Powerful and Productive!

Greetings,

We are all results-oriented people.  We clean up our homes because it results in a tidy environment.  We cook dinner because it results in a meal that satisfies our hunger.  We go to work because it results in a paycheck.  We go to the movies because it results in our entertainment.  We study hard for a test because it results in a good grade.  We apologize so that our evening results in peace and not war. We put on our best behavior when we go out on a date because we hope it will result in another date and more.

We should all, then,  pray fervently about everything and anything because ""The earnest prayer of a righteous man [believer] has great power and produces wonderful results" James 5:16.

Our prayers produce results too! WONDERFUL RESULTS!

We pray because it results in our having peace, provision, guidance, joy, protection, faith, and healing.

We pray because it turns the heart of our floundering kid around, and it turns the heart of a father back to the home.

We pray because addictions are no match for God's great power.

We pray because (FILL IN THE BLANK) is no match for God's great power either.

Next time you pray remind yourself that what you are about to do is powerful and productive.  Praying about everything is effective and makes great things happen.  It's not earnest complaining or earnest worrying that brings about the changes we need.  It's PRAYER!

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Thank You that what I am doing right now is producing a wonderful result in my life.  I need it!  Thank You that Your great power comes when I pray. Today I need a powerful result in this area: ____________________________, and I am expecting an answer.   Remind me  that complaining and worrying produce nothing. Help me, in Jesus' name. Amen.