Multi-Tasking on a Biblical Scale

Pastor T. Austin Huggins, IV of Christ Evangel Christian Fellowship recently delivered an exceptionally bold and stimulating exposition entitled "The Kind of Prayer God Accepts" www.christevangel.org

Joh 15:7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

As Pastor Huggins developed then unwrapped those vital elements needed in order that our prayers might be heard by our Creator, I was overwhelmed by the COMPLEXITY of the SIMPLENESS of prayer. I know that does not make sense, but, please read further...

Mar 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

We on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. just dodged a major bullet by only 78 miles when Hurricane Michael came calling this morning. All of us living in the Florida panhandle had been on pins and needles for days as this behemoth of a storm approached. It did not disappoint.

My Brother {in Christ} John, who is also my neighbor, called my attention to the awesomeness of prayer as God hears thousands, perhaps millions of prayers everyday, but especially in times of great conflict or tribulation. John opined that the Father hears each and every prayer that the Holy Spirit, through Christ Jesus formats for His ears to hear. Each one. Individually. Thoroughly. Completely. God then formulates and speaks an answer to those prayers, according to His will. We marvel at the immensity and grandeur and unlimited capability of He who created us. Mentally, this to me is overwhelmingly complex. Read further...

Heb 10:19-22 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, (20) by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, (21) and since we have a great priest over the house of God, (22) let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

This day, thousands of souls cried out to God in the name of His Son Jesus, through the Holy Spirit asking to be spared, for relief from suffering and devastation. At the same time He attended to the prayers from millions around the globe. Tonight thousands more call upon God, in prayer just like children calling out to their Father in times of trial and distress. We are granted direct audience with the Creator of all that is, and all that will ever be. Almighty God! The simplicity of prayer and its effectiveness rests in Salvation through Faith alone, in Christ alone.

Joh 15:16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

This is God's gift to us through Jesus. How special is that?

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?