"Power of Repentance"

He who covers his sins WILL NOT prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them WILL have mercy. (Pro 28:13)

… "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" (Matt 3:2)

Humbling ourSELVES and repenting isn’t a shame-faced, weak-spirited attitude, for God commands we come trustingly and boldly to His throne of grace. (Hebrews 4:16) Instead, repentance is a broken–hearted, sin-sorry, spiritual POWER returning us to our rightful, higher place WITH God. And, furthermore, it’s through repentance—the remission of our sins—that our Father grants his obedient children the “knowledge of salvation” (Luke 1:77) we need for breaking free of every hindrance blocking His blessings from our lives. And because Abba wants us freed from Satan’s snares even more than we do, He’s ordained His power of repentance as the key for unlocking those chains, in Jesus’ name!

Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause; And let them say continually, "Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant." (Psalm 35:27)

~ ON WINGS AS EAGLES ~

Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching
long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait
for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that
that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the
storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.
The eagle does not escape the storm, it simply uses the storm to lift
it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.


When the storms of life come upon us, and all of us will experience them,
we can rise above them by putting our faith in God. The storms do not
have to overcome us. We can allow the Lord to lift us above them.
God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness,
tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above
the storm. Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh
us down, it is how we handle them.


"But those who wait for the Lord (who expect, look for, and hope
in Him) shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift
their wings and mount up (close to God) as eagles (mount up close to the sun);
they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired."
(Isaiah 40:31)

Is it acceptable to repeatedly pray for the same thing?

In Luke 18:1-7, Jesus uses a parable to illustrate the importance of persevering in prayer. He tells the story of a widow who came to an unjust judge seeking justice against her adversary. Because of her persistence in prayer, the judge relented. Jesus’ point is that if an unjust judge will grant the petition of someone who perseveres in a request for justice, how much more will the God who loves us—“his chosen ones” (v. 7)—answer our prayer when we keep praying? The parable does not teach, as is mistakenly thought, that if we pray for something over and over, God is obligated to give it to us. Rather, God promises to avenge His own, to vindicate them, right their wrongs, do them justice, and deliver them from their adversaries. He does this because of His justice, His holiness, and His hatred of sin; in answering prayer, He keeps His promises and displays His power.

Jesus gives another illustration of prayer in Luke 11:5-12. Similar to the parable of the unjust judge, Jesus’ message in this passage is that if a man will inconvenience himself to provide for a needy friend, God will provide for our needs far more, since no request is an inconvenience to Him. Here again, the promise is not that we will receive whatever we ask if we just keep asking. God’s promise to His children is a promise to meet our needs, not our wants. And He knows our needs better than we do. The same promise is reiterated in Matthew 7:7-11 and in Luke 11:13, where the “good gift” is further explained to be the Holy Spirit.

Both of these passages encourage us to pray and to keep praying. There is nothing wrong with repeatedly asking for the same thing. As long as what you are praying for is within the will of God (1 John 5:14-15), keep asking until God grants your request or removes the desire from your heart. Sometimes God forces us to wait for an answer to our prayers in order to teach us patience and perseverance. Sometimes we ask for something when granting it is not yet in God's timing for our lives. Sometimes we ask for something that is not God's will for us, and He says “no.” Prayer is not only our presenting requests to God; it is God’s presenting His will to our hearts. Keep on asking, keep on knocking, and keep on seeking until God grants your request or convinces you that your request is not His will for you.