Happy Wednesday!

James 4:3 “And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.”

In all of the seasons of the television show “the King of Queens”, I have only watched one episode. The story line was that a local minister visited the couple and invited them to church. They enjoyed the service and were introduced to prayer. After attending the worship service they began to pray. However they did not understand that prayer. They thought prayer was like asking for things at Christmas. They prayed for expensive shoes, sports event tickets and other temporal things. When they received everything for which they asked for a few days, they attributed their acquisitions to their praying. Then one day soon after they prayed for something and they did not get that for which they asked. The couple then quit going to church and thought that God was no longer going to supply their every want.

They asked for things that would only satisfy for a short time. Their motive for prayer was all wrong. They thought that God’s power was only to supply temporal things of this world. Their relationship with God was based only on those things that would give pleasure.

God never runs out of supply for all things heavenly and eternal. God desires for us to have big faith. How can God fulfill the promise of His Work in us when we think that it is our work that brings us faith. Faith is one of God’s gifts to each of us.

It is through the gift of faith that we receive our salvation. It is through the gift of faith that God changes us more into His likeness. Faith is the supply from the storehouse of God that never runs out. We don’t even have to pray for more faith because it is God’s gift to each of us. God never took back that which He first gave to us. Claim your gift!

Take joy in the journey. Wear comfortable shoes, count your blessings and say your prayers. Let us continue to lift one another up in prayer each day. Love you all, Bruce, Gaylene, Geni and Travis.

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I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe and I believe God.

PS Tomorrow we will travel to Grapevine to my Uncle Rodney’s memorial service. I ask your prayers on all of our family as we gather together in the celebration of the life of Christ in Rodney Smith. Peace, gc