WHAT'S COMING: WHAT TO DO (3)

You want God to hear your prayers? You must seek peace. So when someone brings a complaint about another person before you, you listen as they speak and you sympathise with them [where they are not at fault and don't deserve a rebuke]. You say, "Oh dear. Is that so? Then we need to pray for her. She actually said that to you? I hope you didn't answer her?"
You are not the person to spur them to quarrel and fight. Don't say, "You are always too quiet..." If you do that, then you don't seek peace. You are acting contrary to the Scriptures. And then you'll be praying fervently and expecting answers, after you have disregarded God's words. You can't ignore God's words and be okay. You must be obedient to the word of God. A lot of people everywhere want to just pray. To them, the solution for everything is prayer. But that's not true. The body of Christ must know that prayer is not everything. We saw 1 Peter Chapter 3 tell us that the ears of the Lord are open to the prayers of the righteous, His eyes are on them. It says that His ears are attentive to their prayers and it tells you how to be righteous: don't tell lies, don't speak evil, etc.

We need to be people whose prayers God is hearing. That's all that matters. We have to be people who dial God's line and He picks up. So that when you pray, He listens and then responds and tells you what to do so that you can get ready. He tells you what to do. All you need is to be led by the Lord.

The difference between any true child of God and other people is that they have the Lord with them. That's the difference between us and others; the reason you're not like others. It's God with You! That's what God said; that the difference between His people and other people is that He is with them. It is not the things that's happening in the country. Sure, things will happen, but He is faithful. I have seen Him faithful. Remember the word He gave us at the beginning? He said, "In everything, say hallelujah. Give praise to God."

Do not allow yourself to be carried away by "life". Do not sin against God with your mouth. Pursue peace with everyone. Ask the Father to forgive you if you are not living in peace with people as you should. Some people find it easy to tell a lie — if they have a challenge or when they are afraid or trying to escape responsibility. Some tell lies even about things that are not of any consequence. Your lips must be cleansed from deceit. If you are a child of God, you are not permitted to walk in deceit of any sort. You cannot lie. Ask God to cleanse your lips and rid it of falsehood of any sort; anything that will tamper with your ability to speak to heaven and be heard, anything that silences your effectiveness in the realm of the spirit.

You must give thanks. I Thessalonians 5:18 — [18] In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Thank God for the thingsthat you have suffered and for the comforts that you have enjoyed. Be willing to comfort other people in the way that you have been comforted.
II Corinthians 1:3-4 — [3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, [4] who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

And you must learn to endure suffering as a soldier of Christ.
II Timothy 2:3 — You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 3:10-12 — [10] Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, [11] persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! [12] Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

(Cont'd)

Hebrews 10:32-36 — Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

– Pastor Ita Udoh
10th June, 2020.

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