{"id":10441,"date":"2013-10-17T09:46:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=10441"},"modified":"2013-10-17T11:34:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T15:34:59","slug":"the-key-of-the-greater-work-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=10441","title":{"rendered":"The Key of the Greater Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l7HM57XX-nQ\" height=\"315\" width=\"555\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>. . . I say to you, he who believes in Me, . . . greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father \u2014John 14:12<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prayer does not equip us for greater works\u2014 prayer is the greater work. Yet we think of prayer as some commonsense exercise of our higher powers that simply prepares us for God\u2019s work. In the teachings of Jesus Christ, prayer is the working of the miracle of redemption in me, which produces the miracle of redemption in others, through the power of God. The way fruit remains firm is through prayer, but remember that it is prayer based on the agony of Christ in redemption, not on my own agony. We must go to God as His child, because only a child gets his prayers answered; a \u201cwise\u201d man does not (see Matthew 11:25).<\/p>\n<p>Prayer is the battle, and it makes no difference where you are. However God may engineer your circumstances, your duty is to pray. Never allow yourself this thought, \u201cI am of no use where I am,\u201d because you certainly cannot be used where you have not yet been placed. Wherever God has placed you and whatever your circumstances, you should pray, continually offering up prayers to Him. And He promises, \u201cWhatever you ask in My name, that I will do . . .\u201d (John 14:13). Yet we refuse to pray unless it thrills or excites us, which is the most intense form of spiritual selfishness. We must learn to work according to God\u2019s direction, and He says to pray. \u201cPray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest\u201d (Matthew 9:38).<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing thrilling about a laboring person\u2019s work, but it is the laboring person who makes the ideas of the genius possible. And it is the laboring saint who makes the ideas of his Master possible. When you labor at prayer, from God\u2019s perspective there are always results. What an astonishment it will be to see, once the veil is finally lifted, all the souls that have been reaped by you, simply because you have been in the habit of taking your orders from Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Journal DJR<br \/>\nGood Morning Lord, These admonitions to keep it simple and focus on prayer seem like excellent logical advice. But then we ask ourselves, &#8220;How do we do that?&#8221; and when focusing on the How, we lose sight of &#8220;Who&#8221; (you). How then, can we &#8220;come as a child&#8221; especially when we find ourselves unchildlike?<\/p>\n<p><em>You analyze too much. You will do better to focus on my first two commandments, Love God &amp; neighbor, and then just focus on me and stay curious\u00a0 about the circumstances that come your way &#8230; keeping just those two commandments\u00a0in mind. Let me lead you beyond that.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nOK, Please help us do that today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . I say to you, he who believes in Me, . . . greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father \u2014John 14:12 Prayer does not equip us for greater works\u2014 prayer is the greater work. 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