want. A loved a single dies. You lose your job. The outcome is just the opposite of what you asked for. What then?
Jesus’ friend Martha was brokenhearted when her brother Lazarus died. She told Jesus so. God wants you to be honest with him. You can give him your anger and disappointment.
What Jesus told Martha applies to you these days:
“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26, NIV)
Of course, we ought to not anticipate Jesus to raise our loved one from the dead, as he did Lazarus. But we should expect our believer to live eternally in heaven, as Jesus promised. God will mend all our broken hearts in heaven. I don’t know how he will do that, but I believe with all my being that he will.
Jesus promised in his Sermon on the Mount that God does hear the prayers from the brokenhearted:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” (Matthew 5:3-4, NIV)
We pray greatest when we provide God our pain in humble sincerity, and Scripture tells us how our loving Father responds:
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3, NIV)
How you can Pray When You are Ill
Clearly God wants us to arrive to him with our physical and emotional illnesses. The gospels, especially, are filled with accounts of individuals coming boldly to Jesus for healing. Not only did he encourage such faith, he delighted in it.
When a group of men couldn’t get their friend close enough to Jesus, they made a hole in the roof from the house where he was preaching and lowered the paralyzed man down to him. First Jesus forgave his sins, then he produced him walk.
On another occasion, as Jesus was leaving Jericho, two blind men sitting by the roadside shouted at him. They didn’t whisper. They didn’t talk. They shouted! Husbands And Wives Pray Together
“The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all of the louder, ‘Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!’” (Matthew 20:31, NIV)
Was the co-creator from the universe offended? Did he ignore them and keep walking?
“Jesus stopped and called them. ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ he asked. ‘Lord,’ they answered, ‘we want our sight.’ Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.” (Matthew 20:32-34, NIV)
Have faith in God. Be bold. Be persistent. If, for his personal mysterious reasons, God does not heal your illness, you can be certain he will answer your prayer for supernatural strength to endure it.
How you can Pray When You are Thankful
Life has miraculous moments. The Bible records dozens of situations where people express their gratitude to God. Many forms of thanks please him.
When God saved the fleeing Israelites by parting the Red Sea:
“Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all of the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing.” (Exodus 15:20, NIV)
Right after Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into heaven, his disciples:
“…worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with excellent joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.” (Luke 24:52-53, NIV)
God desires our praise. You can shout, sing, dance, laugh, and cry with tears of joy. Sometimes your finest prayers have no words at all, but God, in his infinite goodness and love, will understand perfectly.
About the Author
James mcClow is a christian man. Father of two and married 17 years to his high school sweetheart. james is a new found spiritual man who is using his gifts God has placed ion him for internet marketing to bring Jesus Gods son to the minds of millions. How Husbands And Wives Pray Together
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