BUT when you pray (Matthew 6:6)

BUT when you pray, go into your room,

close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.

Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret,

will reward you.

Matthew 6:6

As you begin 2015 we go by yourself and really ask God what he wants from you this year. That's all that really matters, not what others expect from you or even what you think you should do

BUT I tell you (Matthew 5:44)

BUT I tell you, love your enemies

and pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 5:44
I am not sure what you are going through today. BUT I do know from personal experience that rather then let those people the get on your nerves make your life miserable stop on pray for them. Stand back and watch what God can do

BUT Jesus often (Luke 5:16)

BUT Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

Luke 5:16
With so much going on during this holiday season one of the best gifts you could give your self is to withdraw for even a moment and pray.

BUT He listens to the prayers of the righteous (Proverbs 15:29)

The Lord is far from the wicked. 

BUT

He listens to the prayers of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:29  CEB

It's nice to know in the midst of the Atlanta Snowstorm 2014 God hears our prayers. 

BUT to you who are listening (Proverbs 6:27-28)

 “But to you who are listening I say:

 Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 

bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Proverbs 6:27-28

Are you listening?

BUT... to you who are listening (Luke 6:28-29)

 “But to you who are listening I say

Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

bless those who curse you,

pray for those who mistreat you.

Luke 6:28-29

Wow imagine if we would listen to what Jesus tells us. Start today, one moment at a time. Ask God for a sensitivity to His spirit to know how to respond. God and you become in control and not those who frustrate you.

 

 

 

BUT... also for those who believe in ME (John 17:20-21)

I pray not only for these,

BUT…also for those who believe in Me through their message.

May they all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You.

May they also be one in Us, so the world may believe You sent Me

John 17:20-21

This was Jesus pray to the Father. He prayed for you and me and others who believe through the message we share.  The number one way others will believe is by watching how well we get along. When I taught children I told them to have JOY you need to put

Jesus first

Others next

Yourself last.