Tricia McNair: Noble Life Ministries

All praises to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessings in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 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 1:3 -5 (NLT)  God, the Father, ca n do anything He wants to do, but He will not overrule your free will or make you serve Him. People  are often angry at God for what the y perceive as abandonment or neglect, because He didn’t answer or respond the way they expected Him to answer. Because He doesn’t respond in a matter that is expected, they give up on God or they believe God doesn’t ca re, so why should they.  Obviously, it’s your choice to decide what you want to do.  You can choose to obey or not obey, believe or not believe, trust or not trust

“ as you pray at all times, with all kinds of prayers and request, in the Spirit, vigilantly and persistently, for all God’s people.”  Ephesians 6:18 (CJB) Once, I asked my Mama to pray for me to achieve something that was very important. I asked her for help and walked away. I had perfect peace in my heart and mind that she would do it. I could trust her to pray. She prayed often, and it was not just at a particular time. She prayed while cleaning, cooking, and alone in her room. She was the picture of the Apostle Paul’s instructive words in Ephesians 6:18. The Apostle even asked the Ephesus Church to pray for him! We all need prayer! She was always praying for our Daddy and her nine children. Her prayers sustained me throughout my life. Romans 8:26-27(CJB) says that the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we don’t know how to pray the way we should. But the Spirit himself pleads on our behalf with groanings too deep for words, and God who knows all hearts, know wha