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Here you will read Simple Truths regarding the heart of God, the love of Jesus Christ and the daily presence of the Holy Spirit. You may find a giggle or two as well. And perhaps you will walk away a little bit stronger in your love with God. Perhaps ;)

What is the Connection in Prayer?

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Many of us wonder what the connection is between us and prayer and God and Christ Jesus. We wonder why and how God uses our prayer for the benefit of others. We truly desire to know how prayer is all connected.

Understanding the connection of prayer always begins with knowing Jesus and knowing that prayer begins in and through His precious death and resurrection.

Next to knowing Jesus, it is so important to know your position.

When we know that we are seated at the right hand of the Throne of God, the intimidation to pray or pressure to pray “better” gets washed over with the desire to have a conversation with God.

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:4-6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

In Christ, we are seated beside God. Present tense. Sit quietly with that truth. Selah.

My prayer is that we will grasp the depth of this gift from God. I pray that when we pray (whether on our knees or on our way) that we will see ourselves in our positioned seat beside God Almighty.

  • He is sitting there beside you.
  • He feels the emotions coarsing through you.
  • He sees the posture that is overtaking your body.
  • He hears the quietness of your breathe, your sigh, your cry, your smile, your existence.
God calls us friend. He seats us {always} beside Him. May we have a sweet and sincere conversation with Him there.
  • May we feel His arm around us as we sit in conversation with Him.
  • May we feel His emotions for us as we sit beside Him.
  • May we see His posture as we sit beside Him.
  • May we hear His breathe, His understanding, His Love, His joy, His existence.

Do you see this? Do you understand the depth of this simplicity? Your part in prayer matters. Your prayer life matters. Are you willing to grasp the beautiful power in this truth? My prayer is that we will all see and fully grasp this sweet gift of pure conversation with our God.

Walking together in prayer & truth,

Jaclyn

***Prayer begins with Jesus. Learn more about HIM here.

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What is Prayer

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Prayer is Jesus. Think about that for a minute. Without Jesus, prayer is empty and vain. With Jesus, prayer is an entrance gate to the very heart of God Above.

The moment you place your faith in Jesus Christ, the moment you believe in your heart that God has risen Christ from the dead, the moment you confess with your mouth that Jesus was buried and Risen again you are saved. (Romans 10:9-13)

This truth is Scripture. It is foundational Scripture. And it is the only truth that will open wide the door for you to get to pray. Yes, prayer is Jesus.

Do you know Him? Have you placed your faith in Jesus Christ. If yes, then, Friend, you have already begun your path of communication with God through Christ Jesus. If not, are you interested in meeting the very One who knows you and loves you more than life itself?

Learn more about Jesus here.

My request for each of us today is this, will we purpose to talk with Jesus today?

The beautiful thing about having full access to the ears of God as a child of God filled with the Spirit of God because of the Son of God (shout of hallelujah right here!!) is the fact that there are no rules in when or how we converse with Him.

Talk to Him as you are/where you are.

  • Share your thoughts.
  • Share your emotion.
  • Share your questions.
  • Drop your pretense.
  • Drop your bravery.
  • Drop your political correctness.
  • Be real.
  • Be honest.
  • Be the You that He so intricately designed to be You.

He knows you. Talk to Him as if you believe that.

That is prayer.

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Top Ten of 2020

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As a thank you for walking with me in prayer and truth, I have linked my Top Ten posts of 2020. Interesting to see that most are from my Prayer Journal. Is there not much power in prayer?!

Also, scroll down to receive a Free compilation of 30 Prayers of 2020.

 

1. Prayer for Police Officers

I pray that you will cause a light to shine upon these men and women who dutifully stand for our constitution and for our laws and for our rights and for our safety and freedom and protection and our nation’s purity. Father, our Officers need our prayers and need Your defense.

2. Prayer for America

America is at a crossroads. This is not the first time our nation has seen a divide, nor is it the first time it has seen extreme hardship. Such is life as a nation. History tells us this. But God, history also tells us that prayer can heal a nation. That prayer can rescue a people. And that prayer can cause the enemy to fall at the sound of a trumpet. This is what a nation can see if a nation prays.

3. Prayer for China

Father, we pray salvation in China will become an epidemic as it is in other nations today. Call your creation to you, send your Spirit to turn their eyes to Righteousness, and lead your children to the souls seeking an Answer. Lord, we know You are the answer, for You were and are the Answer for each of us.

4. Prayer for Lives

Lord, may I pray for the foundation of a movement that is steering the heart of a united people down the path of division and frustration and pain? I pray, Lord, for Alicia Garza, Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Opal Tometi. I pray for their hearts to be changed to the goodness of The God Almighty. Open their eyes to the evidence of Your Control. God, I pray these three women will acknowledge that Jesus is Lord of all.

5. Prayer for Pastors

The realities of 2020 are hard on all of us. But they are weighing heavily on our pastors and their wives. God, in our heaviness, we rely on these leaders to fill us with truth and promise from the Word. We trust them with our prayer requests. We lean on them as our Pastor. As we should, for you called them to do just that.

6. Prayer for School

Be with schools this fall. Protect hearts, give attention to ears, guard minds, and fill our children with wisdom, your wisdom. That promised wisdom from above given to all who ask as stated in James. Lord, I pray not these words for my son alone, but for the children in his school, for the children of my friends, and for the children who desire to learn and attain true academic knowledge.

7. Today’s Prayer List

Good morning Father, You are good. What more can I say? To sit in Your presence, to breathe in Your peace, to breathe out Your sustenance, to walk by Your side, to hold Your hand… oh, Father, you are good. Lord, there are prayer requests falling at your feet from all around this world. I pray You will hear our prayers today.

*Sister, pray with me…

8. Green Pen and a Credit Card

My grandma read her Bible. She Read her Bible. Cover to cover every year of my life. It lay open on her glass coffee table. A green pen and a credit card lay beside it. Yes, a credit card. Every morning she brewed her pot of deep, black coffee and sat on her floral couch in a beautiful polyester summer dress that tied perfectly below her bosom. 

9. When You Don’t Know What to Pray

May I pray your daughter will give herself grace to sit in this moment of sorrow. Allow her the time and freedom to cry in your arms. Lord Jesus, I pray you will hold her hand, help her stand when her strength returns within her soul and step ever so sweetly beside her as the days begin to brighten.

10. Prayer for Our Thoughts

Oh, Lord God, Where does one go with one’s thoughts. This is my question. Why are we prone to assume that our thoughts are evil and sin-filled and self-condemning? This also is my question. Personally these two questions scream within me. Daily I ponder my thoughts. Daily I sit on guard of myself, working diligently in controlling my thoughts. Fighting, as with a Sword, the cruelty that resides within my inner self-condemnation, within my thoughts.

Enjoy a compilation of 30 prayers that were posted throughout 2020. Let’s continue to pray together as we enter a New Year. Much love, Jaclyn

Prayers of 2020

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