A Repost from Sept. 28, 2018 - Be Encouraged & Reminded that the Work of the Lord is Ours To Do (9.13.22)

All,

I sent this message back in September of 2018, 4 years ago - Taking Your Prayers for Others to the Next Level - Learning to be the Hands & Feet of Jesus to Hurting or Lost People (9.28.18)  -  but some need to be encouraged, this day; and many need to be reminded that it is ours to do, the work of the Lord. It surely is not in vain.
~ Marilyn

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 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead - James 2:15-17

Faith Believers,
It happens to all of us! We see a homeless person, come upon the scene of an accident…or hear of a family in financial need. Immediately we may think to pray in each of these situations, “Lord, please help that person. Send someone to meet that need!”

What if GOD wants to use you and your family to be the answer to your prayer?

Are you prepared to back up your prayers with action if the Lord directs?

I believe that our Father wants us to learn how to be the hands and feet of His Son to hurting or lost people.

Since Jesus lives in us; we should consider, as we pray, what He would do to meet this need or help this person if He were physically present – because He is! He is physically present in the midst of every situation because He is incarnate – in us!

Could this thought and realization change the way you respond to the prayers that you pray?

Instead of thinking that you have done the right thing by praying and then moving along to the next activity of your day… do you need to take your prayer to the next level by listening to what the voice of the Spirit speaks to your heart?

How many opportunities have we missed because we have not acted in response to the impulse of the Spirit, urging us to make Jesus known in the midst of lives or situations?

I believe that many prayers we pray can be answered quickly and with amazing results if we become better listeners to the voice of the Holy Spirit. If we could learn to change our mindset as we pray, I believe we would be used by GOD in mighty ways to be His Agents of Transformation. 

 

Can you imagine how fulfilling and exciting your lives would be if your family would continually wait upon the Lord to see how He may want to use each of you to be the answer to prayers that you pray?

  -  Marilyn

~ Prayer ~
Holy Spirit,

My spiritual ears are often plugged up as You seek to guide my heart towards Your purposes!

How often do I miss Your promptings to be the answer to the prayers I pray!?!?

Please teach me to be like Jesus to the people I pray for, so that I might partner with the Father in meeting the needs of those who are seeking a touch from His Hand.

Amen