Be in the Mood of Prayer Always
1 Thessalonians 5:17 doesn’t mean praying 247 every time. Instead, it means be in the mood of prayer always. In other words, keep conversing with God daily as you go about your life activities.
Be Ever Thankful Unto God
The world will never be at a standstill. Things will keep moving, and you might get busier with time. Don’t be in a rush; live grateful unto God.
Keep Praying for All the Lord’s People
Don’t be selfish, dear one. Do not think your intercession is useless. It is very much needed in the body of Christ. You may never know how your little prayer for that believer you don’t know will provoke heaven to step up for his case. People are going through very tough situations in this world. Pray for them!
God Is Able to Do Immeasurably More than What You Ask or Imagine
Dear one, God is bigger than the highest height of imagination you can think of Him. He is bigger than the most prominent dream you want Him to fulfil in your life. He can do more than what you ask or imagine.
You Have Access by One Spirit to the Father
Are you saved? Then get rid of all those condemning thoughts about God in your mind and approach Him as your loving Father. Are you not saved? Embrace the saving power of Jesus today by confessing Him as Lord and personal Saviour, so He will come and dwell in your heart by faith. You are never too far from God. Come to Him today!
Sing and Make Music from Your Heart to the Lord
Although not musical, Paul never forgot to tell us that we should speak to one another with psalms, hymns and songs from the Spirit. In those days, there was no Spotify, Apple Music, or music streaming platform to get songs. There weren’t even phones or advanced instruments like we have today. All that they had was their voices and a few instruments. But they managed to treasure the songs of the Spirit in their hearts. Today, you have a better life.
The Spirit Is Willing, But the Flesh Is Weak
Sometimes, if you want to pray, you may feel tired. But let me tell you that you not in the flesh to be weakened by it. No! You are in the Spirit (see Romans 8:9). So, when you take spiritual matters seriously, the strength of Christ in your spirit will override your weakened flesh, for God to help you do the impossible.
Using the Scripture to Pray
When you digest God’s Word through reading and meditation, it becomes the substance of your prayers, and your prayers become enriched with His truth.
Pray for God to Restore Those Who Falter to Walk in Holiness
In 1 John 5:16, the Bible tells us that if you, as a believer, see your brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray about it so that God will give the person life. In other words, as long as that fellow still has physical life after he sinned, God can restore that fractured part of the person’s life for His glory, but by your prayer.
If Anybody Does Sin
Living beyond the dictates of sinful flesh is possible in Christ, and you can do it because of the Spirit of grace in you. But in case you falter, remember your advocate, lest you let the devil plunge you into self-condemnation.
You Stand in Grace
If you stand in the realm of grace, then it means that that realm is so vast that it can contain you and all other believers in Christ. Furthermore, it means that the possibilities in the grace of God are endless because no human yardstick can measure the realm of grace. But the question is, how many possibilities in God’s grace have you known by revelation and pressed hard in the Spirit to walk in its reality?
Guard the Word You Have Heard
Your time spent in church is never enough to let the sound doctrine you hear from the pulpit settle in your spirit. You must read and study the Bible, revise your notes, listen to sermon podcasts, pray, fast and do all other spiritual exercises in Christ with intentionality. That is how to force God’s Word to settle in your spirit.