July 28, 2024 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)
Prayer & Having Great Faith
I often ask for or pray about these things when I talk to God. I ask for great mercy, great wisdom, and great faith; deliverance from all things evil; to receive a ‘Jesus-future’ and deliverance from my past; forgiveness for my friends, family, and people who are called by the name of Christ; my ‘soul’ to rejoice in God; and lastly, to always be in love with Jesus—He is my friend, and I am grateful to Him!
I kind of bounce around when talking to God. I do not have a particular pattern or reason for my prayers, but I pray what is on my heart or spirit at that time. I like praying when no one is around and often do my best praying early in the morning when the sun is not up yet.
The items I mentioned in the first paragraph have various components when I pray about these topics. For instance, ‘faith’ has requirements to be effective, so I pray about the ingredients that make for ‘great faith’.
Faith is not just about believing. Believing is taken for granted if you are exercising faith.Consider these Scriptures when you want to allow faith to operate in your life.
1. If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
2. God will give swift justice to those who don’t give up. So be ever praying, ever expecting, in the same way as the widow. Even so,when the Son of Man comes back, will he find this kind of undying faith on earth?” Luke 18:8 TPT
3. So likewise, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. Luke 17:10 KJV
The number one ingredient for ‘great faith’ is humility, nothing else really matters. It is the person who is humble, never stealing glory from God (it is God alone who gets the praise and respect), and when done doing great works of faith, accept no honor, recognition, or reward. Pride will steal your faith from working. Fear can get in the way of one’s faith when one is operating in faith, but you will never have great faith when pride is operating in your life.
Let’s stop comparing ourselves to each other, but instead, humble ourselves allowing others to be honored above ourselves. We should be ‘lifting up’ others and take a ‘humble position’ in the Body of Christ. "I am the least in the Body of Christ and deserve no honor or praise." If we would do this the Body of Christ would be in unity and our faith would be extremely great. Humility first, great faith second.
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