A Prayer for Power and Strength - Your Daily Prayer - April 5

A Prayer for Power and Strength 
By Meg Bucher

“Then Jesus told them, ‘I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, “May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,” and it will happen. You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.’” Matthew 21:21-22 NLT

A smile slowly took over my face as my golden doodle faithfully matched my stride. The healing was finally happening. As the audiobook in my air pods came to a conclusion, I felt confident my mind had turned the corner and my body had followed it to healing. Prayer is powerful. 

God hears and answers our prayers. He is always in motion on our behalf. Oftentimes our answers to prayer come in unexpected ways. A continued conversation with our Father helps us recognize His movement in our lives. Prayer is akin to seeing from a different perspective. Sometimes answers to prayer are obvious, miraculous, and very direct. Other times, obtaining a Christ-like perspective takes spiritual, mental, and perhaps physical growing pains. No matter what way they come, answers to prayer move mountains in our lives. Today, let’s pray for God’s movement in our lives to be evident to and through us.

Let’s pray:
Father, 

Your mercies are new every day. Great is Your faithfulness. You are the Truth. You are Freedom! God Your thoughts are not our thoughts and Your ways are not our ways. For this reason, we can become frustrated when our prayers seem to go unnoticed and unanswered. We don’t always understand the delay and the different ways You answer according to what we ask. Let the power of prayer come to full strength in our lives as we remember Your faithfulness. You, alone, are perfect in mercy and justice, forgiveness and compassion. Father, help us to see things from Your perspective. You always know what we need, and what we are going through. Father Your heart breaks alongside us when we are going through a painful season. Increase our trust in who You are, as we wait patiently on You -bravely and courageously. 

God, we know You are good. Help us to be brave enough, not only to ask big things of You in prayer but to be brave enough to believe and trust big answers to prayer are an everyday reality! Jesus said, “You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.” Father, this is our prayer today, for You to give us the faith we need to pray for anything, and for the answer to anything we are asking for today. If You are willing, please answer our mountain-sized prayers for miraculous healing, peace, restoration, forgiveness, reconciliation, contentment, hope, and joy. 

Holy Spirit, we welcome You to move through our lives today through Christ Jesus. Be our Friend, Comfort, and Guide. Translate our prayers into heaven and help us to discern the Truth as it applies to our everyday circumstances. Help us to see. Give us the vision to share the direction of Your will for our lives, God. Give us the power to develop big faith, prayers, and praise to You. We can pray for anything. And if we have faith …we will receive it. Let us carry these words of hope written on our hearts as we walk through our daily lives. Remind us to pray constantly, and keep us in constant conversation with You, God. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. 

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Meg is a graduate of Ashland University. She is a writer, author, editor, and digital content creator. She stepped away from her job in Internet Marketing in 2008 to raise her daughters, which gave her passion for writing a chance to shine through her blog, Sunny&80… Life within the Love of Christ. Meg has served as a Children’s Worship Team Leader and Middle School Leader for her local church. She founded and led the Breakfast Club Bible Study for Tweens, has served as a Young Life Leader and Committee Member, and led Women’s Bible Study. She has also volunteered as a content creator for her local church, studied Bible/Ministerial Training through Global University, and completed COMPEL PRO Writers Training. A contributing writer for Salem Web Network since 2016, Meg is now thrilled to be a part of the team at Salem Web Network. You can find her entire library of books on her Amazon Author Page. 

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