Touch the Sky: PRAY - Phil. 4:6-7

This is Namma for Christ with the seventy-third inspirational message dated Saturday, November 14th, 2015. The title of this message is: "Touch the Sky: PRAY - Phil. 4:6-7". This message is based on the below scripture text from the fourth chapter of  Philippians as found in the New Testament  -

Philippians 4:6-7

King James Version (KJV)

⁶ Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

⁷ And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

We must PRAY and surrender ALL to JESUS.  ALL TO HIM – WE MUST FULLY GIVE!

We must yield our lives and all that we have to Him – because JESUS IS SUFFICIENT!

Give God your cares, your concerns, your worries, your doubts, your fears, your needs, your problems, your trials and your challenges, etc. ...be careful for nothing. BUT, IN EVERYTHING BY "PRAYER & SUPPLICATION" - WITH "THANKSGIVING"...LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD...

AND THE "PEACE" OF GOD, WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING, SHALL KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS!

JESUS IS SUFFICIENT! HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT!

2 Corinthians 12:9

King James Version (KJV)

 

⁹ And He said unto me, My Grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

WE ARE SAVED BY GOD'S GRACE:

Ephesians 2:8-9

King James Version (KJV)

 

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast.

How often, we think that we have to be our own supplier of what we need. We MUST come to JESUS “FIRST”! 

PRAY AND “SEEK JESUS FIRST”!

Matthew 6:33

King James Version (KJV)

 

³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

We read in scripture of the mighty miracles of the Lord Jesus. We must continue to place our faith and trust in HIM! Can't we ALL remember times in our past that GOD brought us through - by no effort of our own? GOD CAN DO ALL THINGS BUT FAIL! WE MUST CONTINUE TO SEEK OUR LORD AND OUR LORD'S WILL THROUGH PRAYER:

The below scripture refers to how we should pray:

Matthew 6:6-15

King James Version (KJV)

 

⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

⁸ Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

⁹ After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

¹⁰ Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread.

¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

¹⁵ But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

WE MUST SURRENDER OUR WILL TO THE "LORD'S WILL":

Matthew 16:24-26

King James Version (KJV)

 

²⁴ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

²⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

JESUS TELLS US WE ARE TO ALWAYS PRAY:

Luke 18:1-8

King James Version (KJV)

 

18 And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

² Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

³ And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

⁴ And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

⁵ Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

⁶ And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

⁷ And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?

⁸ I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?

JESUS IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR… WE MUST PRAY – and thereby we “Touch the Sky – when our knees hit the ground” and SEEK OUR LORD to live the purposeful lives that HE has planned for us as in Jeremiah 29:11 –

Jeremiah 29:11

New International Version (NIV)

 

^{11 "}For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Please listen and enjoy the below anointed song and video (with lyrics) of “Touch the Sky” by Hillsong UNITED.

(I do not own the rights of the song.)
 

BE BLESSED!