Praying for a greater and better 2020

Praying for a greater and better 2020

Meg Bucher

Prayer is powerful. God is all heart, and He knows ours fully. Prayer is an intimate connection with our Creator, who hears us and loves us. Jesus sacrificed His life to forever open up the lines of communication between us and our great and holy God. Prayer doesn’t have to be organized. There are no requirements for prayer. Prayer is simply talking to God. It’s a conversation. It’s a relationship.
How is my prayer life? How is yours? One of the resolutions for the new year is to become a person of prayer.

1. Pray the Word of God
There is power in the Name of Jesus, and John 1:1 reminds, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Praying the Word of God, and speaking Jesus’ Name brings the power of God’s presence into our everyday lives. Our purposeful God chooses to communicate to us through His the Truth in His Word. 
Scripture is layered in God’s love for us, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, we are able to connect it to our everyday lives. Spend time in God’s Word daily, and pray the Scriptures He highlights. The Bible promises, when we seek Him, we will find Him. In our everyday lives, we can meet with Him, praying for the perspective to see the way He is weaving it into our daily situations. 

2. Pray Big Things
God is able to fulfill big requests in our lives, so long as they align with His will. Discerning which dreams are futile and worldly, and which are God-planted, can be hard to discern at times. Lift up every beautiful dream to God, because He is the God of all …including our dreams! He already knows our hearts better than we do. Our faithful Father matures us in Jesus with every faithful step we take towards Him. Important, though, after we share our dreams with God, is to pray His will above all else. If our dreams do not align with God’s will and purpose for our lives, we don’t want them to come true! Always pray for God’s perspective and overarching will in life over any dreams we have and plans we make. It is always precious to remember that it is natural for the Super-natural God to do supernatural things. Let us open our mouths wide so that our Almighty, wise and loving Heavenly Father can fill them for His glory.

“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for ME? (Jer. 32:27)

“Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Jer. 33:3)

1. Let's declare this together for the New Year: Today (and this year), I will face ____________ with the courage that the Lord provides for me instead of trembling in fear. In this area of weakness, ___________, I will ask God for strength and will trust that His grace is sufficient to provide what I need. And I will pray for wisdom and direction concerning ___________ so that the Spirit of God can guide me with divine wisdom which is far greater that anything I can come up with on my own. (Gwen Smith)

May the good Lord God bless you and all yours for a greater and better 2020 - the best is yet to be, to the praise of God’s glory. Amen.