Will God Actually Help Me?

Will God Actually Help me? Yes! God sent His Son, Jesus, to die for us so that He could give the Holy Spirit- our Helper- to all who believe.

It is the Holy Spirit that leads us to answered prayer. We gain this guidance by studying Scripture, praying for wisdom and discernment, and obeying the gentle nudges we are feeling as we read. This obedience will strengthen our faith and and cause us to understand our authority as children of God.

It Is Finished

As Jesus hung on the cross, He declared, “It is finished,” announcing the victorious completion of His mission to redeem humanity from sin, fulfill Old Testament prophecies, and bring the Old Covenant to an end. Jesus overcame death and therefore there is nothing He has not overcome. Yes, it is past tense. Our job is to position ourselves “In Christ” or in obedience to Christ and pray.

But the next question we need to ask ourselves is...”How badly do I want this answered prayer?

Prayer Is Laboring With God

We must actively pursue the blessings that come to us through answered prayer, as we see in this verse from Colossians: “Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ… is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.”(Col 4:12 NIV) Wrestling in prayer is the perfect statement. It takes effort to turn our eyes away from the world and go to our quiet space and pray two times a day. But it seems, according to the verses below, that God the Father grants justice- that is, responds to our Spirit led prayer request, when we fervently pray twice a day.

“And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?”(Luke 18:7 ESV)

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” (James 5:16 ESV)

Jesus died on the cross, what more can He possibly do for us? Through His sacrifice He has given us access to the Father, who holds all of our answered prayer request. There is a song lyric that says “All God’s promises are yes and Amen!” And this is true, but in order to receive them we must pray them to earth like the Lord’s prayer template teaches us. “…Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven..”

We find our healing, financial and relational breakthroughs, vindication when falsely accused, and power to overcome addictions through Bible study, alignment with the Word, repenting and prayer. This develops a relationship with Jesus who is actually “The Word.” When we have Jesus’s Words dwelling richly in our memory, we start to think in heavenly ways not worldly ways. This automatically makes us want to course correct when we are acting in ways displeasing to the Father. It also increases our faith.

“We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.”(John 9:31 NIV)

The Components of Breakthrough Prayer

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”(John 3:36)

This verse is clear, if we believe in Jesus we will go to heaven when we die. But, those who don’t OBEY the Son will never receive their breakthrough while living on this earth. They will receive salvation at the end of life, but disobedience to the Word will prevent them from experiencing Jesus’ saving power to overcome problems now. This is not a punishment. It’s due to the fact their faith is not built up. If a person doesn’t believe God’s Word to follow it, then they cannot believe it to receive answered prayer. We are in the drivers seat.

Pray Without Ceasing

As we commit more Scripture to memory, we learn to stand in unwavering faith because Jesus’ very DNA forms within us. “The Word became flesh.” (John 1:14) If the Word created Jesus, then the Word “devoured” by us, will change our DNA. I’m sure you have heard the term “he/she is a voracious reader.” This is the attitude we need to take about Scripture. This does not mean to read Scripture quickly. Devouring Scripture means to read it, meditate on it and let it change our thinking. This causes us to believe it.

“Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.”(Rom 10:17)

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Cor 5:17 ESV)

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”(1 Thes 5:16-18)

Exceeding And Precious Promises Are Available

“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:4)

This verse says “might be partakers.” This means not everyone will attain God’s precious promises – in other words, the ability to overcome everything that comes against us. And we know this is true because we see Christians all over the world succumbing to illness, disease, depression, addiction, financial problems, divorce and all manner of problems that overtake them.

We will face problems in this world, but Jesus came to give us power and authority to overcome them. This power is manifested when the Holy Spirit within us causes us to believe what we are reading in the Bible.

The Aggressive Take The Kingdom Blessings

We must be aggressive in our prayer life. We must be aggressive in our dedication to the Word, giving it our number one priority. It is only through this posture, that we will step into the abundant power and blessing Jesus won for us. And thus, we must carry our own cross.

Only God’s plans lead to breakthrough without painful labor and extended labor. Only God’s plans are perfect. Christ follower work on our knees in prayer and stand on the Word of God like no other. This is when we breakthrough and experience everything Satan has exhaustingly tried to keep us from.

The Job Description Of A Christ Follower

The Christ follower must be willing to align their life with Scripture, confess and repent of sin on a daily basis so as to realign themselves with the Lord. And then, pray daily- twice a day is best- and eventually we pray as if Christ is right next to us as we go about our day. We are soldiers of Jesus, who never fought against His accusers, instead, He prayed. This is exactly what we are called to do.

God cannot and will not fail us- He gave us Jesus, He promised us every blessing. Now it’s up to us to align ourselves with Scripture and pray Kingdom blessings to earth.

Food For Thought,

Lisa