No degree required. Heaven is not closed to you because you don´t have a degree. Or maybe you have 10 degrees and a Phd to boot.
It doesn´t have any impact on how accessible God is to you and your prayers.
That is the beauty of spirituality, of knowing the God of the Bible.
People, in their humanity and ¨unique" status in life, may take great pains to exclude some folks, to build fences and complex alarm systems to make sure only those they choose ....to have access to their lives.
Take heart, my friends, my brother and sisters in the Lord. Be good to all, no matter what their station in life, as much as you can, with the energy and the motivation and power that God gives you.
You think that nobody is watching? There is always someone watching....and usually someone listening too.
God knows your heart. His Word says in James Chapter 5:16b ¨The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.¨
What does that mean? It means...if God considers you a righteous person and you take the time to pray in earnest and with perseverance, that you are going to accomplish a lot with these prayers.
Why? Because God answers prayer.
Don´t waste time wondering if He hears. Keep moving forward. Don´t second yourself. Never question if the time you are spending in prayer is wasted time. NEVER. Prayer time is an excellent expenditure of your time on this earth. Period.
Prayer time is golden time, platinum time, angelic time and miracle time.
You are not missing out on anything that you have sacrificed in order to spend time in prayer. God will, in his timing and wisdom, reward you accordingly, of that I am certain.
Are you asking....well Carla, if prayer is so important .....what should I be praying about?
Well, I would start by looking at how Jesus addressed his Father in the Lord´s prayer( see Matthew 6:9)....
Jesus said we should pray like Him...... And He addressed His Father in prayer like this....using the plural ¨Our Father which art in Heaven¨
Prayer builds community. We are a ¨WE¨ congregation. We have a mutual father, who is Father God.
We pray as community minded Believers when we state ¨Our¨
Father in heaven.
Sometimes, I am grieved by all the individualization that has occurred in the modern church. Instead of thinking communally, we have talked about our own individual testimony and our ¨personal¨ relationship with God. But my understanding of the scriptures leads us to OUR, not to my. We are an interconnected Body. WE are a WE body. Many parts of one whole.
This is why prayer is so deeply important. Pray for your brothers and sisters in the Lord. Pray for those who are rich and those who are poor. Pray confidentially. No one needs to know who you are praying for.
Pray for those who are old and those who are young. Pray for those who are succeeding in life and those who are struggling. Pray for those
who are hurting and those who are healing.
Your prayers are powerful. Your words matter.
Would you allow me to thank you? Thank you for praying for me. I am deeply grateful.
May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make His face to shine upon you.
Peace,
Carla.
