“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.” (Matthew 6:6 [KJV]) Jesus Christ teaches us about the importance of being in fellowship with the Father during prayer time. The Father sees and accepts the prayer of the righteous and honors him by “rewrding him openly”. Jesus Christ would often spend time alone in prayer, expressing His love and faith to the Father. In Luke 6:12 it says that he would spend all night in prayer. After that, healing power came out of Him and He healed everyone.

The Fear of the Lord is what is missing and the presence of God. (Proverbs 9:10) The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding. (Proverbs 1:7) The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 15:33) The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility. (Proverbs 9:11) For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. Whatever does not have the fear of the Lord in it is unwise and foolish, temporary and vain; it is doomed to fail.

“I fell out of love with him, I don’t love him anymore…there’s nothing I can do about it, it just happened, the passion is gone!” People feel that they fall out of love as quickly as they fall in. Most people think that love and passion are things that “just happen” if you are “lucky”, and you don’t have any control over them. That’s a very common misconception and one of the most common reasons for marriages falling apart and Christians backsliding. Nothing could be farther from the truth however.

In the gospel of Luke 6:46-49 there is a parable of two men who built their house (one on the sand and the other on the rock) and immediately the storms came. Both men heard the word but one man’s house fell. The reason was because the foundation was not solid. He built on the sand. And in our lives to one degree or another we have learned that the foundation is the most important part of the building. In the case of believers that foundation is on the Rock.

Throughout the Bible we see that every time God made a promise to His people, He would be willing to move heaven and earth to make sure it will come to pass. God NEVER promised His people anything that He did not do. In spite of how impossible it looked in the natural, God was ALWAYS Faithful! There are many Christians today however, who doubt God’s faithfulness. They believe God for something and because they don’t see an answer in the time limit THEY set, they start doubting. Other Christians look to other people who seem to be doing everything right but have no results and they get disappointed.