Ramadan series Day 16: Prayers

Good day to you all my readcash families

Today is Sunday again, another new day of the week. Today is the 17th day of the month. Gradually this month is coming to an end and the first quarter of the year will be over.

We hope this year continues to be a year filled with joy and prosperity.

All thanks to the source that created life and all in it. We are among those who witnessed the new day again and looking forward to witnessing many more on the earth's surface. We pray he continues to spare us all.

Today is the 16th day of Ramadan which would be equivalent to the Ramadan series Day 16, and the topic of discussion is PRAYERS.

Prayer is said to be the key to success.

Is that true? Does that mean we have to pray before we become successful in life? This is a question that we need to ask ourselves. Most times we see people who don’t pray and yet live a good life far better than we that are always praying. And most times we’ve tagged extremist or prayer warriors.

All we have to know is the fact that God who asked us to pray to him and ask him for whatever we want in life knows what he told us to do. If he won’t answer our prayers then there is no need to tell us to pray for ourselves. You might not live the life of your dreams but be rest assured that with your efforts and prayers, anything can happen.

Most times when we pray let’s just have the mindset that God knows what’s best for us at the moment. He knows the right time and the perfect time since we never knew what the future holds for us, even tomorrow, no one knows.

I would cite an example about life and prayer. Mr. A and Mr. B are two people who were praying to the almighty God for something they needed in their lives. Mr. A is an elderly man with families while Mr. B is a young guy who just started his life.

Mr. A is praying to God to provide him with a car while Mr. B is also praying to God to provide a car for him. God had answered both of their prayers but he immediately gave Mr. A his car since he knew if he accepted his prayer and gave him the car he would be able to cater to his family. But as for Mr. B, God also answered his prayer but he decided not to give him a car yet because he knew if he gets the car at such a young age, it might lead him astray and be the source of his death. He decided to keep answering his prayer but granted him something else.

From both angles, God answered their prayers but to Mr. A he must have admitted that God answered his prayers, but Mr. B would never accept that his prayers were answered.

Only if we could know what God had done for us we would never have to think our prayers are not accepted. He had always accepted our prayers but most times he wouldn't grant us what we wished for but must have done something better to replace that.

Prayer is the sword of a true believer.

There is this saying that “pray like you don’t know how to work, and work like you never knew how to pray”. When you have this mindset then I think we would be less bothered about some things in life.

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11:30 pm. Sunday 17th April 2022.