Pray for the Election!!!!

Brevard Prayer Team invites you to attend a “Prayer Walk In The Park” on Thursday, October 25 from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm. Please join us at this non-partisan, non-political event as we pray for the upcoming election and ask the Lord for His guidance for America through the voting process. This informal prayer gathering will be held in Gleason Park (one block north of the Eau Gallie Causeway on South Patrick Drive) in Indian Harbour Beach. Feel free to come and pray by yourself or with others of like precious faith as you enjoy the park and the presence of our Lord. Brevard Prayer Team is a group of business owners, church leaders, political leaders, chaplains and professionals who meet monthly to pray for Brevard County, and is an outreach of Power In The Workplace Ministries. For more information, contact Rev. Carol Wheatley at 321-626-4483.

Is God On Your Side? - Part 2

Is God on your side?

No!

Oops! Did I say that out loud? Now before you get mad at me, let me explain this audacious statement:

Wait! Wait! Didn’t we just write this in the last blog? Why yes we did, but this version has a very different focus! Read on…

I am privileged to be able to pray for and with people quite often and when I do, I am careful to pray according to God's Word. Our Lord has made the path to prayer abundantly clear and "this is the confidence" that we have - that whenever we pray according to His will, He hears us and if He hears us, we know we have the petitions we've asked of Him.

And that's where the problem starts! Life throws some real stuff at us whether we're saved or not and a lot of Christians just don't seem to know what to do when the tough stuff hits them. So they turn to the people who they think can and will pray.

People want to be healed - no doubt about that - but sometimes they get in their own way. Let me give you an example: A woman I know had been dealing with a physical issue for quite some time and had had numerous people lay hands on her and pray. She went up for every prayer line and attended any church that offered a healing service. She looked and looked and looked for her healing.

She agreed with the scriptures and could recite them by heart; she believed God truly wanted her well. So why wasn't she healed? Well, all I can do is tell you what happened at a service one Sunday morning. The pastor called for anyone needing prayer and this lady went forward; normally I would have gone up and laid hands and prayed for anyone needing it but this time the Holy Spirit specifically told me to just sit down. As I prayed in tongues, He revealed to me that this lady was taking His Name and His Word in vain. How so, Lord? I asked. He said that no matter how many times the scriptures were spoken over her or by her, that she negated them by the words that came from her heart.

"Yes, the pastor prayed for me, but I still feel terrible."
"I quote the scriptures all the time, but there's been absolutely no change in my condition."
"I know the Lord wants me well but you know, I know someone who died from this condition."
"I don't know why my healing is taking so long...I'm really discouraged."
"I thought that by speaking the scriptures I'd get healed...isn't God supposed to be on my side?"

The things that we truly believe in our hearts eventually make it out of our mouths! And when they do, all of the doubt and unbelief we harbor come out. It's so sad.

But the good news is that it's not a condition that can't be fixed! All it takes is effort...lots of effort. Beloved, stating the blatantly obvious is a habit we all tend to battle, but it's a battle that our Lord and Savior fought and won on Calvary's cross! He equipped us with everything we need to access and keep our healing. He gave us His Words!

The way to know that God is on your side is to be sure you're on God's side and you do that by studying the scriptures, meditating on them, and then making sure that ONLY those scriptures come out of your mouth. Renew your mind and your body will follow!