Then Jacob prayed, “God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac! . . . Please save me from my brother Esau, because I’m afraid of him.”
Genesis 32:9, 11
If you want more faith, then you’re going to need more prayer. As you pray you learn to trust the God who answers prayer. It is like exercise. The more weight you lift, the stronger your body gets, and the more you pray, the stronger your faith gets. Neglecting God’s call to prayer leads to spiritual weakness and failure. If you want more trust, if you want more hope, more faith, and more strength, then you need more prayer. You can’t let prayer take a backseat in your life. It has to be the most important part of your day. It sets the tone for your life. Without it your faith is useless and weak.
When you love someone, you want to spend time with them and talk with them, and when you need something from someone, you have to communicate to ask them for what you need. Prayer is your communication with God. It’s the way you connect, the way you come into his presence and learn his character. It’s the way your life comes to really mean something, because through praying for others you can change their lives. And as those lives change, your trust in God deepens and their lives improve. It’s a win-win.
Prayer is a powerful thing in the hands of a God Girl. Don’t ever underestimate its strength and its ability to change not only your life but the lives of the people you pray for. Jacob’s willingness to go to God for his needs brought divine help for his entire family. And your prayers may just serve to help not only you but the people around you as well.