{"id":3252,"date":"2016-11-01T17:12:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T21:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2017-02-01T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T15:50:13","slug":"resurrecting-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2016\/11\/resurrecting-hope.html","title":{"rendered":"Resurrecting the Hopeless"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cEverything is possible for one who believes.\u201d Mark 9:23<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you that you would see God\u2019s glory if you believe?\u201d So they rolled the stone aside\u2026 Then Jesus shouted, \u201cLazarus, come out!\u201d And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in grave clothes, his face wrapped in a head cloth. \u201cUnwrap him and let him go.\u201d John 11:40, 43,44<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When Lazerus died, Jesus said to Martha that she would see the glory of God. But there was a condition: she must believe. Belief activates the miraculous. Unbelief negates and nullifies the answer to our prayers. When we are praying for lost souls that we earnestly love, we can pray, as the distraught father prayed to Jesus, \u201cI do believe; help me in my unbelief.\u201d Jesus immediately answered that prayer and the boy was delivered.<\/p>\n

Is there a loved one in your life who appears hopeless today? If we believe, nothing is impossible. Let us follow Jesus\u2019 lead, for we are His disciples. We will speak to that impossible situation which shows no sign of life, no pulse, no hint of hope. We will command life into that place of death today.<\/p>\n

Father,<\/em><\/p>\n

I believe that I will see the goodness of God in this impossible situation. I believe that I can move mountains with my faith. Thank you that you have given me a capacity to have faith, indeed you have given me faith as a gift. Father, I need you now. Accelerate my faith, heighten it to new levels, and deepen it so that it grows even deeper than the roots of the mountain I am facing.<\/em><\/p>\n

I receive the gift of faith. I receive the grace you have given me, making me, though unworthy, worthy of receiving everything you died to give me.<\/em><\/p>\n

And now I speak to the hopeless, and I say, \u201cCome forth! Come out from your hopeless tomb! Step out of the grave and into the light! We command life! Leave death behind! Receive the light of life once again! Receive the love of the Father, and live.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, give me grace to be there to take off the grave clothes and to clothe the hopeless in beautiful robes of righteousness.<\/em><\/p>\n

In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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