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The Power of a Praying Woman
In some instances, determine what promise is implied in that Scripture. Take for example the verse, “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the ?esh is weak” (Matthew 26:41). The implied promise here is that if you pray and are watchful, you won’t fall into temptation. While most of God’s promises are pleasant and positive, some are not because they are warnings to us. It’s like saying to a child, “If you do this, there is this reward. But if you do that, I promise you there will be these unpleasant consequences.” Because God keeps all of His promises, it’s important to know them well.
Time to Move On
Although it may often feel like it, there is never a time when nothing is happening in your life. That’s because whether you realize it or not, you are never standing still. You are either going forward or you’re sliding back. You are either becoming more like Christ every day or you’re becoming less like Him. There is no neutral position in the Lord. And that is the very reason I wrote this book. I want you and me to keep moving forward. I don’t want us to wake up one morning and realize we never laid a good foundation in the things of God or we didn’t protect the foundation we had with prayer. I want us to move forward by spending quality time with the Lover of our soul every day. I want us to become passiona