How To Pray

Prayer, it's something that I get asked all the time to explain, even the disciples asked Jesus how to pray. In Luke chapter 11 verse 1 it says, and it came to pass, that, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, LORD, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

The word pray spelled out itself can tell us what to do:
P- Praise God
R- Repent
A- Ask
Y- Yield

The Bible tells us in Luke chapter 19 verse 40 that the very rocks will cry out if we do not praise God, we don't want a rock to do our job, let us first praise Him. The Bible also tells us in Psalms chapter 150 verse 6 that everything that hath breathe is to praise the LORD! This is so important, God does so many miraculous things in our lives if we just spent our whole lives thanking Him for everything He has done we would never have enough time, there is always something to praise God about.

Romans 3:23 is one of my favorite scriptures because it reminds me that I am not perfect and that's okay, it says "For all have sinned, and fallen short of the glory of God;" so when we repent we should know that it's okay to mess up and everyone does it, but that shouldn't become an excuse to keep doing the same behavior. Even when we feel like we have done the most horrible thing in the world we can go to 1 John 1:19 and He tells us that He is faithful and just to forgive our sins. The definition of just is "based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair". God is a very forgiving God, all you have to do is repent, and truly mean that you are sorry and you are forgiven. He will help you to not do those things again. When praying for repentance it is vital that you ask for forgiveness for the things you know you did and the things you unknowingly have done because you might not have seen that you did something, you might now have known what you said offended someone but God does see these things and He will forgive you, as long as you ask genuinely being sorry. Matthew 6:14-15 says that you must forgive others or else God cannot hear your prayer, you have to forgive to be forgiven.

Ask and ye shall receive (Matthew 7:7) and whatever you ask in prayer believe that ye have received it and it shall be your. That's Mark 11:24! We are told to be careful for nothing in Philippians 4:6-8, that means to not be anxious, to just trust God. If we ask something of God we aren't to worry about it any longer. We just need to have faith and be careful or anxious for nothing knowing and believing that He will make a way and He will answer you for your good.

When we pray, we should yield to God. How do you do that you might ask? I'll explain with scripture. Matthew 26: 36-46, by reading that we should follow by JESUS' example. He prays in the garden with a very heavy heart saying that if He has to go to the cross to be crucified that He would, He asked God if it be possible if God could let this cup pass from Him of going to the cross. He told God though, it's His will be done not Jesus'. We have to have that kind of attitude even though our flesh is weak we must try to walk in the spirit because it's willing. We cannot expect everything to go the way we want, we have to ask for God's will to be done because He and only He knows what best for us, He knows what is going to affect us and how along with how we are going to handle it. It's a very powerful thing that JESUS didn't just demand God that He wasn't going to the cross, but He said "Thy will be done, not Mine". Isn't that a great example to follow?

God bless you all and I hope that this can help you when you are stuck while praying because there is always something to pray about, and sometimes it's hard to know how to begin.

Have You Ever Tried the Door?

As I have talked about on here before, in Ecclesiastes it says that there is a time for everything. When God opens a door for us to do a good work, the devil tries to shut it constantly. God is calling a lot of people who use the "when I get time" excuse or many others. But in all honesty it's all about priorities, when we make God a priority we can just go through the door even blindly and obey God because 2 Corinthians 5:7 says we walk by faith not by sight.

At times, that open door is our chance at salvation. We have to walk through that door instead of running in the opposite direction, all through our lives we have chance after chance to accept JESUS, and we have to make that choice to serve Him right now before that door is shut for eternity. It's time for us to start really getting in tune with God and asking Him what doors He needs us to walk through. It isn't always going to be easy sometimes we will suffer but 2 Timothy 2:12 says that when we suffer with Him we shall reign with Him. 

Sometimes all God needs us to do is show Him that we are willing to go and that will be enough, we should always be willing. Even when the flesh is weak, and your spirit is willing pray, and tell God that, tell Him that you're trying because in your spirit you are willing but in you flesh you are not. He already knows but that's just another thing that shows faith, and that you are truly trying.

In the end, we all have doors throughout the seasons of our lives, my question today to you from God is have you gone through the doors God opened for you or are they coming to a close because you haven't "found the time" to do them? Obey His call God's precious children because He is coming so very soon!! God bless you all and I pray this blesses and encourages you!!!

-Kadesia Owens

Amazing Love

Today, this post is just short, it's simple but has a very important reminder that we should always thank God for everything He has given us. 

