BEFORE YOU BEND YOUR KNEES (1)

BEFORE YOU BEND YOUR KNEES (1)

If you have strength to pray, thank God, for prayer is just by the grace of God. If you think it is by strength alone, ask a labourer, he can carry sand mixed with cement from morning till night, but ask him to come and pray for five minutes, within few minutes he will be sleeping. Many believers cannot explain why their prayers are not being answered; the inputs are not corresponding to the outputs. Therefore before you bend your knees again in prayers, take note of these eight important steps:

1. You must be in good and right standing with God – James 5:16. God is holy and does not behold iniquity, so whenever you want to bend your knees in prayer, clean yourself with the blood, confess your sins and repent from it completely.

2. It is just a matter of faith. First, it is not a matter of desire; it is all about having absolute and resolute faith in God. The first ingredient is faith unto God without wavering – Mark 11:22, Hebrews 11:6, Matthew 17:17, 19-20.

3. You must be a worshipper Are you a worshipper? – John 4:23, 24. Jesus conversed with a Samaritan woman by the well, by then the Israelites do go to Jerusalem to worship but Jesus made a profound statement, true worshippers must be those who worship God in Spirit and in Truth. You must be an ardent worshipper, always bring out reasons to thank God even in bad times.

Let us continue tomorrow. May you never knee in vain (Amen).

Word Affirmation: And the blood (of Jesus) shall be to ME for a token upon MY houses where I AM: and when (GOD) I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon ME to destroy ME, when (GOD) I smite the land of Egypt - Exodus 12:13 (Don't just say it, mean it!)

“We express our submission and obedience to God by bending our knees.”

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