DON’T STOP PRAYING

 JEWS THAT ARE ATHEISTS? During one of my trips to Israel (as pictured here, years ago) our group was honored to meet w/some members of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament). Once the meeting was concluded (as is our custom), some of the ministers asked could we say a word of prayer. One Knesset member flat out said, “No.” We wrongly assumed that this was because we pray, “in Jesus’ Name.” Our tour guide assured us that this was not the case. He told us that “some” Jews are “secular” or “atheist.” While they are proud of their Jewish heritage (& even participate in holidays), they do not believe in God. He said that “some” of these persons are bitter over the Holocaust.  Basically, if God is good & answers prayer; He would have never allowed such an atrocity to occur. My point for the saints is, no matter whether your prayers are answered like you desire or not, DON’T STOP PRAYING. No matter how much we confess, declare, decree, speak in tongues, “sow seeds,” etc., none of this overrides the sovereignty of God. What He does or does not, is totally in His hands. We will never understand fully; until we see Him face to face. So prayer really does not have the purpose of changing God’s will. Prayer conditions our heart to be in sync w/God’s will. No, it is not easy, but we are the most effective, the most anointed & the most productive, when we are in sync w/God. That’s really what, “YES LORD,” means: total surrender to the will of God. #IveGotWorkToDo

Isaiah 55:8-9 ERV. This plan of mine is not what you would work out, neither are my thoughts the same as yours! For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than yours, and my thoughts than yours.

1 Cor 13:12. TLB. In the same way, we can see and understand only a little about God now, as if we were peering at his reflection in a poor mirror; but someday we are going to see him in his completeness, face-to-face. Now all that I know is hazy and blurred, but then I will see everything clearly, just as clearly as God sees into my heart right now.