Praying with faith
Dr. Roberto Miranda
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SUMMARY: The passage in Luke 7 emphasizes the simplicity of prayer. The centurion, a foreigner, had a noble and simple heart. He didn't need all kinds of religious ceremony and protocol, all he needed was to understand how God works and the simplicity of Jesus' authority. God is looking for a contrite and broken heart that knows it doesn't have a right to come into His presence. When we learn to rest in an atmosphere of the acceptance of God, it frees us to make better decisions and to live a more holy life. God's heart is simple, generous, and fatherly. He is looking for a childlike, humble, and free heart.
Sometimes the most powerful prayers are those that are not even spoken verbally, but instead are a faith so strong that it unlocks the blessings of heaven. It's important to trust God and rest in His hands, even when we have prayed and asked for something repeatedly. We should pray from a posture of rest and confidence, knowing that God desires to bless us and give us the desires of our heart. We declare the good purposes of God over our lives and trust in His mercy and love for us.
Sometimes the most powerful prayers are those that are not even spoken verbally, but instead are a faith so strong that it unlocks the blessings of heaven. It's important to trust God and rest in His hands, even when we have prayed and asked for something repeatedly. We should pray from a posture of rest and confidence, knowing that God desires to bless us and give us the desires of our heart. We declare the good purposes of God over our lives and trust in His mercy and love for us.
Luke, chapter 7. In this time of intensive focus seeking the Lord this is a good time to renew our faith, that we trust in a great God who is trustworthy in any situation we face. And here what I want to focus on is the simplicity of prayer. That’s the word that God just planted in my heart for this passage this night.
Sometimes we make things more complicated than they need to be and with prayer sometimes we can be so religious and so complex and so profound, that we lose the simplicity of the kind of heart that God wants us to bring before him, simple attitude, simple faith that unleashes the power of God.
Sometimes we make things more complicated than they need to be and with prayer sometimes we can be so religious and so complex and so profound, that we lose the simplicity of the kind of heart that God wants us to bring before him, simple attitude, simple faith that unleashes the power of God.
