God speaks today Thursday | November 16, 2023
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
(Jeremiah 29:12)And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
(Mark 10:48) It is important that our prayers express a high level of intensity, commitment and focus.
Passionate prayer, accompanied by action and specific petition, is what provokes a response from God. Sometimes delays and silences from God are part of His treatment to purify our requests. Passionate action generates a favorable decision from heaven. The story of Blind Bartimaeus illustrates this, as he passionately cried out to Jesus and took daring action to receive his miracle. When the Lord stopped and asked him what he wanted, Bartimaeus declared his specific request, and Jesus responded immediately. Passion, action, and petition are the three elements that make a successful prayer.
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Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
(Jeremiah 33:3)And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
(Psalm 50:15)Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
(Matthew 7:7)LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
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