The power of prayer

^{Dr. Gwen Ford praying for her viewers on her favorite rock in Cherokee Park, NC}

As I sit here, I felt motivated to write down some of my thoughts about the power of prayer.

¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
(Psalm 34:15 [KJV])

I love to pray.

I love to pray. I totally enjoy my time with my LORD. I feel at peace and my mind and body feel refreshed when I am finished. Sometimes I don't want to stop. I feel prayer is better than a good nights sleep to calm you and make your spirits and enthusiam unite. But, then that is me. So, let me begin with how prayer can calm your nerves and lighten your spirits. Prayer can make you feel very motivated and fearless.

³ My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
(Psalm 5:3 [KJV])

Prayer can educate you.

Prayer can educate you. If you devote a certain time of the day or evening and open your bible to a certain book … you will travel back in history and understand why things are the way they are. You can receive a true foundation on our ten commandments. Of course, you must start somewhere and develop your initial foundation and understanding of the scriptures. This takes time. But, when you devote some "quiet" time … the Lord will guide you and open your mind so that you can receive the knowledge and wisdom. This takes discipline for most of us. I had a little trouble with this in the beginning.

Finding the time, and then shutting out the chatter in my mind was a little hard to do. But I am proud to say that I can do this now with very little effort.

One song can change a moment. One idea can change a world. One step can start a journey. But, a PRAYER can change even the impossible.

PRAYER can change even the impossible.

BUT, let me explain the REAL power of prayer. It is "our" time to talk and share our thoughts with our Lord. This is a special time to express our feelings and open our hearts. We have a direct line to our Creator thru prayer.

¹⁸ … we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
(Daniel 9:18 [KJV])

Unfortunately, most people consider prayer a time to ask for stuff, or to complain in the form of asking for healing i.e. "Why did this happen Lord?" If we are truly believers, we understand that God already knows what is going on and HE will never leave us especially in our time of need. But, the important thing to remember is that everything happens in HIS time … not ours. That is the hard part for most people to comprehend.

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
(1 John 5:14 [KJV])

³ Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
(James 4:3 [KJV])

The power of prayer IS a promise from above.

Our God is a very, very good GOD! We are blessed thru HIS grace. Not thru anything we do or give to others. We cannot earn grace. That is God's gift to us. The power of prayer IS a promise from above. I am a strong believer and have seen personally the power of prayer work many many times. In my personal life as well as in the lives of others as I intercede in prayer for them.

I pray many times during the day. You should establish a relationship with Him! He is your best and most powerful friend on this Earth! Include Him in your life. I always pray before each taping session with my audience and my staff at my TV show "I BELIEVE". I pray during the show at special times with some of my guests on air as the mood hits me.

And speaking of moods ...

Everytime I'm out in nature (which I love to be every chance I get ) I can't help myself.

I have to reach my arms out to the sky and thank my God for all his glory and all his beauty that he surrounds us with on a daily basis. I love my God! I love to PRAISE my God. But I especially love to pray pray and pray to my God. He Knows My Name!

So you see, there are many many many ways to reach out and just talk/pray with our God!! He is always there. Always.

I close with this thought. We cannot imagine the REAL power of prayer. It is soooo amazing and supernatural! But, we can know and totally understand that it WORKS!

Now, go and find your quiet space and PRAY!!!

God hears the prayers of those who put their trust in Him.

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Dr. Gwen Ford
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