Praise Prayer

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Psalm 146:1-2
Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
I will praise the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

In his book, Prison to Praise, Merlin Carothers shares how praising God for a need is even more powerful than simply praying to God for a need. Praise anticipates what God can do. He writes, “I have come to believe that the prayer of praise is the highest form of communication with God, and one that always releases a great deal of power into our lives.”

When we praise God, we are actually praying. Worship is prayer and prayer is worship. Praising God does not plead a case; praising God anticipates case closed! We are told to have no anxiety about anything but to let our requests be made to God with thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is praise.

Begin praising God and proclaiming his glory into your situation. Instead of praying for your needs, praise for your needs and you will be amazed at how God will release his power into your life.

God-tracking is praising God in the face of every dilemma

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Psalm 5:1-3
Psalm 13:6 (NIV)
Psalm 28:7
Philippians 4:6-7

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Overcoming Depression

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1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Depression can often develop out of guilt, disappointment, anxiety, bereavement or low self-esteem. Everyone experiences emotions like these from time to time, but it’s when these emotions become malignant that depression sets into the soul. Often, a doctor will prescribe drugs to deal with depression, but most doctors are now suggesting talking therapy. Talking out your problems is a very powerful treatment for depression.

Jesus said, “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” If you’re suffering anxiety and depression today, be encouraged to pour out your heart to a compassionate confidant. However, there is another outlet for your confessions that is probably more powerful: prayer.

Word of God is sharper than a double-edged sword; it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit. Talking out your problems to God and a friend will start the healing process, and the Word of God will complete it.

God-tracking is pouring your heart out to Jesus.

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Luke 6:43-45
Hebrews 4:12-13
Psalm 119:105

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Facing Persecution in the Victory of the Cross

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Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

How does it make you feel to know that Christians and Jews are the most persecuted people in the
world? I believe the reason for this is that Christians and Jews are worshipers of the one true God. Because the world is under the curse of sin, where Satan is lord, a battle exists between good and evil. Satan hates God’s people and will do all he can to wipe them from the face of the earth. As Christians, we are particularly persecuted because Satan continually attempts to undermine Christ’s victory over him at Calvary.

At the cross, Jesus, who was sinless, humbled himself and became sin for us so that, in him, we could become God’s righteousness. At the cross, Jesus triumphed over sin, death and Satan, making a public spectacle of the forces of evil.

Remember, God is on your side and if God is for you, who can be against you?

God-tracking is facing persecution in the victory of the cross.

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2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Colossians 2:13-15
Philippians 2:5-11
Romans 8:31

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Heartfelt Prayer

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Matthew 6:8
…for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

When I was a child, I used to love building string telephones.  A friend and I would join two tin cans together with a string. Provided we kept the string taut, we could chat together over a few metres. Nowadays, kids simply send a text on their mobile phones. Where’s the fun in that?

Prayer is vital to a Christian’s life. Before a word finds its way to your lips your mind has experienced a thought, feeling or image. Words are formed in when the speech part of your brain translates that thought, feeling or image into language, and you pray. Words are simply the product of a thought, feeling or image. Jesus said, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak.”

Prayer is the string – the conduit – that conducts your heartfelt thoughts, feelings or images to God. So, let’s be sure to keep that string taut!

God-tracking is pouring your heart out in prayer.

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Matthew 12:33-37
Matthew 6:7-14
1 Thessalonians 5:16-21

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Forgive and be Forgiven

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Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

In Scripture, we see how Jesus forgave people. For example, the woman caught in adultery and the criminal who was crucified with him. There is no sin too great to be forgiven. All sin is equal in God’s sight because God is infinitely good. And yet, if I confess my sin to him, God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse me.

However, there is one sin that can inhibit God’s forgiveness, and that is unforgiveness because unforgiveness insults God’s forgiveness. It’s like two people stranded in the desert dying of thirst. A man appears with a large pitcher of water, and the first man drinks all of it without offering any to his dying friend.

Unforgiveness will destroy the one holding on to it. If you’re harbouring unforgiveness,  come quickly to the feet of Jesus and forgive your brother. Do this you will know the liberty of forgiving and being forgiven.

God-tracking is relishing in forgiveness

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1 John 1:8-9
John 8:1-10
Luke 23:39-43
Romans 3:23-24

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He Is Always In Control

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Matthew 28:20
And behold, I am with you always

My daughter Kerryn was once involved in a bad motor accident on a trip to New Zealand. Thankfully, she was not badly hurt, but her friend suffered a broken neck.

Living as Believers does not exempt us from disaster or suffering. But we are reinforced by the fact that God is always in control. In the Psalms, we read that God instructs his angels to protect us in times of disaster.

Be encouraged to never take your eyes off Jesus and to acknowledge God in all your ways. Trust him to direct your paths, especially through those disasters in life. I do not believe that God instigates calamity, but when calamity happens, he is faithful to lovingly deliver us from all evil.

By God’s grace, both Kerryn and her friend recovered well after their ordeal. All things work together for good to those who love God.

God-tracking is facing every disaster in the knowledge that he is always in control.

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John 16:33
Psalm 91
Hebrews 12:2
Proverbs 3:5-6
Romans 8:28

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The Reality of Christ

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Romans 8:5
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Thinking about religious traditions, Paul writes, “These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to Christ.” Paul was pointing out that the Old Testament law, together with its traditions, was simply a shadow reflecting the true reality of God’s righteousness as found in Christ. Paul was a devout Jew, yet he says that whatever credit he gained in his religious observances, he counted as nothing compared to the reality of knowing Christ.

The Bible tells me that, although perfect, the Law was weakened by my sinful nature. But Jesus was not sinful! Therefore, he fulfilled the requirements of the Law and bore the consequences of breaking the Law by dying on the cross. Therefore, only in Christ, who is the reality, are we no longer condemned by the Law but are set free to live out his righteousness by the Spirit.

God-tracking is following the reality of Christ.

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Colossians 2:6-23
Philippians 3:3-11
Matthew 5:17
Romans 8:1-11
2 Corinthians 5:21

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