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Praying to the Point of Tears

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Nothing has hindered the blessing or the manifestation of blessing in the life of urban men today more than the concept it is un-manly to cry. Psalms 6:6 (KJV) I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tearsWith time, a believer in Christ an individual learns to mature beyond the inundated precepts of a society motivated by the whiles of Satan’s pride. That bit of society that tells us men should not cry. However, for some, the need to restrict crying is never released; not in public prayer, not even in secret prayer with God. Some men never realize that tears are not a sign of weakness but the expression of compassion. And because of this they never reach the full potential of their prayer through compassion of Christ.One of the things God desire in our life is that Christians learn to lean on him for all things in our life. However, this to some men may seem like an admission of weakness, pride says to them “they don’t need anyone” This is how the god of this world interjects his poison into even our prayer and our relationship with God.We listen to society telling us that we are self-sufficient, But the man or women of God is not self-sufficient in fact, the very opposite is true. If a man believes he can do anything himself, he has no God in him.. Not until God sees the hopelessness in his life, and he experiences the realization that his personal situation is solely dependent on God’s will for salvation; when no man or women, no job or circumstance, can provide salvation. Not until he gets to the point in life when he can do nothing but break down in tears crying out to God, realizing that in God’s hand alone is his salvation. Then God smile on him and hears his prayers.So when a person prays there must be a level of desperation. If our own needs are not important enough to more us tears, how can we expect it to have the power needed to move God to intercede in our situation? The bible is full of scripture where the tears shed in prayer are heard by God.2 Kings 20:5 (KJV)Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.Hebrews 5:5-7 (KJV) So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; From the above verse in Hebrews we see that even Jesus Christ would pray to the point of tears. But not until we read psalms 56:8 do we get any idea as to why.Psalms 56:8 (TNIV) Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll are they not in your record? Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me Did you read it? God was recording the tears during prayer of the effectual fervent prayer. And this effectual fervent prayer fervency is measured by his tears. It may seem hard to understand but sometimes prayer is ineffectual just because there are no tears. This does not mean that tears make a prayer effectual. However, if your prayer can not move you to sorrow, and you are doing the praying, how much less is it moving God to want to see that prayer fulfilled?Every one of ancient times cried out in prayer to the Lord. I would go as far to say that it appears to be those that cried the hardest are the ones that did the greatest works in God. In Paul’s letter to Timothy he writes”I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;” 2 Timothy 1:3-4 (KJV)

Troy Pearsall is the author of FireSpeaks prayer and meditation blog, a blog dedicated to the practice and discovery of Christian Prayer and meditation http://firespeaks.blogspot.com/ You have full permission to reprint this article within your website or newsletter as long as you leave the article fully intact and include the “About Author” and Resource Box

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