AS IT IS IN HEAVEN

Matthew 6: 9-10 NLT Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

We’ve probably all used a vending machine where you put your money in, and out pops whatever you were expecting. Sometimes I think we’ve maybe prayed a bit like that! We’ve put our prayers in and expected God to pop out the answer straight away with no delay. But it doesn’t work quite like that, does it?😊

Our heart attitude comes into it, and God wants us to come to Him with a thankful heart for all his goodness to us, not a grumbling, “Why aren’t you doing it? How long is it going to take?” attitude. When I’ve been ill I know I’ve sometimes said,”Why is it taking so long? Why am I not getting any better?”. When I did that I was playing right into the enemy’s hands because he wanted me to doubt God!

Yes we do have faith, but our unbelief seems to grow bigger the more we grumble and question God. We probably all have a lot to learn about praying, but I know that Jesus went about healing all their sickness and diseases and He’s the same yesterday, today and forever.😊

Jesus said in the Lord’s Prayer, “Your will be done, even as it is in Heaven”. Well we know there’s no sickness and disease in heaven, no poverty and no lack, so we know we’re praying in line with His will when we believe for healing and provision in every area of our lives.

James 5:16 NLT … The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. 

God has declared us righteous, if Jesus is our Saviour, so we qualify for this verse, and yet again God is encouraging us to keep praying earnestly, even if the answer isn’t popping out when we want it to!😊 Keep expecting wonderful results from our God because all things are still possible with Him. He hasn’t changed. Amen.

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