The truth of the matter is that we come to God with our cares and concerns, asking Him to deal with them according to His will, but then when things don’t work out quite the way that we would like them to, we start complaining that God either hasn’t answered our prayer or hasn’t dealt with us fairly and lovingly, even though we are well aware of the fact that we have qualified all of our requests with the phrase:  “Thy will be done”

 We hear a lot about people seeking God, but the truth of the matter, as it is revealed to us in the Word of God, is that the only people who genuinely seek God are those who already believe in Him. 

Christians often struggle with the reality that, even though the promise of God’s Word is that the Lord hears and answers every prayer offered in the name of Jesus, many times we pray about something and don’t receive what we prayed for. 

One of the sad ironies of life is that in order to solve a problem, you have to do what you really don’t want to do.  You have to go back to the source of the problem and confront it head-on.

But when you get right down to it, are any of us really prepared for prayer?

At one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.  Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true.)

The father of the boy who had an evil spirit said to Jesus]:  “If You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”  And Jesus said to him, “If You can! All things are possible for one who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”