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Increase in your Prayer Life

God wants us to grow in our prayer life. He wants us to put away all the negative influences around us and focus on where our answers truly come from. God wants us to succeed in all things, yet we are influenced by what we experience (whether it is religious tradition or our self-worth), and we have a hard time believing that, once we have made Jesus our Lord, we were given authority to stand our ground and expect our prayers to be answered.

Have you ever wrestled with a problem that seems to never go away, even though you tried every solution available, and instead, it just seems to get worse?

This happened to Pharaoh in Exodus 8 when he refused to let the Israelites go, as God commanded through Moses. As a result, he awoke one morning to find his country swarming with frogs–Slimy, smelly, filthy frogs! Frogs were everywhere–in their beds, on their tables, in their ovens, in their bread dough, in their drinking water, in their hair, and other places you wouldn’t even want to think about. Pharaoh had no control.

Then God sent Moses to ask him, “When do you want to be delivered from this plague? You set the time!” What was it Pharaoh said? “Do it tomorrow.” Can you imagine that? That was such a stupid thing to say! Did he want to spend another night dealing with frogs in his bed, stepping on them as he walked through his palace? We certainly don’t know the answer, but he could have ended it right then and there!

Perhaps he did it for the same reason that you want to wait until tomorrow to get saved, healed, delivered, or become prosperous. How long are you willing to let the persistent problem you are dealing with harass you? When are you going to get rid of your frogs? They will stay around as long as you let them. That is, until you finally make a quality decision to put the Word of God in first place, take authority over the problem, and allow God to work.

My word for you today is: Don’t be discouraged or give up! Even when you don’t see the answer to your prayers manifested the way you think they should! Cast your care on Him! Let Him show you the authority you have as His child, according to Luke 10:19.

Reflections & Application:

1. What problems have you been wrestling with?

2. Have you taken authority over them or just given in?

3. Are you ready to get rid of those frogs in your bed?