Heavenly Regret
The other morning, I was getting ready and heard the Holy Spirit whisper that my one regret when I get to Heaven will be that I didn’t pray more.
The heavenly nudge was correct. I don’t pray enough.
Pray without ceasing,
1 Thessalonians 5:17
I know all that we’ve been given in Jesus and yet I don’t invest myself in prayers that could change everything!
Do you know that prayers are not locked in time? I can pray for today’s stuff, but also for years (even generations) ahead. I can pray over the past and undo curses and assignments. Repentance is prayer over past events.
Prayers are timeless.
I can pray over big things like nations, kings, generals, wars, cities, weather, global health, and finances, etc.
Prayers are BIG.
I can pray over microscopic things like germs, pestilence, DNA, etc.
I can pray over invisible things like thoughts, dreams, spiritual battles in the air and on the ground, healings, etc.
Prayers are infinite.
I can pray blessings into chaos. I can pray thrive into destruction.
Prayer changes what is happening.
I can pray for open doors of opportunity and closed doors of hinderance.
Prayers are limitless.
So why am I prayerless?
I am prayerless because I tend to see through my flesh eyes, dealing with tough things of this world in my flesh. I change nothing in the flesh so I feel helpless, powerless, and insignificant. I give up before the crisis has even started.
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Romans 8:5-9
Yes, I have the Spirit of God in me, but I default to walk in the flesh instead of the Spirit. It is 50+ years of training that needs to be rewired for me to walk in the Spirit.
I must daily:
Study the Word of God so I know my marching orders
Lay down my own flesh life (mortify, crucify, die) so that Christ can live fully in me
Remind myself who I am (King & Priest) and Whose I am (Daughter of Abba Father)
Pick up the scepter of prayer and fulfill my duty as His faithful servant
It is time for me to get on track and fulfill the mandate. Want to join me? I will not be eating from Tuesday at 4 p.m. through to Wednesday at 4 p.m. as I pray for my family, my job, Eudora, Kansas, the United States of America and our world. More details on praying for your community are detailed below.
There really is no limit to what God can do through us. It is time to get in alignment with our assignment!
Dearly Beloved, what will be your greatest regret when your life on earth is over?
