[Faith to Faith Daily Devotional By Kenneth and Gloria Copeland] Do Your Own Praying 23rd Jan, 2015 Is any one among you afflicted -ill-treated, suffering evil? He should pray. (James 5:13, The Amplified Bible) Dear Brother/Sister, The Greek word translated afflicted doesnt mean the result of sickness and disease. It means troubled. If youre in trouble, you need to pray. Thats what the Word says. Notice it didnt say your pastor needs to pray for you or your friends need to pray for you. It says you need to pray. Too often we try to find a quick fix to our problems by asking everyone else to pray for us. Theres nothing wrong, of course, with having others pray for you, but youll never get your life to a place of permanent victory until you begin to pray yourself. The biggest church in the world is in Seoul, Korea. Its pastored by Dr. David Cho, and the last I heard, it had more than 700,000 members. How did that church grow to be so large? According to Dr. Cho, the key is prayer. Not just his prayers but the prayers of his people. Praying is a way of life in that church. They have a place called Prayer Mountain where thousands of people come every day to pray. I once heard Dr. Chos mother-in-law on television talking about the emphasis they put on prayer. She said that when their church members are in trouble, when they have marriage problems or problems in their personal life, before anything else is done, those church members are told to go and fast and pray for 24 hours. We need to do more of that here in our churches in the United States. We need to quit training our people to run around asking others to pray for them and train them instead to do their own praying. You see, if I pray for God to solve one problem for you, you may enjoy success for a while, but then another problem will come along because youll still be making the same old mistakes that got you in trouble the first time. But if you buckle down and do that praying for yourself, if you discipline yourself to start searching out the things of the Spirit, youll get permanent answers. Youll learn how to make adjustments in your life that will keep those problems from cropping up again. If you have made Jesus your Lord, you have access to the throne of Almighty God. He has every solution to every problem youll ever have, and Hes just waiting for you to come to Him, so He can give you the answer. It may take some private time alone with Him for you to hear it, but He will never disappoint you. Dont depend on others to do your praying for you. Go personally to the throne of God today. Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified Bible. Scripture Reading: Psalm 5 Have a Lovely Night Rest...
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