Praying to the Lord

The world seems to crazier and crazier all the time.  It is so very easy to get discouraged with all the bad things happening all around us.  We must remember that this is a fallen world and it is passing away.  There will be an increase of wickedness all the way until the time when Jesus Christ returns as the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

The believer in Jesus Christ must not give into the fear and discouragement of the world.  We must however be in constant prayer to the Lord.  The Lord tells us to call out to Him and He tells us He will answer and show us great and mighty things that we don't know (Jeremiah 33:3).  The Lord wants to hear from His children.

Prayer is important to the life of the follower of Jesus Christ.  The Holy Spirit helps us to pray in those moments when we struggle with what to say in our prayers.  The Lord will answer our prayers in His timing and in accordance to His will.

I would encourage you to keep praying and calling out to the Lord each and everyday.  Pray in faith.  Pray that the Lord would change your heart and mine that we would be obedient followers of His and spread the Gospel to those around us.

I would ask you to pray for the leaders of our state governments and our country's leaders as well.  There is trouble brewing in our governments and there is extreme darkness there.  We need to pray that God would raise people up to run for offices that have a heart for the Lord and His Holy Word, the Bible.

Things may look bleak and depressing, but the Lord told us that in this world we will indeed have trouble.  The Lord promises to help us during our troubling times.  Let's learn to trust Him more and pray to Him more.  May the Lord use us wherever He puts us for His glory.

Lord,
Help us to pray when words fail us.
Help us not to give up, but keep praying.
I pray for our government leaders to find direction from You O Lord.
In Jesus Name I pray,
Amen.