When you think about prayer are you encouraged or do you feel a little bit of anxiety? Honestly?!
I can say for myself, I use to have so much anxiety around prayer! Thinking I had to pray a certain way, way the right words, do everything perfectly! And if I didn’t..? It was like I thought God wouldn’t listen or He wouldn’t listen. Or it wouldn’t have as much power..
Y’all! Those are ALL lies!! Lies!
1 John 5:14 “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.”
It doesn’t say “And this is the confidence we have toward him, that if we ask anything in the perfect way, the righteous way, according to his will he hears us”
No! It says “in the confidence we have toward him…” meaning if you BELIEVE in Him and you have confidence in His ability to make anything happen, then you’re good!
When I realized that I needed to stop stressing over HOW to pray and I just DID IT, my life changed! I went from being so stressed about how to pray perfectly to the point that I wouldn’t pray.. to being so confident in my relationship with my Heavenly Father and talking to Him throughout my daily life! How incredible is that?! I talk to Him like I do my friends! No fancy words or phrases, just me and my Heavenly Father talking!
Now that doesn’t mean that I don’t worry, I don’t get anxious, I don’t fear anything. Because I’m still human. I do all of those things. But I now know how to get the peace that so many of us desire! And it’s so simple.. just believe! Believe that your God is mighty! And He is bigger that any issue we may come across!
I hope this brings you some comfort and reassurance that God hears you! He hears your cries, your frustration, confusion… and He wants to give you peace through ALL of it! So let Him! Cry to Him, scream to Him. Let God know if you’re angry at Him! And then let Him help you heal through it all!
Xoxo,
Elainey ??
