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Silence is an art many have not mastered. Many are praying to God about why things are not working out, and the answer is that their mouths have invited fights and faith killers into God’s plan. If they do not have a strong enough relationship with prayer, they will be delayed. When God gives you a word, it is your job to nurture it until it is time to release it.

We often proclaim our desire for growth, yet when it comes time to work on growing, we walk away. Yet, the fruit of growth is worth so much more than remaining stagnant.

Our prayer life is soil; when we cultivate it, we produce a fruitful prayer life. Therefore, the foundation of a good prayer life is a good understanding of who God is and what he will be in our lives when we pray to him. God calls our prayers to grow from God I need you to provide this today. To God, can you be a provider today in my life? I am facing this situation and know you are a provider. Can you come and be that in my life today? When we shift our understanding of God and apply it to our prayer lives, we will begin to experience the fruits of answers that seem to evade us when we pray.

Fear is often the reason we find it hard to let go and allow God to take control of our circumstances. Often, the experience of past disappointments also contributes to our fears that it will not work out or God cannot do it. If Naaman had stopped on the sixth time, he would not have been healed. But, he continues past his disappointments until he receives his healing, so must we also trust in God that the sixth time doesn’t determine the character of God, and we can let go of what we are trying to fix ourselves.

Our ability to forgive is important to our ability to be forgiven by God. In Matthew 6:14-15, Jesus speaks of the importance of forgiveness and why it is not an option in our lives. God has not called us to walk in unforgiveness, but that we may be faithful to forgive.

When our hope is lost and destroyed, we first lose hope in Jesus. Sometimes, it’s not because we do not believe in Jesus, we do not believe in God, but we have been disappointed beyond what we can handle, and so we lose faith in the One who can deliver us. But hope is never lost forever; it can be rediscovered and restored, and today is a day for the restoration of hope in Jesus. He is our hope; he is the solid rock on which we stand.