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If you wish to be prayed for, please complete the contact form here, stating clearly why you want us to pray for you.
What is Prayer?
Be encouraged, prayer is essentially conversation with God, a conversation that is based on a solid relationship with God through Christ Jesus.
In many religions, prayer is offered to some deity in the belief that some supernatural help will be granted in matters that affect the petitioner. However, Christianity is based on our relationship with the true God, the only God, the Creator of heaven and earth, through a process of reconciliation that Christ Jesus achieved. Without the blood of Jesus there can be no forgiveness of sin, human beings are separated from God by their sin. There is something in every human being that tends to sin and rebellion against God. The result of that rebellion is shown in many actions and thoughts, many ways of behaviour that create hurt and sadness for individuals and communities.
When a person is in rebellion against the ways of God, against His word, against His will, against His wisdom, it is impossible to maintain any meaningful relationship with God. Hence, the Bible states that "God does not listen to sinners!" (John 9:31) Prayer is relationship with God, and the first step towards that relationship is to accept that you are a sinner, and only the blood of Jesus can cleanse you from your sin.
You cannot form any proper relationship with God through any other person: Jesus is the only name on earth and in heaven that God accepts as the means for communicating with Him. There is no other name by which anyone can be saved from the guilt and punishment that befits wrongdoing against God. Without Jesus everyone is lost, and prayer is a waste of time!
If you approach God in prayer on the basis of your relationship with Jesus, everything is possible. The Bible teaches that all things are possible to those who believe in Jesus Christ. Indeed, with God all things are possible. At Living Hope Church, we have seen that this is completely true. It is true everywhere in the world where people worship God in spirit and truth on the basis of their dependence on Jesus Christ.
Mysteriously, prayer works in the name of Jesus. You can try it!
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"Praise the LORD!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty firmament!
Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!"
(Psalm 150:1-5)
"...for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."
(Matthew 17:20)
"Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
(Mark 9:23)
"Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them."
(Mark 11:24)
"And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."
(John 14:13-14)
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GOD IS AWESOME. HE WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM...
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