This song is very special because it talks about our sweet Savior and how He died for us to set us free. We are forgiven and alive and well, all because of our sweet JESUS! He is such a caring wonderful God. Let's just praise Him this day as we sing this and give God the glory for all He's done for us. The link is below the lyrics. 

I'm forgiven cause You were forsaken

I'm accepted, You were condemned

I am alive and well, Your spirit is within me

'Cause You died and rose again

I'm forgiven cause You were forsaken

I'm accepted, You were condemned

I am alive and well, Your spirit is within me

'Cause You died and rose again

Amazing love, how can it be?

That You, my King would die for me?

Amazing love, I know its true

It's my joy to honor You

In all I do, I honor You

I'm forgiven cause You were forsaken

I'm accepted, You were condemned

I am alive and well, Your spirit is within me

'Cause You died and rose again

Amazing love, how can it be?

That You, my King would die for me?

Amazing love, I know its true

It's my joy to honor You

In all I do, I honor You

Amazing love, how can it be?

That You, my King would die for me?

Amazing love, I know its true

It's my joy to honor You

In all I do, I honor You

You are my King

You are my King

You are my King

You are my King

Amazing love, how can it be?

That You, my King would die for me?

Amazing love, I know its true

It's my joy to honor You

In all I do, I honor You

Amazing love, how can it be?

That You, my King would die for me?

Amazing love, I know its true

It's my joy to honor You

In all I do, I honor You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yFwDvSWTbA

Laying Our Treasures Up In Heaven

According to many places and many forms of teaching it the Bible, God has told us to lay our treasures up in heaven. Matthew 6:19-21 is a popular set of scriptures for this particular subject.

Matthew 6:19- "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:"

Matthew 6:20- "But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not breakthrough or steal:"

Matthew 6:21: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

If we have worldly treasures and we hang on to the things down here, we will keep them, but loose our salvation. But, if we lay our treasures up in heaven the ones that matter, like our hopes and dreams and our HEARTS!!! we will dwell in our Fathers kingdom, that's not all we have to do of course, we have to obey His will, not just following the Bible but listening to His voice. These things shall all pass away anyhow so why not just give your soul to JESUS because in the end, that's the only thing going that will not perish. JESUS will take good care of it and only give it His best for your best interest. Like it says in the 21st verse, where we lay our treasures, there are our hearts as well. If we have worldly lusts and keep our treasures down here then we shall surely perish, but if we lay our treasures up in heaven we will live on forever more with our LORD and Savior. When we lay up our treasures in heaven it's a way of trusting God, saying that you trust Him to take care of them. There's nothing wrong with dreaming, just put your dreams in Heaven with God, He will take care of them I promise. I keep my hopes and dreams in Heaven and God has not failed me once, He just says I have something better in mind. So, this day, I ask you if you have not to lay your treasures up in Heaven where nothing can destroy it. God loves you so much, even when we fail Him, have faith!

I hope this blessed you, even though it's short there is a lot to those scriptures, more than you could ever put into words.

Have a blessed day,

Kadesia Owens :)

Roses Will Bloom Again

Bill Gaither – Roses Will Bloom Again Lyrics

Verse 1

I planted a little rose bush, 

I tended it with care, 

It's buds began to blossom

Their fragrance filled the air

But when winter came it withered, 

The petals drooped and fell to the ground, 

My heart sank as it faded, 

But I'd forgotten who had made it.

CHORUS

Roses will bloom again, 

Just wait and see

Don't mourn what might have been

Only God knows how and when that

Roses will bloom again.

VERSE 2

Rose was his only sweetheart, 

A loving wife for forty years.

Cherished every day they had, 

And held memories dear

He never dreamed he'd bury love 

And go to live alone, 

But he lay his Rose to rest, 

Looked up to heaven and tried his best

To believe that

 

CHORUS

VERSE 3 

The precious Rose of Sharon, 

Broken and bruised in cruel shame, 

Stained on the cross of Calvary, 

So that men might be saved, 

Satan cheered as He died, 

While Mary and the others cried, 

Then God raised Him up from that sleep

And kept a promise only He could keep.

CHORUS

In this beautiful song, in the first verse it talks about how God revives us in the winter season of our life. God gives us hope and peace that we will bloom again even though we have withered. In the chorus God tells us again that we will bloom again we just have to be patient and watch, we can't mourn about what might have happened if we weren't withered, only God knows how and when we will bloom again but it will happen, He knows best. In verse two it talks about another situation where God shows His faithfulness. When a husband looses his only love after 40 years of marriage, he tries to keep his faith in God that He will see his Rose again, God not only restores our souls He gives us hope that if we and our loved ones served God like we should and one of us passed, as long as the other person keeps serving God then we shall meet again. In verse 3 it talks our sweet JESUS, and how He died for us and rose again. He is our hope and He is our peace and He will never leave us in that winter season alone and He will always make sure that we know we will be okay.

