God Works

Prayer doesn't work, it's merely words, God works He is a person and cares about those who are His.


When we pray it matters very much who we pray to. If we pray to a false god then the prayer goes into the air and falls to the ground. Many people are praying to false gods or into the air thinking all they have to do is speak something and it comes to them by their sheer willpower. These are useless new age banterings that mean nothing but make the person speaking feel better.





The same attitude is employed with speaking at grave sites to the person in the ground. People think that the dead person can hear them, when they cannot. The practice of speaking to dead people is pagan, having no value at all except to bring good feelings.


When a born again believer speaks to God, beginning with the statement that we are desiring His will, no matter what it is, then we will hear from God. He will say, either yes or no or wait. Whether or not we accept His will, shows us what our faith is really all about.


Are we praying to get what we want from God while caring little if anything about what He wants for us? Or, are we praying to God to bring our requests and including our desire to be in His will, even if it means not getting what we want?


1 Thessalonians 5:18 -" In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."


1 Thessalonians 4:3 - "For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:"


1 John 2:16-17 - For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."


Romans 12:2 -" And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."


John 6:38-40 - For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me."


Christ Who is God obeyed the Father's will and He expects us to seek His will too.


Luke 6:46 - And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?


Romans 12:1 - "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service."


Matthew 28:19 - "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:"


Matthew 7:21-23 -"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."


Matthew 6:33 -"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

God Resists the Proud

Repentance does not mean to turn around and go the other way as so many of us used to believe, it means to "change one's mind."

When we realized that Christ does all the work in us, then changing our actions does not save us or help us, it is changing our mind toward sin and toward Christ, desiring to be changed by Christ that is in the heart of someone whom God will change.

When we stop trying to be good of our own effort, is when Christ will begin His work in us. Our futile efforts just lead to the sin of pride. However, confessing to God that we are unable to be good enough, is the first step in humility and submission.

Without humility and submission God will not work in us. He must first remove all pride and self sufficiency from us, then He can do His work in us.

James 4:6 "But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE."

James 4:7 "Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."