Vignettes Devotional

Vignettes Pray First About Everything Philippians 4:6 (CEV) Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God. This point cannot be emphasized enough: Pray first about everything! The New King James rendition of this verse reads, Be anxious for nothing , but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. I do not believe Holy Spirit meant pray when you feel like it; or, pray when you are feeling calmer; or, pray after the crisis has passed; or, pray when you remember to pray. He actually meant what He said when He instructed us, through Paul’s writings, to pray first about everything. But how do I pray first about everything ? you may ask. To pause for a moment in the moment and pray about a situation presented to you is a good start to developing the habit of praying for everything. We already know how to pray instantly if we, one of our children ...

Vignettes It’s Amazing What Faith Can Do! It’s Amazing What Faith can Make. James 5:15 And the Prayer of Faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Recently I found myself praying more than usual for healing for so many. The pain the people, the beloved of God, are enduring makes me appreciate the fact that we have more than medicine to turn to in our time of need. Medicine is necessary, a blessing from God, I believe. But so is the Prayer of Faith. Holy Spirit teaches us through James, the brother of Jesus, that the Prayer of Faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him or her up. But God does not limit the Prayer of Faith to healing only. It can be prayed, and results seen, under any circumstance. Holy Spirit spoke these words to me when He gave me the prophecy for this month, the month of Adar1, 5782 , in 2021: It’s amazing what faith can do. It’s amazing what faith can make! Mark 11:...