Heaven Land Devotions - Climb or Die

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This morning I felt such a strong direction to talk about prayer. Prayer is the most precious yet crucial thing given to us from God. There are many who pray with ease, while there are others who struggle though it all their lives. There are all kinds of prayers prayed for people, for illness, spiritual warfare. The list is literally endless.

Prayer is vast and can become confusing for people. They listen to how others pray and think that is how they must sound. There are some that purchase books on how to pray. There are some that feel that they are not qualified to pray, so they pray prayers written out for them and repeat them. They think that in doing so God will then hear them.

There are many that feel that they sound dumb when they pray, and some that are convinced that God does not answer prayers because they do not say say the right things. Others that never feel to pray for themselves because they think they are not worth it.

That unbelief bleeds over unto other things in their lives they want prayer for but go away in a pre-defeated way and live in spiritual shadows. So they are ever enlisting the prayer help of everyone around them. They never go to God themselves.

There comes a time when each one of us must break from the pack, and go to the Lord alone. Not always with a check off list or dry, dead prayers of unbelief. It is better not to pray at all. Like Blind Bartemaeus who threw off his beggars cloke and ran to Jesus, is what we have to do also. Their unbelief is something like that cloak. They choose to rather wear it instead of getting rid of it.

God longs deeply to hear from you, in your own voice. He wants you to trust Him to release the deepest issues of your heart. Prayer is and must be that of the heart. YOUR heart. Do not be afraid to lift up your own self to the Lord in faithful assurance that He really does care, and really will answer you.

Also, never let the devil discourage you to go and talk to your God. You have the power to rise up and go to Him any time you like. Really, nothing can stop you. Jesus word stands: "As many as cometh unto Him He will not cast out." That is the whole of the matter. Prayer is for answer and answer is for prayer. Jesus said to all, "Pray without ceasing."

“True prayers are born of present trials and present needs. Bread for today is bread enough. Bread given for today is the strongest sort of pledge that there will be bread tomorrow. Victory today is the assurance of victory tomorrow. Our prayers need to be focused upon the present. We must trust God today, and leave the morrow entirely with Him. The present is ours; the future belongs to God. Prayer is the task and duty of each recurring day -- daily prayer for daily needs.” ― E.M. Bounds