Fumbling Toward Jesus: Prayer Request Wednesday!
It’s Wednesday, so we know what that means! Mark 11:24 says, “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
Thanksgiving is inseparable from true prayer; it is almost essentially connected with it. One who always prays is ever giving praise, whether in ease or pain, both for prosperity and for the greatest adversity. He blesses God for all things, looks on them as coming from Him, and receives them for His sake—not choosing nor refusing, liking or disliking, anything, but only as it is agreeable or disagreeable to His perfect will.
John Wesley
I love to help you pray for your specific needs—it is a real blessing—and I want to make sure to take time every Wednesday to give YOU a specific opportunity to reach out with any and all prayer requests you may have.
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
1 John 5: 14-15
We are called to pray individually, and we are called to pray for each other as believers in Christ, and it’s truly a privilege to be able to pray for y’all.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
James 5:16
Prayer is not like those little red boxes we see in buildings and occasionally on street corners, marked USE ONLY IN EMERGENCY. I enjoy sharing good things with my children, but if they only spoke to me when they were in trouble or in need of something, our relationship would quickly deteriorate. Unless we do the will of God, our living will negate our praying.
Dr. Warren Wiersbe
God answers our prayers, He loves it when we pray, and I would love to help you in your prayer efforts. You can leave a comment here, send an email to [email protected], and there’s a link in my bio to all Fumbling social media. You can always reach out through any of those conduits. (Not just on Wednesday!)
All requests will be specifically and intentionally prayed over multiple times throughout the week. Large or small, your prayers are taken seriously here.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4: 6-7
May God’s grace be with you, as we fumble upward toward His glory!! Tomorrow’s daily Fumbling devotional will begin a short series concerning prayer—I am excited about talking with you on this subject over the course of next few days.
Consulted Sources:
John Wesley quotation
Dr. Warren Wiersbe quotation
I am Jessamyn Orchard (@jessamynorchard), and I am a former youth pastor, worship minister, and church lay leader, who graduated from a Christian college. Most recently, however, I’m an addict in recovery who rededicated my life to Jesus about 6 months ago. I was raised in church, and saved at age 12, but I did a lot of straying over the past 10+ years, falling into pits of sin through addictions and self-pity. I’m no authority, just a believer in a big God and called to spread His word through as many conduits as present themselves to me. Fumbling Toward Jesus is a multi-media ministry campaign and includes a written blog of daily devotions on Steemit and an accompanying monthly podcast on Anchor.fm, and it represents years of study—both over the years and lately, and now combined with a whole load of human experience. I’m just a super nerdy sinner saved by a really awesome grace.
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Amen! We are most like Jesus when we pray for others.
I am currently in the USA and will hopefully return to my family in the Philippines soon. Please agree with me that I will be successful here and for traveling mercies as I head home. Please also pray for wisdom as to where God will take His Work and our part when I return. The fields are white unto harvest!
Thank you!
Daddy William
@mhm-philippines You’ve got it! All these requests will be added to my list and prayed for!! It’s a total blessing to pray on some specifics for you. Thank you for reaching out. Keep us all updated on your travels!
Thank you so much!