Friday, July 26, 2013

Praying God's Promises

First, let me give you a quick introduction.  My name is Sarah.  I am writing this blog because I have been a student of God's Word and a disciple of Jesus Christ for several years, but I feel that sometimes I forget the power of God's promises, guaranteed to the followers of Jesus by His blood shed on the cross at calvary, and His resurrection from the dead.  His promises are sure, true and trustworthy because they are written by the Holy Spirit in the Bible.

However, many times as I walk through life, I find myself in situations where I begin to doubt God's goodness, the trustworthiness of God's Word (the Bible) and begin to worry about everyday struggles.  Recently, God showed me that He wants me to search His scriptures daily and get a renewed knowledge of His promises.  I feel as though His promises are shiny gold nuggets and God wants me to go on a treasure hunt to find them.  But finding them is not enough.  I need to apply them to my life, claim them, believe God to do impossible things for me and my family.  I need to start living at a greater level of faith in God's promises, and ultimately the salvation given to me through the sacrifice of Jesus.

I have been involved in prayer ministry for years.  I have taught about prayer, led prayer groups, ministered on the prayer team at church, been involved in praying in crisis situations, and searched the scriptures diligently to learn more about how to pray.  Prayer is the heartbeat of my walk with Jesus Christ.  I am not satisfied with my prayer life.  I want to go deeper in understanding the power of prayer, its relationships to God's goodness in my life, His manifest glory, and ultimately grow in my intimate relationship with Jesus.

I am on a journey, a mission, to pray my way through the Bible.  I am not setting a time goal for this journey because I don't know how long I will spend searching the scriptures.  I only care that I spend enough time to truly find what I am looking for...whatever the Spirit of God is wanting to reveal to me.

Through this blog, I will relate to you what I learn, encourage your participation in this journey and hope to grow deeper in fellowship with the body of Christ.  Please prayerfully consider joining me as I pray my way through the promises found in God's Word...

I promise you that it will be exciting, miraculous, and you will never regret taking this journey with me.

I WILL POST A SHORT PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE EACH DAY.  READ THE SCRIPTURE AND ASK GOD TO SHOW YOU A PROMISE (OR MORE THAN ONE).  THEN PRAY OVER A SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEED GOD TO FULFILL THIS PROMISE.  BELIEVE IN FAITH THAT HE WILL DO IT.  WATCH MIRACLES HAPPEN!

God bless each and every one of you in Jesus name!  May He open up His Word to you, reveal His promises to you, and show you that NOTHING is impossible with God working through your life.

Your sister in Christ,

Sarah


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