Araw-araw lagi kong binabasa sa YouVersion yung Devotional Plan ko na Joyce Meyer : "Promises for your everyday Life". Kung may smartphone kayo, you may download it. It's a mobile bible (bible app) tapos pwede din ninyo i-check yung mga Plans and magandang Devotional Plan yung kay Joyce Meyer kasi ang dami kong natututunan plus it's good for the soul pa! It's really highly recommended. :)
2 nights ago, I've read something on my Devotional Plan. It's about pray persistently. This is what Joyce Meyer said:
About twenty years ago, this next sentence changed my life: “You do not have because you do not ask God.” This short verse opened a door for me to discover the life-changing power of persistent prayer.
At that time in my life, I was stressed out about a lot of different things. I was trying to make my ministry grow, trying to make my husband do this or that, trying to make my kids act a certain way, trying to make other people do the things I wanted, trying to basically do absolutely everything on my own. As you can probably guess, it wasn’t working!
As a burned-out, frustrated young Christian, I realized one day that living in my own strength was useless. I needed to take my problems to God. In other words, I needed to pray more!
When we understand God’s love for us and His plan for us, then we can begin to realize the doors that He wants to open for us. But we’ll only realize these things when we’re constantly talking with Him, listening to His voice, and growing deeper in our relationship with Him.
In Matthew 7:7 (AMP), Jesus tells us, “Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking reverently and the door will be opened to you.”
So many times, when we reach the end of our rope, we turn to prayer, but when our prayers are not instantly answered, we give up. Today, I want to encourage you to not only pray, but to pray persistently. Don’t stress out trying to make things happen on your own. Give it all to God as you pray.
Remember, He promises that when we seek Him, we will find Him. Let’s pray and seek Him with all our hearts.
Prayer Starter: God, remind me to bring my problems to You. I’m tired of living in my own strength. I need Your guidance and Your direction. As I seek You daily, I will put my trust in You.
Nagflashback sa'kin after kong mabasa yan noong nag-aaral pa ako. I was so scared kasi baka bumaksak ako sa 2 subjects ko noon kaya I persistently prayed every night. Lagi kong pinagpi-pray na sana i-touch ni God yung hearts ng dalawang Prof ko na wag akong i-fail at maawa sana sila sa akin kung balak man nilang gawin yun. Sana marealize din nila na sana bigyan nila ako ng chance para ipasa nila. Tapos nung day na malalaman ko na yung final grade ko, pray pa rin ako ng pray at pagkatingin ko sa grades ko, wala akong bagsak! Yessssssss!!!!!! \(^_____^)/ Feeling ko kasi sa dalawang subjects ko na Economics and Business Law (Take Note: Parehas na SOBRANG hirap ng subjects ko nun tapos mababagsik pa mga Prof ko dito pero mabait naman sila.) I really thanked God for that kasi it was Him who talked to my Professors to let me pass! God is good all the time!
Marami pa din akong bagay na pinagpray na natupad ni God. He gave me most of the things that I've prayed for kasi He is our Heavenly Father meaning anak niya tayo at bilang Ama natin siya na nasa langit, mahal niya tayo kaya ibinibigay niya ang kung ano mang naisin natin pero teka lang ha, hindi lahat binibigay niya at wag magtampo kung di mo man makuha ang pinagdasal mo sa kanya. Kung di mo pa iyon nare-receive, ibig sabihin hindi iyon para sa iyo dahil meron siyang mas maganda pang inihanda para sayo o di kaya naman kailangan mong maging patient until makuha mo ito. Basta continue to trust in Him. Alam niya kung ano ang dapat sayo. Why? Because He is God! :)))))
Yun nga lang may mga times na feeling ko kaya ko naman gawin ang ibang bagay kaya di ko na lang iyon pinagpi-pray tapos in the end, di ko nagagawa. Nung mabasa ko ito, narealize ko na dapat di ako umaasa sa sarili kong strength dahil di lahat ng bagay ay kaya ko at kailangan ko pa rin si God. Hopefully ikaw din na nagbabasa ngayon marealize din ito. :
By the way, Ms. Joyce Meyer also has a twitter account follow niyo siya kasi nagfofollow back din siya! :D Plus, lagi siyang nagpopost ng about God and Life. Here's her twitter: https://twitter.com/joycemeyer
Also, kung may ipapa-prayer request kayo sa kanya, here's the link: http://www.joycemeyer.org/EverydayAnswers/RequestPrayer.aspx
Have a Blessed day full of love and joy! ♥
