There are many ways to pray and petition God. Do not overlook – supplication.
The Word supplication in English is defined as a noun, however in Latin, it is a verb, supplicare, which means “to plead humbly.” (Vocabulary.com) According to the KJV Word Study Bible it signifies a petition for favor or mercy. Supplication in Hebrew means: petition, appeal, litany, mercy, request, invocation, outcry, plead, implore.
I hope this study will strengthen your prayer life as it has mine over the years. We must come humbly to the throne of God in prayer and supplication.
Before we were born again, living in the carnal world, we were dead men walking. It wasn’t until we freely confessed Jesus is Lord and, believed that God raised Him from death that we were saved and started walking with Christ. We were no longer dead men walking. It is by faith that we were put right with God; it is by our confession that we were saved. Romans 10:9-10.
Military commanders strategize before going into battle. The Lord is our Commander in Chief. He created the map of our life before we were born. Your strategy begins with going to God in prayer.
~ Lisa Blair
Military commanders strategize before going into battle. The Lord is our Commander In Chief. He created the map of our lives before we were born. Your strategy, for your best life, begins with going to God in prayer.
God created us to establish a bond between us, to engender a relationship. His love for us is more than anything we can imagine. He offers love, power, wisdom, knowledge, direction and instruction. If we allow Him, He will fight our battles.
Stillness is one of the most important conductivity points between God and us. We become still in prayer. The Bible is replete with information insisting that we become still, and quiet so the Lord can do His work. Let’s learn to still ourselves. This is a journey, practice every day. Sometimes removing the chaos that invades the quiet is difficult. I always feel these are the most critical times because Satan is trying to keep me from hearing what God is sharing with me (generally a pivotal moment), so I work harder to remove the noise. What about you?
Note: Some of my time spent with God is conversational, similar to that with a parent, at other times it is instructional and has broad implications.
Read my posts on youngchristianwarriors.com
Anger, Sin, and Stress, 6-27-19
Be Still, 6-7-19
Be Still and Know Me, 11-1-18
Be Strong In The Lord Today, 9-12-18
Broken? The Lord Is With You, 5-7-18
Change Your Filter, Hear His Voice, 2-22-18
Christopher Robbin, Winnie The Pooh, and Overcoming Our Carnal Nature, 11-26-18
Commanded to Follow and Be Free, 1-19-18
Free Yourself From The Shackles, 4-16-19
God, Crisis, and Grace, 12-13-18
God’s Command, Be Still, 9-6-18
Hear, Listen, Understand the Word of God, 1-16-19
It’s Our Journey, Our Gift, 7-10-18
Jesus is Our Lifeline, 3-7-18
Listen, Then Act, 11-30-18
This is a short list of posts written over the last 2.5 years.
Anger increases stress, discomfort, and elevated blood pressure. Anger is a symptom of an unwanted action and the only person harmed is the ‘angry’ person. The person who is the focus of anger lives and continues to move forward. The harm is internalized by the perpetrator of anger and sin. The angry person is frozen in anger. The angry person gives their power to the devil. Listen to the Word, it is telling us how to live, what to release, and how to represent God’s love in all that we do. Do not let the sun go down while still harboring anger.
Joyce Meyer wrote:
Ask yourself if you are angry with anyone for anything, and if you are, ask God to help you forgive, forget, and let it go. God is our Vindicator, and if we will allow Him to, He will repay us for every injustice that has been done to us. In my life, I have learned that anger is something we should never carry around with us. God’s Word says that we should not let the sun set on our anger, and if we do, then we give the devil a foothold in our lives (see Ephesians 4:26–27).
Do yourself a favor right now and refuse to remain angry or bitter. God has good things planned for us, and we don’t want to miss them by refusing to let go of things in the past. Start fresh with a peaceful heart and be determined to enjoy each day.
God offers us peace, but peace is not attainable when we under stress brought on by anger, suspicion, and hate. When we are angry, we give the devil an opportunity to weaken our resolve, our faith, and our will to follow our Lord. We loose individually and collectively.
Do not fall prey to anger, do not sin, and do not give Satan a foothold.
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Resource – My Time with God Study, Joyce Meyer. Bible.com
Believers should not experience anxiety, doubt or fear. They are not in our DNA.
~ Lisa Blair
HealthyPlace.org
To say life can be difficult is a misnomer, life is difficult. The world is turning at an accelerated pace. Our minds are trying to keep up and society has placed immeasurable weight upon us. We tend to wake up feeling the pressure of the day, already feeling overwhelmed, but that is not the destiny of believers. Paul wrote in Psalm 49:19, and I am reflecting upon two versions NIV and NLT,
“When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.” Psalm 94:19 NIV
“When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.” Psalms 94:19 NLT
I am sharing both because one expresses ‘anxiety’ and the other ‘doubt’. God provided us with a exchange system, exchanging His joy, renewed hope, and cheer for your anxiety, doubt, and fear.
God did not give us the continence to be fearful, anxious or doubtful. These are not part of our DNA.
II Timothy 1:7 NKJV reports,
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
If God did not give us fear, He did not give us anxiety or doubt. They are the birth children of sin. Christ died on the Cross to free is of sin. We still possess our sin nature, but we are no longer bound by it. Anxiety and doubt are shackles we can remove through prayer.
When we wake up in the morning feeling anxious or doubtful, the first thing we must do, yes – must do, is to ask the Lord to forgive our weaknesses and ask for the strength to break free and replace the fear with His power, love and a sound mind. A sound mind is not weakened or conflicted by anxiety, doubt or fear. Believers should not experience anxiety, doubt, or fear they are not in our DNA, work to prove God right, not wrong, stand strong.
Visit youngchristianwarriors.com to read posts about shackles, fear, anxiety, living in the muck and mire, and more.
There is an order that eventuates in receiving God’s mercy and grace. They are not interchangeable.
~ Lisa Blair
The Inseparability of Grace and Mercy – hebrews4.org
God gives us His grace. His mercy is how He provides our request for help. Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary (pp. 341) puts it this way:
Mercy is the act of God. Grace describes God’s attitude toward the lawbreaker and the rebel; mercy is His attitude toward those who are in distress.
God’s purpose for extending His grace and mercy upon us is to provide a means of salvation. God’s grace must always precede mercy. Only the forgiven can be blessed with God’s mercy.
Mercy is through the everlasting covenant God made with David, particularly pardoning mercy, and mercies that are refreshed everyday. We must approach God boldly without any fear or doubt. Mercy is ours each day. When in prayer, remind God of the covenant and ask for daily mercies. Mercy is like a daily vitamin, your body must be replenished each day, just as your being is through daily mercies.
The commentary from Barnes Notes, BibleHub.com, reads, “we may obtain mercy – this is what comes first. We need pardon – as the first thing when we come to God. We are guilty and self-condemned – our first cry should be for mercy.” Those who understand their need for forgiveness are best prepared to obtain God’s favor.
Finding grace, is finding favor, “strength, help, counsel, direction, support, for the various duties and trials of life. Even when pardoned, we need grace to keep us from sin and to aid us in the day of temptation..”
As Christians, we have the privilege of boldly coming before the throne, “we are sinful and need mercy; we are feeble, and need grace to help us. There is not a day of our lives in which we do not need pardon; not an hour in which we do not need grace.”
Easy way to remember – There is an order that eventuates in receiving God’s mercy and grace. They are not interchangeable.
Mercy is for past sins; grace for future work, trials, and resistance to temptation. (Vincent’s Word Studies, biblehub.com)
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