Don't make it so complicated!

We get prayer requests all the time. And we are so very happy to pray for
anyone who contacts our web site. But sometimes I get the feeling, not only
from those whose walk is new with Christ, but from those who are simply
unaware of the total desire that your Heavenly Father has for solving your
problems. Some problems are speed bumps to some and mountains to others.
But the bottom line is, God is with you everyday of your life and He wants
to help you. Hebrews 13:5 (KJV) "Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said,
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." But as is with everything in
life, there is a method to obtain help from God.

First you must seek Him with praise and worship. You all know that when you
approach your parent here on earth and you want something, you always seem
to start the conversation with praise of some sort. Actually it is more
"schmoozing" than anything. So it is a must with your Heavenly Father as He
deserves more than just your mortal parents deserve. And I don't mean
schmoozing Him. He can see right through that and will simply dismiss you.
He is entitled to your best praise and worship. Then submit to the Father.
Let's face it...he already knows what you want...but He also knows, and so
do you, that 99 percent of our problems are self inflicted. You need to
search your soul and confess your true responsibility for your dilemma. We
all know that if we would stick to the very sound teachings of the Bible, we
would not find ourselves in half of the problems we get in. But the flesh
is subject to the enemy and we all succumb to his leadings, which are
purposed to lead us away from peace, well being, and financial success. So
once you have confessed your involvement in your dilemma you make your
petition know to the Father. Matthew 11:29-30 (KJV) "Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest
unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." He is
telling us to do this in this chapter of Matthew. If God cannot solve your
problems, who can? Then give thanksgiving Psalm 100:4 (KJV) "Enter into his
gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto
him, and bless his name."

Then what you ask? Here is the best info I could ever give you. Once you
have turned your problem over to God....BUTT OUT!! Does this shock you?
Listen, the biggest problems that we have are nothing to God. Don't
forget...He is God! He doesn't need your help in solving your problem. If
you could have done anything about it you would not be asking for prayer nor
seeking God to begin with right? And God tells us in His Word in Isaiah 55:
8-9 (KJV)"For My thoughts are not your thoughts and neither are your ways My
ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are
my ways higher then your ways." Give it time. You did not get into this
situation over night and God will do things in His time. Do not be
impatient with God. And remember that every time you decide to help God to
move things along a little faster to suit your time frame, and start
something on your own, you are interfering with if not totally destroying
what God is doing and already has done. God is not like us. If he tells
you that you can come to Him, then know that when you do, He is on the job.
Once you master this urge to be God's coach, you can sit back and relax and
watch your solution unfold. So please, don't make it so
complicated!....Patti