So in the winter of our lives just remember roses will bloom again.

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Goooood morning everyone! I hope you are having a blessed day.

Today, I would love to share with you about our wonderful Saviors' friendship. Each of us are called to have a personal relationship with our LORD and Savior because that is the only way we can truly tell others of Him and His love along with His many other kind traits.

In God's word it tells us how many great things that JESUS did for us on this earth and now He continues to do miraculous things in Heaven. If we just read a few things of what He did we would know that He truly is a friend. He is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother according to Proverbs 18:24. Proverbs 17:17 tells us, "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." So a friend is to love at all times. JESUS loves us at all times, He has unconditional love for us no matter what we do or how far gone we think we are if we just turn from our ways and we do what's right, He still is there waiting on us and loving us. Aren't you glad that He is such a patient friend, and such a loving friend. But more than that He is our Savior. He died for us because He loved us, the Word says greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. 

There is a song from the hymn books at my church and it is called "What A Friend" but most of us today know it as "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" I will post the lyrics below. I want you to really look at the lyrics and of course you can go through and sing it once ;) but I do want you to look at the lyrics because if we really grasp on to it then we will have a better understanding of His friendship. When we look at this song it will encourage us to take all our sufferings to JESUS and lay it down at His feet and He will take it. Matthew 11:28-30 says to give our troubles to Jesus because He will give us rest for His yolk is easy and His burden is light.

"What A Friend"

What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

If we just give JESUS our cares and worries we would all be happier, and no just because we are Christians doesn't mean that we are never upset or nothing is ever wrong it's actually quite the opposite, there usually is always something happening because we got fought by the devil so hard for doing the right thing. But like it says "we should never be discouraged, take it to the LORD in prayer". JESUS knows how we are feeling better than we do and before we even tell Him, that is a wonderful friend. He is the one that we can always tell things to when someone hurt us and He will be the one to understand. JESUS will be the best friend you'll ever have. You will find in this life people will leave you and treat you like dirt beneath their shoes but JESUS will never leave you. He is there in the middle of the night when no one else is, He is there whenever you are in a crowded room and you feel alone and most of all He is still there when we are feeling just fine, that is the best time to continue to serve Him and honor your friendship because it isn't a crutch it is a precious gift.

JESUS is the friend that sticketh closer than a brother. -Proverbs 18:24

God bless you and have a wonderful day! 

Be The Change

Everyone wants a change in our dying society, but nobody wants to put in the work to change their selves and the part of the world around them. And so today I would like to share in 2 Timothy chapter 3 about the times we are in. Let us begin.

2 Timothy chapter 3 says,
"1- This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2- For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous *lovers of money*, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.
3- Without natural affection, trucebreakers *irreconcilable*, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4- Traitors, heady *reckless*, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5- Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6- For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly woman laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7- Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8- Now as Jan-nes and Jam-bres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9- But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10-  But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11- Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at An'-ti-och, at I-co'-ni-um, at Lys'-tra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the LORD delivered me.
12- Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ JESUS shall suffer persecution.
13- But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14- But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15- And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ JESUS.
16- All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17- That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished into all good works."

In light of what is going on in the world, and in this country I was led to make this post as I spoke a little bit on pre-scriptures. These scriptures explain what is going on in the world exactly, and it's just preparing us of what is happening and for what is to come, because God, of course, already knows. It also, tells us what to do during these times to be set apart like we are called to be.

We are called to be set apart from the world because if we act like them they don't see the need to change, for we have not given them a reason to change. They think well they say they're a Christian but really they act just like me so I don't really need to change I can just put a label on me. Christianity has to have a substance of action, you have to be set apart and act different from the world so you can let your light shine (Matthew 5:16).

So, today I hope as you read this that you found hope and truth and peace, along with a deeper understanding of what is going on in this hurting world. I hope you found the something you were looking for to make you keep going and to tell you that you are called to be set apart. Let today, right now be the moment you start to be set apart if you are not and if you are and you know that without a shadow of a doubt then I ask you that you would help others to learn how to live set apart.

I have three words I ask you to remember, maybe even write down somewhere, Be The Change.

God bless you all and have a wonderful day.
-Kadesia Owens