Cassie L. Wilson

Learning to be the light

How to Find the Courage to Pray Big

Inside: finding the courage to pray big

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about prayer. You know, the kinds of prayers that are so saturated in faith that it gets things done. (Well, the Lord is the one that gets it done, but you know what I mean.)

Prayer is (or should be!) an important part of our everyday Christian walk with the Lord.

My mom, a Sunday School teacher, likes to teach her kids that neglecting prayer is like neglecting to talk to our best friend. Without that line of communication, eventually that relationship is going to crumble. Same thing happens with our relationship with the Lord when we neglect to pray often and fervently.

But, what happens, friend, when we’re too afraid to pray?

Too afraid that God might answer our prayers and disrupt our super comfy lives? Or, we’re too afraid of the answer to the umpteen questions we have about it?

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Pray Expectantly: Why You Need to Expect an Answer

Inside: why you should expect an answer when you pray

Confession: I am not a fan of radio preaching.

I don’t know what it is about it (actually, I think I do), but most times, I just flip the station to some Christian music instead.

Don’t get me wrong. I think radio preaching is a wonderful thing. Most people listen to the radio in the car (unless you’re a crazy person, and, well, I can’t help you there), so it only makes sense to share the Gospel on the radio.

But… I am just not a fan. I think it’s why I’m also not a fan of online church. (Thank you, Pandemic, for forcing most of us to have to resort to online churchin‘.) I don’t have a major problem with online church either.

But, for me, I just like to be there. In-person. Watching the preacher pour his heart out. Praying I’m not in the splash zone. (If you know, you know. Ha!)

So, imagine my surprise when I caught myself listening to a sermon on the radio as I was running errands.

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When you realize a prayer has been answered

So, last week, I told y’all about God answering a prayer within fifteen minutes.  Honestly, y’all, I’m still amazed by His goodness and His mercy.  When you realize a prayer has been answered, it gives me hope there will be answers to the bigger prayers, too.

Have you ever prayed about something, maybe even prayed about it several times, and didn’t even realize when the answer came?

Pleaseee tell me I’m not the only one with her eyes closed a time or two and missed an important answer?

I know.  You’re probably sitting there and asking me, “Cassie, how on earth do you miss something you’ve prayed for?“

I hear you asking, because it’s a question I had to ask myself, too.

And let me just tell you.

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Prayer: What to Do When Something Important is Lost…

Prayer.

It’s a pretty powerful thing, y’all.  Prayer is our direct line of communication with our Heavenly Father.  We can take all of our needs and requests to Him in prayer.  And, sometimes, if we listen hard enough, we can hear the Father speaking back to us during our prayer time, too.

But, do you know what else is really great about prayer?

Well, two things, actually.

  1. According to 1 John 5:14-15, if we ask anything of the Father according to His will, we can be confident that He hears us.
  2. Answers and solutions come when we pray.

Have you ever lost something extremely important?  And no matter where you look, you just can’t seem to find that super important thing?

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Hello, Lord. It’s Me, Again.

So, y’all, confession time, again.  I feel like I’ve started my prayers off this week as, “Hello, Lord. It’s me.  Again.”

I’ve had the hardest time coming up with something to write about this week.  I started a draft.  Then stopped the draft.  Picked up the pen again and then promptly sat said pen back down.  I’ve had to pray the Lord would give me a topic to write on.  I asked my mom for suggestions.  I consulted a friend.

Then it hit me in the shower this morning.  Duuuuh, write about the scripture you’ve been chewing on all week. 

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