Power Tools!

Let's talk power tools. Face it, we are always looking for the next newest, better power tool.  If we need a screw driver we want a nice powerful drill. If something needs sawing we look for a nice power saw or table saw that zips right through the wood with ease.  And the list can go on and on. I know my husband could list many power tools he'd like to have.
So what does that have to do with this blog? Let me explain.
So often we run to God when we are facing a crisis. We plead with Him in an urgent way, please God, help me through this ordeal. Everything else around us stops. Only our urgent need is on our mind. Then when all is okay again we go about our daily lives until next time.
But is that how God really wants us to pray? He has given us the "ultimate power tool". Prayer!
That's right, prayer. It is more powerful than any tool we have on this earth. It is much less expensive, it actually is free for us because Jesus already paid the ultimate price for our gift of prayer.
It is the tool above all tools, and ours. We can call out to God and ask for Him to move in our lives, to move in the crisis we are facing, and He will gladly do so because He loves us.
You may be asking "how is this thing called prayer so powerful"?
When we pray with our hearts, and all that is within us, our prayers turn from just words to fervent, passionate prayer. The study I am doing right now calls this type of prayer "EXTRA-ORDINARY" prayer. And this type of prayer touches God's heart.
God loves when we have a passion for something. He loves when we are persistent and earnest about our prayers. And most of all He loves us! Therefore He wants to move those mountains, show those miracles, and get us through those crisis.
And you know what, we do not have to wait until our need gets urgent. We can pray at anytime, day or night. He is always listening.
So faithful readers, I truly pray that you can find the passion, the fervency, the persistence to push through and pray. Use that powerful tool that God has given you through Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit. There truly is power in the words we pray. We just need to do it.