Interrupt that meeting! (click here)

By Chris Einwechter in : Practical Prayers // Jun 13 2009

How many people are on the earth? The latest stats suggest it’s about 6.8 billion.  Here is an even a better question,  how in the world can you stand out among that many people?

Is there any one thing you can do that would surely change your life, and separate your name from so many other names? Yes, you can learn to grab God’s heart, and in a way that’s very rare today.  How?  By being thankful.  You’ll make the Lord smile way beyond normal!  Just by being thankful!

The Bible teaches that God has always blessed thankful people.  Why not ? Most of us do too.  We love thankful folks, we can even see them from a distance!  Why?  Because they stand out!  Thankful people have that type of effect on us and on Heaven!

Picture an angel running into the Lord’s office, the Lord puts His hand up  motioning to the angel to stop talking.  He then listens to a voice from earth say, “Thank You Lord, I love You!”  God smiles, turns back towards the angel and says, “Now what were you saying?”

Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping Him with holy fear and awe.  Hebrews 12:28 (NLT)

Wow!  We can interrupt those meetings at anytime by allowing God to teach us how to be more thankful!  You’ll soon be standing out,  no matter how many people are on the earth!

If you ask God to teach you, you’ll always be able to say later, “God taught me!”

Forget about it! (Click Here)

By Chris Einwechter in : Practical Prayers // Jun 12 2009

God went through a lot so you can use the name Father,  and giving up on you is not an option!   But adopting you is!  So,  forget about it!   Are kidding?  Did you know that God has an adoption option?

God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him great pleasure.  Ephesians 1:5 (NLT)

How?  Through the beating of Jesus Christ, who was tempted to sin by the devil yet passed the test and remained a sinless sacrifice!  All so we could be adopted!

God was in the flesh of a man and took a beating. His word tells us that it gave Him great pleasure!  He must of thought,  ”I would take that beating again!  Just to be your Father!”  I bet it never gets old for God to adopt anyone!  Never!  Today,  go from being one of God’s creations to being one of His forgiven children.  The adoption business is now open!

He would never force anyone to be adopted,  He just won’t do it.  However,  and I like the however part.  If you are willing and ready to be forgiven then the Lord is ready as well!

“Lord I’ am ready now, come into my life and forgive me for my sin. Teach me how to really enjoy You as a Father.  And Lord, thank You for not giving up on me!”

If you ask God to teach you, you’ll always be able to say later, “God taught me!”

Hell's curse word! (click here)

By Chris Einwechter in : Practical Prayers // Jun 11 2009

Did you know there is one word that can literally save your life?  It’s a word that has moved the heart of God some many times,  like nothing else man has ever seen! It’s a curse word in Hell that Satan doesn’t want you to hear or even be near!  It’s a word that causes God to say, “I have heard you!”

²⁷ Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before Me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the LORD. 2nd Chronicles 34:27 (NIV)

It’s also a word that causes God to say, “I will not destroy you!”

When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: “Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.     2nd Chronicles 12:7 (NIV)

Instead of destruction deliverance!  Instead of not hearing you were heard!  Why?  One word, humility. A powerful word in heaven and a curse word in hell.

Are you thinking what I am thinking? Man give me some humility!  The fastest, wisest and most powerful way to get anything is to ask God to teach us!  Walking in humility is like hitting Satan with a baseball bat!

“Lord help me to understand humility so I can please You, amen.”

If you ask God to teach, you’ll always be able to say later, “God taught me!”

The Ultimate waste of time! (click here)

By Chris Einwechter in : Practical Prayers // Jun 10 2009

What you call anything that keeps me from doing God’s will,  God’s desire or His plan for me? The ultimate waste of time!  If God prompts me to pray, help or doing something for someone,  anything that hinders that is a waste of time.

³⁸As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. ³⁹She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. ⁴⁰But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”⁴¹“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, ⁴²but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”                 Luke 10:38-42 (NIV)

Martha was making meals,  cleaning and trying to take care of everyone.  That’s a good thing,  but it was a waste of time,  because it was not God’s will at that moment.

Been there before,  doing a great thing and wasting my time!  I need to be doing what the Lord wants me doing, that’s it. We can avoid so many headaches,  by asking God to teach us how to be more sensitive to His timing.

If you ask God to teach you,  you’ll always be able to say later, “God Taught Me!”

It's all around you and it's POWERFUL! (click here)

By Chris Einwechter in : Practical Prayers // Jun 9 2009

There’s something so powerful, it can’t help but change your life.  And guess what?  They’re all around you!  I am talking about opportunities!   Any time were given the chance to please God, that’s a powerful opportunity in your life!  Just a quick study of the bible will reveal to you, that anything pleasing to God is flat out powerful!

And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.   1st John 3:22 (NKJV)

You can do just about anything and please God,  it’s all about the motive.  The reason you’re doing something is more important to God than what your actually doing.

You can clean a dirty window and do it out of fear,  because your parents told you to.  You can obey the speed limit out fear of getting a ticket or wasting gas.  Or you can do it for one reason,  you simply want to please God.

So the next time you are asked to do something,   simply change your motive and change your life!  He knows everything we do and why we do it.  And if He knows your doing something to please Him,  then all of the sudden cleaning a window just become life changing!  Let’s jump on some powerful opportunities today and please God!

“Lord, teach me how to powerfully please You with my everyday life. Amen.”

If you always ask God to teach, you’ll be able to say later, “God taught me!“