Praying with Faith

Many people around our nation are involved in a time of Prayer and Fasting. This special time of prayer allows us to begin 2013 with a deeper desire for God and a deeper commitment to God. Prayer is the medium that God has opened to us and prayer allows us to release our faith. I have been blessed to see the release of faith on many occasions as I have served in the ministry for the past 41 years. I have been amazed as people have chosen to stand strong in faith in their quest to see needs met in their lives or in the lives of their family or friends. Over the past few years I have met two ladies who have exhibited strong and determined faith when it came to the salvation of their husbands.  One of those ladies prayed for over 40 years and the other lady prayed for over 60 years for the salvation of their companions.  Now, that is what I call "determined faith." They chose not to give up even as they saw the pages of the calendar turn day after day. They chose not to give up even when they saw no or little progress being made in the spiritual lives of their companions. They chose not to give up as they attended church week after week offering praise and thanksgiving to God for all of His blessings and provision. They chose not to give up when the enemy told them that all hope was lost. They refused to sacrifice their faith on the "altar" of doubt.  Rather they chose to trust in God and in the promises of His Word. Here is an example of the faith of one of the ladies; for many years she would save a seat next to her in church and tell anyone that asked that the seat was saved for her husband. I was privileged to be her Pastor when her husband began to fill the seat next to her in church. WOW, what an awesome God we serve today. Do not give up on your family or friends. Pray today and pray again tomorrow. Pray when you feel inspired and pray when the devil tells you not to pray. Pray with faith! Pray with hope! Pray with courage! Pray with passion!