The Gift of Prayer by Charles F. Stanley

Author:Charles F. Stanley [Stanley, Charles F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2019-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

THE BENEFITS

of the GIFT

The most powerful thing you can do—the most awesome privilege you have in this life—is to talk to the heavenly Father about anything in your heart.

You can touch anyone, anywhere in the world, through your prayers, no matter the circumstance.

You can move mountains, change nations, and overcome any problem as you talk with the Lord.

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PRAYER IS AN EMPOWERING GIFT

Prayer is certainly an amazing gift because of who we get to know and how He teaches us to walk with Him. However, it is also an astounding blessing because of what He does for us.

Never is this more apparent than when we experience the full weight of our inadequacies. Life presents problems and tests that are much more than we can handle on our own. We may feel overcome by our difficulties and find ourselves thinking, This challenge is much greater than I am, and I don’t know what to do. I need help. It is then—and sometimes only then—that we turn to our loving Father in prayer.

I experienced this after graduating from the University of Richmond when I went to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. I was about halfway through the three-year program, and I was beginning to think about my future and was completely overwhelmed by all the unknowns. It was one of those nights when I longed to pick up the phone and call the earthly father I never knew and tell him what I was thinking. I wondered what was ahead, how I would know what to do, and how I would always be sure to honor God with my decisions. I needed assurance that I was taking the right path—that I wasn’t headed for failure and disappointment. The more I thought about it, the more impossible everything seemed.

“Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 4:6

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