{"id":9859,"date":"2013-11-24T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspireafire.com\/?p=9859"},"modified":"2013-11-24T00:41:47","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T05:41:47","slug":"praying-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspireafire.com\/praying-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying with Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<em> . . . My hope comes in Him<\/em>\u201d (Psa. 62:5 NIV).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith; they also give us opportunities to honor God through our steadfast confidence in Him even when facing the apparent denial of our request&#8221; ~ Charles Spurgeon<\/p>\n<p>What are you praying for today?<\/p>\n<p>Are you waiting patiently on the Lord or trying to go ahead of Him and make things happen?<\/p>\n<p>Where does your hope come from?<\/p>\n<p>In my walk with the Lord, I\u2019m learning to put my hope in God rather than others or myself. I\u2019m also trying to wait on Him when I pray and pray with confidence. God\u2019s Word tells us we can come to Him with our petitions, but then we need to leave them with Him.<\/p>\n<p>And if our prayers aren\u2019t answered when, how, and the way we want . . . we still need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trust Him<\/li>\n<li>Honor Him<\/li>\n<li>Thank Him<\/li>\n<li>Praise Him<\/li>\n<li>Worship Him<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Faith building prayers are prayers we pray even though we can\u2019t see the outcome or how they will be answered. But, that shouldn&#8217;t stop us from praying.<\/p>\n<p>Now let me ask again, what are you praying for today?<\/p>\n<p>Are you praying with faith and with hope in the Lord?<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Let us then approach God\u2019s throne of grace with <b>confidence<\/b>, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need&#8221; (<\/em>Heb. 4:16 NIV).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>photo courtesy of morguefile.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faith building prayers are prayers we pray even though we can\u2019t see the outcome or how they will be answered. 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