“Pray About EVERYTHING “

 “Pray About EVERYTHING”

 

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.  Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done.  Philippians 4:6

 

Some people may think that when you PRAY to the ALMIGHTY GOD, you MUST PRAY using BIG WORDS, very CEREMONIAL, FORMAL SPEECH.  And ONLY voice what is HIGH-MINDED, because God will be IMPRESSED with your PRAYER.  Well, of course, that is NOT the case.  In chapter eighteen, in the Book of Luke, the Lord Jesus tells this story to those who had great confidence in their OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS and scorned everyone else.  “Two men went to the Temple to PRAY.  One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector.  The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer:  ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people, cheaters, sinners, adulterers.  I’m certainly NOT like that tax collector! I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my INCOME.’ 

 

But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared NOT even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he BEAT his chest in SORROW, saying, ‘O God, be MERCIFUL to me, for I am a SINNER.’  Jesus said: “I tell you, this SINNER, NOT the PHARISEE, returned home JUSTIFIED before God.  For those who EXALT themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be EXALTED.”  This STORY came from the LORD, and He KNOWS what impresses God, and it is NOT a HAUGHTY SPIRIT.  

 

What IMPRESSES God is when we GET REAL with HIM, that means we POUR OUT our HEART to Him and if we are WORRIED about a situation, we should TELL HIM ALL ABOUT IT.  Because an IMPORTANT fact is: “The MORE you WORRY the LESS you PRAY, but the MORE you PRAY, the LESS you WORRY.  EVERY TIME, you start to WORRY take it as a CALL from God, that it is TIME to PRAY.  And you SHOULD OFFER THANKSGIVING with EVERY PETITION of PRAYER.  This shows our TRUST in GOD and HIS PROVISIONS.  And when we PUT our TRUST in Him, we can have His PEACE in our HEART. 

 

If you are NOT a TRUE BELIEVER, you have NOT come to CHRIST JESUS, for your SALVATION, then you probably don’t have much if any PRAYER LIFE, and if you do pray any, God will NOT hear your prayers, because you are a SINNER, and you do NOT belong to His Family of BELIEVERS.  But, if you feel like you are being CONVICTED of your SINS, you have the OPPORTUNITY NOW, to COME to JESUS and become a part of GOD’S FAMILY.  This is what YOU MUST DO:  ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, and YOU MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for YOU, before GOD.  YOU MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then YOU MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM YOUR SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  YOU MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and GET REAL with GOD, and be sure to PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING with THANKSGIVING.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!