{"id":10920,"date":"2024-07-17T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=10920"},"modified":"2024-06-30T05:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T10:39:28","slug":"godly-ability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/17\/godly-ability\/","title":{"rendered":"Godly Ability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you,\u00a0whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I\u00a0am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that\u00a0the Father may be glorified in the Son.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John 14:12-13<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus wants the disciples to do even greater work than He accomplished with the help of the Holy Spirit. After Christ ascended, the Spirit came upon the disciples, and Peter\u2019s first sermon at Pentecost had more converts than during Jesus\u2019s entire career. Through the disciples, God multiplied Jesus\u2019s ministry after His departure. Prayer gives power to God\u2019s children when they align their hearts with His and pray in Jesus\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord\u2019s not a genie in the sky that gives us whatever we want. Our prayers must become consistent with God\u2019s character and purpose. We know what Jesus desires us to do with our lives: spread the Gospel’s good news to the ends of the Earth and love God and others with all we have. If our prayers align with Christ\u2019s desires, God will answer accordingly. But selfish prayers that serve only us won\u2019t receive the same response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Jesus means His desires become ours. Not wanting any to perish, the Lord calls us to share what we know and help people find God\u2019s grace and mercy, given freely to all. When we accomplish our task, the Lord\u2019s kingdom grows, and people discover the peace that surpasses all understanding and comes only through Christ.\u00a0\u00a0 We have a purpose and mission; fulfilling our divine tasks requires prayer that aligns our hearts with the Lord\u2019s and helps us do our job well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Godly ability comes through prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lord, thank You for giving us a mission and purpose and the means to fulfill it. Please align our hearts with Yours, and what we ask in Your name, let us receive it as we strive to love You and others well. Please help us continue to spread the good news of the Gospel to the ends of the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. \u201cTruly, truly, I say to you,\u00a0whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I\u00a0am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that\u00a0the Father may be glorified in the Son. John 14:12-13 Jesus wants… Continue reading Godly Ability<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10924,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10920\/revisions\/10924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}