Prayer Pointers - Week 16

Attitude of Heart(Humility)

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
-James 4:6, NIV

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.
-2 Chronicles 34:27, NIV

A story was told about a five-year old boy who saw great people in television playing basketball. Everytime they shoot, the crowd would cheer and he wanted to shoot. When his parents and he were at the basketball court, his parents held him up and he put the basketball into the basket. Then, he shouted:" I did it all by myself!" When he boasted it to his friends, they did not believe and asked him to try. To the boy's dismay, he couldn't shoot anymore and left the court humiliated.

Sometimes, we are like that five-year old boy. We do not realise that it is God who have been supporting us and we think we did it all by ourselves, when it is not. When God does not support us, we cannot do it! So we have to acknowledge God in all we do and humble ourselves. Then God will give grace and he will hear us when we humble ourselves. Instead of being proud, not realising and thus not acknowledging that God gave you what you have been proud of, why not realise that God have been supporting you, giving you talents and grace through Jesus Christ that you might live again.

in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight
-Proverbs 3:6,NIV

Prayer Pointers this week:
- Pray for a humble heart and not to boast whenever temptation comes.
- Claim the promise that as you acknowledge the Lord in all you do, that the Lord will make your path straight.
- Pray for salvation and revival in 1D, 1L, 1P and 1Q and that there will be open hearts
- Pray for protection for this holiday