Intercessor
Beloved of All
THANK YOU FATHER & THANK YOU ALL WHO PRAYED! GOD ANSWERS PRAYER! Paul says, "And GOD will deliver us YET AGAIN, you also JOINING IN HELPING US THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS, SO THAT THANKS may be given by MANY PERSONS on our behalf for the FAVOR bestowed on us THROUGH THE PRAYERS OF MANY" (2 Cor. 1:10-11).
On giving thanks, Calvin writes, "Whenever believers ask the Lord to do anything for His Own Name's sake, so they oblige themselves to give thanks, and promise to make the right use of his loving-kindness by being the heralds of His mercy once the answer is received."
Make no mistake, this is One MAJOR hurdle past.
No better time than the present to exercise faith to lift trusting prayer for the next big need to promote the gospel more freely & meet basic needs more effectively:
1)I am asking God for a solid car of my own, low-cost insurance & clerical grace for registration.
On continuing to strike while the iron is hot, Calvin again says "In this we imitate the example of the patriarchs, particularly Jacob, who after confessing he was unworthy of the many mercies he received, says he is encouraged to make still larger requests, because God had promised that he would grant them.
What I have previously said becomes more clear, namely, that a bold spirit in prayer well accords with reverence, and that there is no inconsistency when God raises up those who had fallen prostrate." (John Calvin, On Prayer, A Perpetual Exercise of Faith, The Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book III, Chapter xx, parts 14 & 18).
Please feel free to send me any personal requests big or small and be assured I will consider the interests of others in joining you in confidently lifting our petitions before the Abba Father's Throne of Grace (Phil 2; Heb 4:16). Remember the axiom, "If it's big enough to worry about then it's big enough to pray about." Prayer is the remedy for anxiety; and; The will of God on earth is a struggle that's made victorious by receiving God's grace through prayer in Jesus' Name. Thank you again for your many prayers in Jesus' Name.
Here is more on Prayer for any others who are nourished by Godly exhortation to pray...
"No praise will ever please God that does not flow from this feeling of love. We must
attend to the declaration of Paul, "In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God," (Phil. 4:6). Because many, under the influence of depression, weariness, impatience, bitter grief and fear, use murmuring in their prayers, he enjoins us so to regulate our feelings as cheerfully to bless God even before obtaining what we ask."
If we should ask why we must exist in this tension between asking, receiving, thanksgiving & asking for more, "The explanation is, that though believers, persuaded of the paternal love of God, cheerfully rely on his faithfulness, and have no hesitation in imploring the aid which he voluntarily offers, it is so they are not elated with inactivity or presumptuous security; but climbing up by the ladder of the promises, still remain humble and abased suppliants"
But if this connection ought always to subsist in full vigor between things that are almost contrary, the more sacred is the tie which binds us to celebrate the praises of God whenever he grants our requests. And as we have already shown that our prayers, which otherwise would be polluted, are sanctified by the intercession of Christ, so the Apostle, by enjoining us "to offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually" by Christ, (Heb. 13:15,) reminds us, that without the intervention of His Priesthood our lips are not pure enough to celebrate the name of God" (Ibid; Institutes, Part 28).
"And GOD will deliver us YET AGAIN, you also JOINING IN HELPING US THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS, SO THAT THANKS may be given by MANY PERSONS on our behalf for the FAVOR bestowed on us THROUGH THE PRAYERS OF MANY" (2 Cor. 1:10-11). Thank you again in JESUS' NAME!
On giving thanks, Calvin writes, "Whenever believers ask the Lord to do anything for His Own Name's sake, so they oblige themselves to give thanks, and promise to make the right use of his loving-kindness by being the heralds of His mercy once the answer is received."
Make no mistake, this is One MAJOR hurdle past.
No better time than the present to exercise faith to lift trusting prayer for the next big need to promote the gospel more freely & meet basic needs more effectively:
1)I am asking God for a solid car of my own, low-cost insurance & clerical grace for registration.
On continuing to strike while the iron is hot, Calvin again says "In this we imitate the example of the patriarchs, particularly Jacob, who after confessing he was unworthy of the many mercies he received, says he is encouraged to make still larger requests, because God had promised that he would grant them.
What I have previously said becomes more clear, namely, that a bold spirit in prayer well accords with reverence, and that there is no inconsistency when God raises up those who had fallen prostrate." (John Calvin, On Prayer, A Perpetual Exercise of Faith, The Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book III, Chapter xx, parts 14 & 18).
Please feel free to send me any personal requests big or small and be assured I will consider the interests of others in joining you in confidently lifting our petitions before the Abba Father's Throne of Grace (Phil 2; Heb 4:16). Remember the axiom, "If it's big enough to worry about then it's big enough to pray about." Prayer is the remedy for anxiety; and; The will of God on earth is a struggle that's made victorious by receiving God's grace through prayer in Jesus' Name. Thank you again for your many prayers in Jesus' Name.
Here is more on Prayer for any others who are nourished by Godly exhortation to pray...
"No praise will ever please God that does not flow from this feeling of love. We must
attend to the declaration of Paul, "In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God," (Phil. 4:6). Because many, under the influence of depression, weariness, impatience, bitter grief and fear, use murmuring in their prayers, he enjoins us so to regulate our feelings as cheerfully to bless God even before obtaining what we ask."
If we should ask why we must exist in this tension between asking, receiving, thanksgiving & asking for more, "The explanation is, that though believers, persuaded of the paternal love of God, cheerfully rely on his faithfulness, and have no hesitation in imploring the aid which he voluntarily offers, it is so they are not elated with inactivity or presumptuous security; but climbing up by the ladder of the promises, still remain humble and abased suppliants"
But if this connection ought always to subsist in full vigor between things that are almost contrary, the more sacred is the tie which binds us to celebrate the praises of God whenever he grants our requests. And as we have already shown that our prayers, which otherwise would be polluted, are sanctified by the intercession of Christ, so the Apostle, by enjoining us "to offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually" by Christ, (Heb. 13:15,) reminds us, that without the intervention of His Priesthood our lips are not pure enough to celebrate the name of God" (Ibid; Institutes, Part 28).
"And GOD will deliver us YET AGAIN, you also JOINING IN HELPING US THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS, SO THAT THANKS may be given by MANY PERSONS on our behalf for the FAVOR bestowed on us THROUGH THE PRAYERS OF MANY" (2 Cor. 1:10-11). Thank you again in JESUS' NAME!