Day 13 January 21, 2022
Prayer Focus: Faith For Our Lives Faith for my Future
Philippians 4:6-7 is the most highlighted verse on Amazon’s bible reading app.
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
How many people are concerned for the unknown or our future.
The church is about to face huge persecution.
1 Peter 1:3-9 (NIV) 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Peter is saying that in heaven through our salvation by Jesus, there is an inheritance in heaven that cannot be taken away. Despite that, we will face trials.
God has something for me there but I’ll face some stuff here.
We will face real life issues that will doubtless raise our anxieties. HOwever, if you really believe that God has an inheritance in heaven – that is if we have faith that God has something for us there, then do we believe He will get us through things here?
How to have faith for my future?
1. God will be with me.
He’s not ahead or too high for me, He is with me.
Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV) 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Be sure to invite the Lord to be with you during your prayer time. Just say “Lord
I’m tired and this is too weighty for me, please come and take it from me.”
2. God will guide me.
Ask the Holy Spirit to fill me and guide me.
Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
3. God will fight for me.
2 Timothy 4:18 (NIV) I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
If you’re dealing with some heavy stuff today, know this:
God is with you!
God will guide you!
God will fight for you! In Jesus’ name!
