Especially during seasons of trials, storms and pain it becomes difficult to stay focused in prayer because of constant worry, anxiety and fears. But it is during these times one has to press into Jesus in prayer.
Dear brothers and sisters, often times in the way we speak to our Father in Heaven we find ourselves begging Him to do something on our behalf. But when we study the language of Jesus towards Heavenly Father His language was very direct, with boldness, as if He knew He was praying according to His Father’s will, as if He knew Father was personally attentive to His every word or request and as if there was a sense of security and assurance with which He could relate to His Father.
Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus was living prayer walking on earth and left us an example of what that looks like. Every word He spoke or thought He had or any action of His was prayer in action. One cannot emphasise enough how important prayer really is. According to book of Revelation of Jesus Christ…
It is a sure shot way to always live a lifestyle of stepping into answered prayers for anything in life. But deeper than that it is a way of communing with Him alone, to know Him and understand who He is. It is a way to relate to Him and Him relating to you that is just unique to Him and you alone.
In His prayer He prayed that we might be one just as He and Father are one and that we might be in Him. His prayer was in this oneness between Him and His Father we might be brought in be in a state of completeness and keep being in it. Father loves us just as He loved Jesus Himself. Beloved friends, this is a prayer of Jesus Himself and He always gets what He prays for. Shall we consider stepping into the full understanding and reality of this prayer of His ?
This month of January we will focus on prayer and how to get grounded in it. Here is a teaching by John Paul Jackson on the mystery of prayer and possibly you may have never known prayer in this manner. Enjoy!