Matt 5:14

There is a candle in every soul
Some brightly burning, some dark and cold
There is a spirit who brings a fire
Ignites a candle and makes his home

So carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the helpless, confused and torn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world

Frustrated brother, see how he's tried to
Light his own candle some other way
See now your sister, she's been robbed and lied to
Still holds a candle without a flame

So carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the lonely, the tired and worn
Hold out your candle for all to see it

Take your candle, and go light your world

Cause we are a family whose hearts are blazing
So let's raise our candles and light up the sky
Praying to our father, in the name of Jesus
Make us a beacon in darkest times

So carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the helpless, deceived and poor

Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world

Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the helpless, confused and torn
Hold out your candle for all to see it

Take your candle, and go light your world

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Phil 4:6-7

Beautiful!...
This is Abba's idea of true Rest!

"Easier said than done" These might well be the very first words that come to the mind of the average believer. :) Well, i once thought that way too. But that was till i truly understood my position before my Father when i came to Him in prayer - coming before His throne of Grace.

God wants to bless His children! He just wants to freely give us all the good gifts He has prepared for us. But...But...only if we would ask. Jesus said this, " Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full." John 16:24. Just ask, and He will come storming through with the supply to your needs. Well, someone once said, "God knows what i need even before i ask Him for help. Why then do i still have to ask?" You see, the answer is simple. Our Father wants us to know that it is He who has delivered us. Why do i say that? Well, think about it, the reason why we pray to Him in the first place, is simply cause we have chosen to place our Faith in Him. And when we see our requests granted unto us, we would know that it was He who has given, because our Faith confirms that. Plus, when we maintain a vibrant prayer life, we have unconsciously developed a beautiful and reliant love relationship with Him. And out of it, only springs forth more faith in Him, as we see our prayers get answered one by one. And last but certainly not least, our Father is greatly thrilled when we pray in the name of Jesus, His precious son who gave Himself up on the cross for us all. So pleased is He with His son's substitutionary work for our sins on Calvary, that our prayers are as a fragrant aroma unto Him. And Our Lord Jesus who now sits on the right hand of our Father, is our High Priest who never ceases to interceed for us. Oh what a blessed Assurance!


I had previously established in my write-up on "Faith", that there is absolutely nothing that is impossible for Our God, and He is not only able, but also very willing to meet you at your needs. And now we are here wondering why is it that sometimes our prayers aren't answered the way we expected them to? Well, His word says that our prayers are answered if we believe. And His word cannot lie. It is important for us to understand that when our prayers arent answered the way we expected them to, God has answered your prayer, but only with much better than you asked. You see, God always wants to give you His best. And very often, when we pray, we tell Him to give us some things, or to put us in some place, but our eyes are short sighted. We make requests that we not based on complete facts. But we know that our God sees the whole picture all the time! He brings our desires, and not just our preference, and lines them up with the big picture, and He sees the best. He sees the beginning from the end. "For {as} the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts" Isaiah 55:9. So it is completely erroneous to think that when u havent gotten some things you prayed for, your prayers havent been answered. They have been! But only with much better things. For Our Father looks at the desire behind the request, and not just the request, and He gives you the BEST!


And with this in mind, we can see why Paul says that we should present our requests with thanksgiving. This is because, WE ARE ALWAYS WINNERS, whichever way we look at it. We are always showered with the best gifts when we go to Our Father in prayer. Whether or not we get what we had asked for, doesnt really matter, but what matters most is that the gift is one with a lasting joy. You see, when our god blesses us, He adds no sorrow to it. He gives not as the world gives. For His gifts are just so full of joy and so full of life, and in it is absolutely no death. He leads you to the path that is stable and full of light, just as you had first desired when you went to Him in prayer.


Now when you have gotten there, the rest is history. You will be so full of His true Rest. And you know why? This is because Jesus guards your hearts and minds with His assurance that His work on the cross was perfect. He guards your mind with the knowledge of His Father's satisfaction of Him that with the mention of "jesus name" in your prayers, they are as a pleasing aroma unto the Father that He cant resist but come down to your needs as a rushing wind. He guards your hearts with an assured abundance of His love for you. "And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us." Romans 5:5 .


Such overwhelming assurance have flooded your hearts and minds that faith becomes as Hebrews 11:1 says, "the substance of things hoped for, and the certainty of things unseen" that even though you have not seen the manifestations of your prayer, you know deep down that it is done as your have asked in Jesus Name!


To God be all the Glory! :)