Cementing the Relationship!

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?”

Luke 6:46

 “But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and on his law he meditates day and night.”

Psalm 1:2

 

We all want an effective prayer life.

We want God to hear and answer our prayers.

So how does that happen?

We looked at the importance of relationship yesterday.

In other words, how vital it is to remain in Christ.

How do we grow in our relationship with Jesus Christ?

How do we remain in Him?

How do we grow, mature and cultivate that relationship in such a way that whatever we ask for we receive?

Do we just go through life – expecting, hoping that we mature?

Of course not!

There is a confidence we gain in prayer as we choose to make Jesus Lord in our lives.

That means He is not just a label we wear or a stage our life passes through.

We take up our cross daily and we choose His will over ours every time we are given that choice.

When we miss it, we repent, we confess and we move forward again.

We also remain in Him as we make His word the foundation for our lives.

We are not ruled by our feelings, our emotions or our own thoughts.

We are transformed by the renewing of our minds and His Word is what we meditate on.

David had it right as He acknowledged the Lord and His Word in the 89^th verse of Psalm 119:

“Your word, O Lord, is eternal;
    it stands firm in the heavens.”

Let our lives lived for Him declare no less!