“But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word” Acts 6:4
Here were the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ addressing the multitude of disciples (Christians), informing them of the need to choose seven men of God for the mission to solve the issue among the Grecians against the Hebrews as it was reported the widows of the Grecians were neglected and without care.
Then the twelve disciples added that if seven men were assigned the duty of seeing to the Grecians’ problem, they (twelve disciples of Jesus Christ) will devote themselves to unceasing prayer and preaching the word of God (Acts 6:4).
Immediately after this speech, the Bible in verse 5 of same Acts 6; “And the saying pleased the whole multitude……..”
Every one of them understood that without prayer and word of God as backup in this issue, it will or might escalate.
It does not matter if you have prayer about 30 times a day. What matters is your consistency and honestly while praying. Every sincere man of God I met has one thing in common and that is the perseverance in prayer.
You cannot separate prayer from the Word of God. These two come handy that you just have no choice than to master them. God is never far from answering your request neither has He gone on a long trip that will prevent Him from giving you what you want.
God wants you to pray because by praying you are not just asking Him for your request but you are mostly building loving relationship with Him. Through God’s Word, you get to know Him fully and understand His principles. It is the same as when you pray to Him.
You may not realise this but the more you pray to God, the more you develop bond-relationship with Him. It shows that you have surrender your life and all entirety of you to Him while believing that He alone is capable of making your life the best.
Do not quit praying to God even the objective of you praying is to request something. You may have gotten your prayer answer, or you are still expecting the result of you have reached the point of waiting for so long that you are on the verge of quitting.
I implore you not to quit praying to God and do not dump your Bible in the deepest corner of your house so that you won’t see it. God is waiting for you. He is 100% aware that you ask Him for something. He will do it but He will do it for you at the right time.
Such time may be too long for you and that makes your heart bitter with that decision to avoid praying further. God knows best. I once told you in my previous mail not to force God to do what He wants to do for you.
What you need is to keep on praying without ceasing. Read the Word of God every day. And above all, stay unto God and master perseverance with all your heart.
Prayer has no limit because it is never enough.
Peace!
Ehiyeh-Sh’Ehiyeh 