MY FRIENDS, DO WE HAVE THE PASSION OF FAITH TO CONTINUE?

May 9, 2016

MY FRIENDS, DO WE HAVE THE PASSION OF FAITH TO CONTINUE?

“We must not pray in a doubting, half-hearted manner, but with full assurance of faith. When we come to Him in this manner, Jesus will listen to our prayers, and will answer them; but if we regard iniquity in our hearts, if we cherish any darling sin, we may be assured that no blessing will be given in response to our prayers.” (Ellen White Prevailing prayer)

My friends, we must never forget that “the prayers of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16 (NIV) If there is “no iniquity in our hearts or we cherish no darling sins,” and we are passionate about what we are petitioning God for, because passion gives us hope that comes with the power of God that a family member or friend will be healed when we lay prostrate before the great physician and say Lord not my will but thou will be done.

A passion of faith that our child will find the Lord one day as the tears run down our cheeks and we say, Lord it was your promise that told me “train up a child in the way of the Lord and He will not depart.” A passion of Hope as “the increase of wickedness, and the love of many are growing cold” and we realize, we are a chosen vessel “for such a time as this.”

In addition, our passion must remain with a desire, to spread the good news of the gospel to all the world until God says “it is finished.” But most of all we must maintain a passion that whatever our petition is, it will bring glory and honor to our Saviors name, as we cry out I know, I was “bought with a price: So every day of my life please allow me the privilege and honor, to glorify You in my body, and in my spirit, which are Yours” 1 Corinthians 6:20 (KJV)

As we lift Him up and magnify His name we are petitioning our best friend, not just some acquaintance. Oh “What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief’s to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!” And now it becomes personal as we close our eyes and focus on the sound of the rushing wind.

And the more we talk to “our Father which are in heaven” we realize, His appearing is closer than ever as we begin to here the trumpet of Gabriel, and hear the Father as He says Son go get my children. And the more we pray we begin to witness all of our friends, family, and love one’s that were laid to sleep before us suddenly become alive, with new bodies that will never, never die; and then we who are still alive shall suddenly have new bodies also.”

But the sad part of it all is, without, passion, faith, endurance and a vision of hope in the promises in God’s word. What we are really saying is, “whatever” none of God’s promises matter, because our treasures and the desires of the flesh are laid up here on earth. And our friends, families and love one’s who stayed faithful and endured to the end will probably not remember us anyway after ten thousand years have passed in a place that “eye have not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of His children who loved Him” enough to surrender it all while on this earth and serve Him until they heard the sound of Gabriel’s trumpet.