one of the best pieces of advice I've ever received in my life was take it to Jesus take everything to Jesus I once went through a very dark time in my life and I want to thank the Lord for planting Godly men and women around me who encouraged me to seek Jesus rather than to seek an answer I was encouraged to seek Jesus rather than to search for explanations because you see the Temptation we all face when we're in a challenging place is that we want to know how we got here we want to know
why God let this happen and we want to know when will God make a way out we want to rationalize everything and understand it all but the truth we need to come to accept is that God does not have to explain himself he does not have to reduce himself to do things in a manner that we can understand the Lord has a completely different vantage point from all of us he sees the past he sees the present and he sees the future he sees the enemy's attacks he sees our weaknesses and our flaws he sees
our hearts God sees so much more than we will ever see so we can't expect to understand the ways of an allseeing God we can't expect to understand the ways of an all- knowing god we simply have to trust that God is faithful God is good and he's good all the time God is loving and he's in control Isaiah 55: 8-9 says for my thoughts are not your thoughts nor are your ways my ways declares the Lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my
thoughts higher than your thoughts now I want to encourage you today and tell you that whatever your problem is whatever your problem may look like don't spend your energy looking for answers instead spend your energy looking for Jesus Christ don't spend your energy looking for an explanation or trying to reason about why this happened or why it didn't happen no instead seek Jesus Christ when God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac Abraham did not spend his energy pleading with with God not to take his son nope what he did was he trusted God when Paul and
Silas were beaten Chained and imprisoned they did not spend their energy trying to work out how exactly they got themselves into this predicament no they sought after the Lord and so I'm talking to you right now if you're in a difficult place what you must do is trust in the Lord take your problems to Jesus because if you try and handle things with your own strength you will find it impossible to win you're not strong enough to live this life with your own strength you're not wise enough to survive this life with your own wisdom
you need Jesus Christ we all need him and because you need Jesus Christ focus on him instead of on the problem focus on Jesus instead of that mountain that's before you I encourage you people of God to hold on to the word of God hold on to these promises and let them stir up your spirit no longer should you be fearful and timid no longer should you consider yourself helpless and Powerless Jesus Christ has given us us Authority the authority to trample on the devil and his demons he has given us the authority to overcome
all power of the enemy and so I simply want you to know that it's not your portion to be fearful as a child of God it's not your portion to be a timid Christian but Jesus Christ the Lord of lords and King of Kings he has said I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy nothing will harm you let this be the reason why you are fearless and bold let this be the reason why you don't give up in the face of adversity and
let this promise in Luke 10: 19 be the reason that you pray with power and so people of God I want to remind you that we gain strength courage boldness when we know the word of God and practice prayer so when you think of power when you think of courage and strength think of prayer when you think of prayer think of power think of strength and courage because as children of God when we pray that's when we are empowered that's when we are revitalized more prayer more power if you want more power pray more that
is exactly why the Bible tells us to pray without ceasing this is why the Bible tells us to watch and pray lest you enter into temptation or to continue steadfastly in prayer it's all because there is power there is power when you pray now let's pray King Jesus with all of my heart and soul I declare that I need you I need your mercy I need your strength I need your favor and your grace I need you Lord because your word in Psalm 40 veres 1-3 it says I waited patiently for the Lord he inclined
to me and heard My Cry he drew me up from the pit of Destruction out of the myy bog and set my feet upon a rock making my steps secure he put a new song in my mouth a song of praise to our God many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord indeed God I wait patiently for you you alone can place my Fe on steady ground and establish my way and so Lord right now I praise you I cast my burdens on you because in this life I acknowledge that I
need your strength Lord Jesus I Need Your Grace and your mercy because there are some problems and some difficulties that I cannot overcome on my own I need your strength I need your mercy Lord I ask that you would stand with me in times of difficulty I pray that you would stand with me always Psalm 73: 23- 26 nevertheless I am continually with you you hold my right hand you guide me with your counsel and afterward you will receive me to Glory whom have I in heaven but you and there is nothing on Earth that
I desire besides you my flesh and my heart May Fail but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever I praise you Lord for your faithfulness I pray that the Holy Spirit would ignite a righteous and holy fire in my life Holy Spirit help me to be diligent with my walk with Christ help me never to be half-hearted with my prayer life help me to be vigilant and alert in the spirit because the enemy he's at out there like a roaring lion he's seeking whom he may devour protect me father I pray
that I would not be consumed by thoughts of fear or anxiety or worry I pray that my mind would be set on things above on Heavenly things and not on things on this Earth Lord Jesus make me a Believer who is on fire for you I want to burn with a pure and holy passion remove everything that may try to hinder me from a closer walk with God your word in Psalm 121: 1 and 2 it says I lift up my eyes to the Hill from where does my help come my help comes from the
Lord who made Heaven and Earth I Look to You Lord Jesus so God please help me to overcome adversity I know that the strength for me to conquer anything is drawn from you King Jesus so I will stand on your word forever father I pray that my life would never be one that is ruled by fear I pray to live a life full of Faith a life that is led by the Holy Spirit Lord I accept that I cannot see the future in its entirety you're the one who sees all and who knows all and
for that reason I surrender to your plan for my life I know and trust that you're always working behind the scenes so that all things will work together for my good I pray and declare Romans 8: 31-34 What then shall we say to these things if God is for us who can be against us he who did not spare his own son but gave him up for us all how will he not also with him graciously give us all things who shall bring any charge against God's elect it is God who justifies who is to
condemn Jesus Christ is the one who died more than that who was raised who is at the right hand of God who indeed is interceding for us God I thank you for your precious word and I thank you for listening to my prayer in Jesus name I pray amen for my thoughts are not your thoughts nor are your ways my ways declares the Lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts your word in Psalm 40 verses 1 to3 it
says I waited patiently for the Lord he inclined to me and heard My Cry he drew me up from the pit of Destruction out of the mey bog and set my feet upon a rock making my steps secure he put a new song in my mouth a song of praise to our God many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord Psalm 73: 23 to 26 nevertheless I am continually with you you hold my right hand you guide me with your counsel and afterward you will receive me to Glory whom have I
in heaven but you and there is nothing on Earth that I desire besides you my flesh and my heart May Fail but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever [Music]
