Persist in Prayer, Brothers and Sisters!
Many of God’s People are feeling tired, disappointed, and worn down, because they fail to understand that our human nature struggles with the timing and plans of God, failing to conform to Divine will.
Some have even stopped praying, because they believe they’ve lost their faith, while in reality, very often it’s simply spiritual weariness, and oppression of the enemy.
Brothers and sisters, those weary, and disappointed, not seeing the results that you so earnestly desire…waiting and waiting for the breakthrough… I invite you to take the “hand of Hope”.
Waiting can exhaust us and wear us down. The Holy Scriptures tell us that it is indeed one of the very end- time strategies of the enemy, “to wear down the saints”… (Daniel 7:25)
We often set ourselves an agenda, and time limit for God to act, then when things drag on longer than we expected, we become tired and disappointed and begin to blame God for delays. In the meantime, life continues to press on with its constant trials.
Unfortunately, we live tied to the present, in the Hour of this world, without projecting ourselves into Eternity, which is the measure of God’s Time.
This doesn’t mean we don’t have faith, but rather that we are simply tested, tired, and human. God understands all this because, through Jesus, He understands the fragile nature of the human being He created. (See Psalm 103:13,14)
In this time, while enemy presses us with his tricks and schemes, let us not forget that even our silent sighs and groanings are heard and recorded by our Heavenly Father.
These moments of weakness, uncertainty, and confusion have been already foreseen by our Father, Who, despite everything, continues to cover us with His Mantle because He decreed that He would neither leave us nor forsake us.
Our Father does not measure our prayers according to our human standards (and thank God), but according to the Spirit through Whom, we open ourselves to Him.
Many of our prayers have been whispered through tears, and how many times have we only managed to say:
“LORD, You know….”
“You know my pain….”
“You know my fragility….”
He has heard them all, memorized them, and collected them all in His cup.
The enemy wants to convince us that prayer isn’t working, so that we stop praying -thwarting the most powerful weapon we have in our arsenal.
When this moment arrives in our lives — because it will — let us not be ashamed.
Let us bring ourselves once again to His Throne of Mercy to find the Grace that we so urgently need to help us in our time of need, fueling Faith in our Father, as we surrender ourselves to His will.
Our Prayer of total surrender to Him can change what years of human effort have failed to break through.
Brothers and Sisters, if we are going through a phase in which we are demoralized and feel unheard by Heaven, “let us persist…..”
Always remembering that even our silence is prayer before our Abba Father.
For those who are baptized in the Holy Spirit and feel that you have reached a total impasse, “LET’S SPEAK IN TONGUES”
This powerful weapon, so powerful that many have set aside for years, is the direct link between us and Heaven’s plans.
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.” Romans 8:26 ESV.
“Jesus, Our Great High Priest
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the Throne of Grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:14-16 ESV.
Prayer
Father, You who formed us and breathed your Breath of Life into each of us
Help us in this precarious and unstable time of our lives
So many of us have prayed for years without seeing our petitions and requests fulfilled
Father, help us in these moments of weakness and unbelief
And as you granted the tribe of Issachar, grant us to discern your times
Our minds are still submerged by the confines of this human reality, but You can transport us into the realm of the Spirit to see what is happening and there, grasp our answers, which are slow to arrive on this Earth
It is time for us to truly realize “As in Heaven, so on Earth”
Today, not tomorrow.
Come to our aid and remove every mental stronghold that prevents us from grasping what You have already prepared and established for each of us.
In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who has revealed You and Your Kingdom to us,
We pray, Amen, Amen
~ Tecla Grazia, Italy.
Tecla Grazia, Italy.

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