"If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14 AMP)
- For this week's challenge, I encouraged you to eliminate three things from your life for one week.
- Get rid of them for one week and see how you feel spiritually. (Doubt, Being Negative and Sin)
- And yesterday I encouraged you to replace it with God's Word
- Today I am going to ask you to add one more thing that will change your life...prayer
- Read 2 Chronicles 7:14 again
- Do you notice how sometimes we can focus on one part of a verse at the neglect of the other part?
- We want God's hand of blessing on our lives and family...
- We want Him to hear us when we pray.
- We want Him to forgive our sins...
- And we want Him to heal our land
- But, there is the word, "Then" in the middle of this verse.
- It's an "If - Then" statement.
- "If" you do this, "then" God will bring about these results.
- If you don't, then He won't.
- Don't focus on the "Then" part of the verse at the neglect of the"IF"
- If we want God sized results then we need to follow God's requirement.
- We won't see God move in our life until we Humble ourselves.
- We won't see His provision, until we pray.
- We won't see His Hand until we seek His face.
- And we won't have His ear until we turn from our wicked and self centered ways.
- Do you desperately need His Peace and His presence in your life?
- How about In your relationships...
- In your family...
- In your school or at work...?
- Well then let's focus on God centered living.
- Let's emphasize the "If"
- Let's put away our pride and stop focussing on our wants and needs.
- let's really get humble and ask God what He wants and what He sees.
- Let's pray...really pray and not just talk about praying.
- Let's pray like we've never prayed before
- Let put away our wicked ways...
- Let's stop justifying our sin
- Let's stop the compromise
- Let's stop making excuses and simply call sin, sin
- Make seeking His presence a necessity
- Make knowing His will and His way - vital!
- When we focus on our part, we can watch God do His part.
- Don't try to do Gods part ...just focus on the "If"
- Then watch God go beyond and exceed what you thought was possible.
- Watch Him exceed your expectations!
- Just like 1 Cor. 2:9 says, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”
- God bless you!
- Have a great Weekend!