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Praise the Lord Beloved.

As I said Monday and Tuesday, scripture makes it clear that our Heavenly Father hears and answers prayer. But we all have experienced a time in our life what we’re praying for get’s delayed.
That’s because at times God has a reason to delay the answer or request we have submitted.  
 
Here is my last reasons for delayed prayer.

Beloved, God delays our prayer(s) is to see how we will respond.
You see an immature Christian would get all bent out of shape and even re-visit old habits, anger and hostility. They may even leave the Christian faith. But the mature Christian will respond with understanding and patience. That’s because their spiritual wisdom has kicked in.

You see the Holy Spirit will work in these times of waiting to mature us and bring forth righteous fruit
or in other words the right things to think and say when our prayer(s) get delayed.

Beloved, let me tell you God sees our every response. His kingdom is not a Burger King
“Have it your way!!!”
But it is the Kingdom of the King of Kings we’re making our request known. So our response should be
“Have Your way God!!! I have moved self aside because I know you’re a right on time God and You don’t make mistakes.”   

A few other reasons God delays prayer request is the individual has wrong motives
and the practice of habitual sin stands in the way.

James 4:3 (NLT) says:
3 And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.

Beloved, we all fall short when it comes to God’s standard of holiness, but there are some people who persist in a lifestyle of disobedience. The Lord may delay His answer so He can prompt you to confess your sin and turn back to Him.

Beloved, I’ll be the first to tell you waiting on the Lord isn’t easy.
Your faith and trust are needed.
Hebrews 11:1 (NLT) says:
11 Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.
 
So if His answer is delayed to your prayer request, check that
(1) your focus is on Him,
(2) your motive for asking is God-honoring, and
(3) you aren’t practicing habitual sin.
Then believe that His response will be for your good and His glory.

“To God Be the Glory”.

Praise the Lord Beloved.
Happy New Week!!!

You know Beloved, scripture makes it clear that our heavenly Father hears and answers prayer.
Yet we all experience times when we pray for God to act right away and at times He doesn’t.
Our prayer is delayed.
 
This week (Monday-Wednesday) I will give you some reasons for the delayed prayer.

Beloved Mark 12:30 says:
30 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.

Beloved, one reason God delay’s our prayer is at times the Lord sees that our attention is misdirected. You see, our relationship with Him should have priority over any earthly matter. Yet our minds and prayers can become so fixed upon a need that our gaze shifts away from Him. The Father may delay His answer until we refocus on Him.

Another reason God delay’s our prayer is because the timing isn’t right for granting our request.
Perhaps certain events must happen first, or people’s thinking needs to be changed.

I will give you another reason tomorrow.

“To God Be the Glory!!!”

Beloved, as we get older we change. Our appearance change, our morals change, our lifestyle change and for some what you eat change.

Change is one of the most difficult things for people to face.Nevertheless, change is unavoidable. In fact, Mark Twain once said, “The only person who likes change is a wet baby.” One reason people don’t like change is because they get comfortable with where they are in life. They get used to their friends, job or the place they live. And even if it’s not perfect, they accept it simply because it’s familiar. However, when we’re not willing to change, we get stuck in life holding on to what God did in the past instead of growing and moving forward into what God wants to do in the future.

Beloved, remember that just because God has blessed you where you are doesn’t mean you can just sit back and settle there.

Beloved today, I encourage you to be open to the new things God has in store for you. God wants to do something new in you and through you. He wants to see you grow, prosper and flourish. So get ready and keep your heart focused on Him.

Embrace your change and see the blessing God has in store for you!!!

“To God Be The Glory!!!” 😀

Beloved,
when you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior
there will be many people past and present that will criticize your walk in Christ.
They will judge you, they will find fault in just about everything you do as you walk in your salvation.
 And the ironic part about this is many of them know your previous struggles and many have no idea what it took for you to get to where you are today.

The ones that saw you in your struggles won’t praise God for your new morals because they enjoyed your previous immoral actions being their central conversational piece. So instead of blessing you with good will they will try to keep your new status hid and distance themselves from establishing peace with you.
So the 2^nd part of your life isn’t essential to them.

  Then there are the people who come in at the end and they see you blessed, and prosperous and healthy, and sober and free and happy and they want to judge you and criticize.

But the problem is, they missed the 1st part.
 
You see beloved none of them “Past or Present” didn’t see the sacrifices you’ve made. They didn’t see the struggles that you endure. They didn’t see the battles that you’ve fought. The times you felt like giving up but you kept pressing forward. The nights that you stayed up and prayed and believed and gave and served. They didn’t see the price that was paid to get you to where you are.

The blessings you put on today may look free, but the truth is
“IT COST YOU SOMETHING”.

Beloved,
as long as you’re putting on your blessings people are gonna talk.
But that’s their business not yours. Your business is to put on God’s blessings
and wear His blessings well.

Jesus Christ has paid the price!!! The seed has been sown. You have been set free.
John 8:36 (NLT) says:
³⁶ So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.

God honors your past, your convictions, your sacrifices and your authenticity.
So don’t let “ANYONE” make you feel guilty for the favor, the honor, the peace
AND the victory that God has given you.

“To God Be the Glory!!!”