This verse, known often as “The Great Commission” was given by Jesus to His disciples after His resurrection and before His ascension into Heaven. Matthew 28:19 NLT - 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Pray this way and watch what God does in the lives of your family members. When we are willing and sensitive to His Spirit, we are able to be a part of setting the scene for life change. We are merely the vessel that He uses as we are willing. Allow Him to lead you during your conversation and let it be His words, not yours. Pray also to be sensitive to His Holy Spirit as you speak. Pray that God will not only give you the opportunity, but the boldness to speak when it comes. Use this verse to pray for the boldness to speak to those members of your family who don’t know Jesus yet. Staying silent is not the answer, but trying to prove a point to our family isn’t either. It must be born out of a heart to see people make it to Heaven our heart must break for the lost.
Peter tells us to always be prepared to give the reason for our hope and to do it with gentleness and respect. We want so badly to see them make it to Heaven that it often turns into a shouting match or we just want to see them so we keep our mouths shut… Neither one is good. To speak the truth to our own family can sometimes be the hardest thing. The prayer to be able to speak God’s word boldly is something that each one of us needs to pray for daily. Not “If you can,” but rather, “When you do.”ġ Peter 3:15 ESV - 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you yet do it with gentleness and respect… Boldly approach the throne of grace with your requests, believing for your miracle. So as we begin this fast, let your faith attempt to match His unlimited resources. Not only that, but we serve a God who WANTS to help us. We must understand that we serve a God who created and controls the universe and NOTHING is impossible for Him. Our God is able and willing to help His children when they seek His will for their lives. Jesus cast out the demon with a word and the boy was healed, all because the man responded with, “I do believe, Lord help my little faith!”.
It shows us that of course He is able and if we would only believe He is more than willing to help! The man says to Jesus in verse 22, “But please, if you’re able to do something, anything-have compassion on us and help us!”.
In this verse we see Jesus responding to a man’s unbelief that Jesus would be able or willing to help his son be rid of a demon possession he had experienced from birth. Faith can be seen as knowing God can and expecting that He will do something. We must walk into this time with true faith. Mark 9:23 TPT - 23 Jesus said to him, “What do you mean ‘if’? If you are able to believe,all things are possible to the believer.”Īs we begin these 21 days of prayer and fasting it is important to understand the one to whom we pray is able to do ALL things.
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