Does God Really Care About Our Prayer Requests?

Does God really still answer prayer?

Have you ever asked yourself that question?

Are there times when you are praying for something so big, that you wonder if God would ever truly grant your request?

Or, does the evil one ever tempt you to doubt that God COULD handle this request of yours...since it’s SO huge? “I mean,” says your mind, “He’s sovereign and all, but what about how strong man’s sinful nature is?”

I’ve been there. There are times that I have prayed and prayed about a given subject, all the while battling thoughts in my mind that were telling me that there was NO WAY that it would ever happen.

Have you ever been at this point in your prayer life?

I want to encourage you tonight, as I have just witnessed God answer a huge prayer request in my life.

HUGE! I mean... MOUNTAIN size!

One of these was a request we have been lifting before the Lord for 9 YEARS!

9 YEARS!!!! 3,285 days!!!!

Don’t you think that’s a long time? I mean, for goodness sakes, we’ve been through 3 presidential terms in that amount of time! Yet, today, we saw God answer that prayer request, for His glory. Not only did we SEE Him do it, we were blessed by the fruit of HIM doing it...and guess what – it was ALL for His glory, and for the building up of the body of Christ.

So, I want to ask you another question tonight... WHO do you know that needs Jesus Christ, yet seems by your estimation to be one of those who will never bow their knee?

Will you commit to pray for them for the next 9 years?

For their salvation for the next 3,285 days...or longer if the Lord wills?

What is the situation in your life that seems absolutely impossible? Will you bow your knee before the Father and make your request known to Him with all thanksgiving for Who He is, and what He is able to bring about that His name may be glorified?

Will you do it for 3,285 days? Will you persevere in prayer?

Will you remember my story...that it took 9 years to see God answer this one?

Yet, today...as I and my family walked in the blessing of God’s answered prayer, I didn’t think ONE TIME about the tears that we had shed in prayer begging the Lord to do this given thing.
I didn’t think ONE TIME about all the feelings of discouragement we’d felt through it.

No sweet friend, not ONE TIME.

Today was a day of JUBILEE!

Today was a day of CELEBRATION!

Today was AWESOME!!!

Press on, Christian Soldier. Press on in prayer.

Be steadfast. Be immovable. Abound always in the work of the Lord. Know that your labor is not in vain.

I love how over and over again in the Old Testament we see the words, “That the world may know that there is a God in Israel.”

Time and again when God made a great miracle occur for His people, for His name sake, He said that it was for that very reason...that ALL THE WORLD might know that there is a God in Israel.

Will you pray for God’s hand in your situation? In the lives of your lost neighbors, friends, and family members?

How about for the salvation of your enemies?

What about for your country? That we will repent of our grievous sins before God and return to Him in obedience? Why would God want to answer your prayer? Why does He draw the lost unto Himself? That ALL THE WORLD may know Him, through His son, Jesus Christ.

I gotta share with you, after getting to walk in the shadow of this miracle of God today, my prayers for my lost and dying friends and family members are going to be ramped up big time! I’m going to make a commitment to myself and to the Lord that if I could pray for this last situation for 9 years, I will pray for the next one for at least that long.

Who in your life needs to make your list?

How long will you pray over your list?

9 years seems like a short time, in light of the surpassing glory of God in this answered prayer today.

Tune in again in the next few days...I’ll be sharing with you about Precept Ministries International’s call to prayer for our nation. Click here for more information.

Press on, soldier. Press on in prayer.

1 Corinthians 15:54-58
But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

URGENT Prayer Request

I just sent this out via e-mail to our friends who are in Precept classes with us, and to our homeschooling friends. However, for those who read this blog from other parts of the world, would you please join us all in prayer?

Dear Precious Friends and Fellow Soldiers for Christ,

I had every intention of calling you each personally to ask you to pray, but I can't get past the heart breaking sobs that keep breaking through each time I try to speak.

I just received a phone call from a friend, Kim H. Some of you may remember her, as she visited the Monday night study one time.

She is the best of friends with Kim and Brian D, whose home we have the Thursday night study in. Kim is in our Covenant study as well.

Well, the D family left this past Sunday to go to California for vacation, and at the last minute, their friends the H family decided to join them there a few days later.

While there, Kayleigh D, who is 12, started to not feel so well, and her mom saw spots on her skin..so they went into Urgent Care. While there, they had blood drawn, and found that Kayleigh has virtually no iron in her blood, and that her white blood cell count is very low.

So, they are transferring her to Childrens Hospital. A doctor told her mom that he thinks it's leukemia. They will admit Kayleigh and will do more testing on her. She is on an IV already, and that's about all that I know.

PLEASE join us in prayer for this precious family. We love them so much..in a very short time they have become very special to us, as I know they have to so many of you who are in Precept classes with them.

Already, even in the midst of this, we can see God's hand at work. Pray that we'll see more and more of His sovereignty shine through in the upcoming days.

1. They are at one of the best Childrens Hospitals in the country.

2. They have some of their most loved and cherished and Biblically gounded friends with them.

3. They have both been steeping themselves in God's Word over the past few months.

4. They are not alone.

Please pray that all that they've been learning from God's Word will be a great comfort and strength to them right now.

Please pray that God's perfect will be done in this situation, and that He will be glorified through all they say and do.

Please pray that some lost person(s) at that hospital will come to Christ as they watch how the D family trusts the Lord through this trial.

Please pray that God will heal Kayleigh, in Jesus' name.

I am going to order a bouquet for Kayleigh, and will send it out asap. If you would like to contribute to it, that would be super. I will be addressing it from the Monday and Thursday night Precept classes.

We love you all, and thank you for loving the Lord and co-laboring for the cause of Christ.

Thank you for your prayers that I know you will send up for the D family, and for Kayleigh.

To His Glory...
Jesica

Please pray for Jordin Sparks , Melinda Doolittle , and Phil Stacy

OK, so I'll admit that this isn't going to be a post focused on studying the Word.

However, I gave a friend my word that I'd post this..so I want to keep it.

She tells me that Jordin Sparks is a Calvary Chapel girl..that she has grown up in that church. My friend asked me to please be praying for Jordin during this time in her life.

She is smack dab in the middle of the glitz and glamour of Hollywood...would you join me in praying for her..that the LORD will surround her..that He'll go before and behind her every step of the way?

Another friend told me today that Jordin's dad is the football coach for our local high school...I had no idea of that.

So..let's pray for her..and for Melinda Doolittle, and Phil Stacy...these are the ones that have been vocal about being Christians..I don't know about any of the other contestants on American Idol.

Let's just pray for all of them!

Happy Resurrection Day! Did you know that today is the actual day? I know that we celebrate it on Easter, but when you look at Scripture, Yeshua's death coincided with Passover...and Passover was earlier this week.

We went to a Seder dinner on Tuesday night..I'll have to write about that later. It was awesome!

Have a great day!

Jes

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