Jesus was at a wedding feast with his mom when she went to him saying that all the wine was gone. "They have no wine." said Mary his mother. Now let us look at this in another way. Could this have been a prayer request to Jesus? "Lord, I have no clothes." "Lord, I have no rent money." "Lord,I have no food in my house." "Lord,..................!!"
Last week I touched on this story of how Jesus turned water into wine. He doesn't do anything a little bit or halfway.He told the servants to fill the jars all the way to the brim. But it took Mary's "plea" to him for the miracle to even take place. Mary gave us an example of the power of prayer.
Number one; she knew who to pray to. She went to Jesus! She precieved there was a "need" and she went to the one person she believed could fill that "need".(Read John 14;13&14)
Number two; she interceded for the people at the wedding.Mary must have been touched by the situation and went to Jesus with her concerns and cares. We don't pray for others because we really don't care! We feel like we have enough going on in our own lives to spend time praying for someone else.(Read Ephesians 6:18)
Number three;she didn't give up! When Jesus said it wasn't his time yet, she just told the servants to do what he'd tell them to do! She didn't take "no" for an answer! She didn't give up on her prayers!She believed that Jesus would "feel" her need and act on it. She believed that Jesus cared!!(Read Luke 18:1-8)
Mary showed us in what is believed to be the first miracle preformed by Jesus that there is power in prayer! So much power that it changed water into wine! So much power it caused Blind men to see and the Deaf to Hear! It lead to the feeding of Five Thousand and the raising of a man called Lazarus! Oh, there is so much power in PRAYER! We just don't pray like we used to.We just don't care enough! Our forefathers and mothers knew about the power of prayer! I remember my late mother would get up every morning with her Bible in one hand and her old prayer beads in the other. That was her special time that she spent with the Lord. Do you take time to really get your prayer on? When is the last time you honestly prayed for someone that you knew needed the help of Jesus?To really pray we have to be concerned. To really pray we have to care!1 Peter 5:7 reads,"Casting all your care upon him;for "he careth" for you." He cares! If we care about our prayers then Jesus will too! Caring means not just going through the motions but praying with feeling and emotion and compassion for others!God is waiting to use His awesome power through Jesus,but we have to care! There is someone out there that needs you to start caring today, there is someone out there that needs some prayers, there is someone out there that needs some "water turned into wine",there is someone that needs us to care!
"Father, we know we sometimes just go through the motions in our prayer lives.There are times when we don't show just how truly important our prayers are to you.Help us to care and truly use the power of prayer! In the mighty name of Jesus,Amen!"
(Please read the verses given,thank you.)
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