International Prayer Garden

09/05/2026

Some thoughts about healing

We know that healing is just as available to all mankind as are forgiveness and salvation. Everything about redemption is available by faith. In my own experience, I understand that faith isn't what I know about redemption. Knowledge isn’t faith. Faith isn't mental. This is where many get confused and discouraged. They know the Word and they "believe" with their minds, but faith is of the heart (Romans 10:10), not the head. Faith is spiritual, not mental.

There are times I've been healed instantly or very quickly because the Word was quickened to me, and there are times I've struggled because I was trying to "work up faith" in my head. Healing is not a whim of God but simply a matter of "plugging in" to what already exists. Most of us are hit and miss in this area. Many ask the question, "Why doesn't God heal me?" which shows they don't understand redemption or faith. God has already provided healing for all. He is not in charge of healing. We are.

There are times when our personal faith can heal us, and times when we need the faith of others in the body of Christ. I have learned that when I am weak in my own faith, I can call on others to get stirred up and stand in faith for me. We see this with the four men who carried their friend on a stretcher and lowered him through the roof, with the Centurion on behalf of his servant, and with the Gentile woman on behalf of her daughter. This isn't about getting people to feel sorry for you and tell you their "thoughts and prayers" are with you. This is about finding those who are stirred to see you healed no matter what. I think we miss a lot of healings because we neglect the healing power of the body of Christ.

Pursue hearing God for yourself, but don’t neglect to have others truly stand with you. If you are close to someone who is in a health battle, see yourself as an agent of healing. Get stirred for them and use your faith on their behalf.

09/05/2026

Why Should We Meditate In God’s Word?

Revive me according to Your word.
Strengthen me according to Your word.
Your word has given me life.
Be merciful to me according to Your word.
Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.
Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
Direct my steps by Your word.
Your word is very pure.
The entirety of Your word is truth.
I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure. (from Psalm 119)

The Law says: This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. (Joshua 1:8)

Grace says: Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. (Phil. 4:8)

Spending time thinking on God’s Word is a form of fellowship. His words are Spirit and life (John 6:63). God is able to give us understanding and wisdom through His Word. His promises reveal His heart for us.

The more we meditate on God’s Word, the more we will receive revelation knowledge of who we are in Christ and all that He has provided for us. We will never grow beyond the relationship we have with the Living Word.

“that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power” (Eph. 1:17-19)

This will happen when you meditate on His Word.

09/02/2026

This is not mine but I definitely could’ve created it, it’s exactly where I grew up in incredibly accurate!
I Copied and Pasted
I am from Centereach, L.I., NY. When I was a child our area code was 516 . If you had a pool you were KING of the block, otherwise you played in a sprinkler to stay cool. Eating out at a restaurant was a huge deal that only happened for very special occasions.
Fast food was a bologna/ham or pb&j sandwich to take outside in the yard . Eating ice cream was a treat on a hot day. You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your play clothes. We had to do our homework before being allowed outside to play.
We ate dinner at the table. We went to school everyday. Our phone hung on the wall in the kitchen and had a long cord, there was no private conversation or cell phones! We played Hopscotch, Cops and Robbers, 1,2,3 Not It, Red Light Green Light, Red Rover, ring-O-leerio, Hide & Seek, Truth or Dare, Tag, Baseball, Kick Ball, Dodge Ball, and rode bikes, skateboards and roller skates with a key. Girls could spend hours playing Barbies or house. Boys played football or baseball in the street, basket ball in the school yard and jumped their bikes with scrap wood ramps. Staying in the house was a punishment and the only thing we knew about "bored"--- "You better find something to do before I find it for you!" We ate what parents made for dinner or we ate nothing at all.
There was no bottled water; we drank from the tap or the water hose (warm).
We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, and rode our bikes for hours and ran around in the streets until dark.
We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
School was mandatory and teachers were people who we respect. When parents company came over we left the room. We knew NOT to be in grown folks conversation!
We watched our MOUTHS around our elders because ALL of our Aunts, Uncles, Grandpas and Grandmas AND our Parents best friends were also our PARENTS (they COULD & WOULD WHOOP Y'ALL!,) and you didn't want them telling your PARENTS if you misbehaved.
You BETTER be home when the Street lights went on!
These were the good ole days. Kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid. I loved my childhood...!!!
Kids these days will never understand how we grew up!!!
Good Times
Copy & paste if this was close to your childhood❤❤❤

09/01/2026

Prayer for Realization

to know the love of Christ which passes knowlege; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:19

08/31/2026

How did God raise God from the dead?
To human logic, that sounds like a contradiction. But when you examine Isaiah 43:11 and Jeremiah 17:5, the spiritual mechanics become crystal clear.
In Isaiah 43:11, Yahweh makes an absolute declaration:
"I, even I, am the LORD, and besides Me there is no savior."
And Jeremiah 17:5 warns:
"Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength..."
If Jesus were merely a created proxy—an archangel, an elevated prophet, or a sinless man—then placing your ultimate saving faith in Him would put you directly under that curse! Placing your eternal soul into the hands of a created proxy isn't salvation—it’s idolatry.
Think about how fast that logic collapses:
If Yahweh only rescued one small nation from physical bo***ge, but a created proxy defeated sin, death, hell, and saved billions of souls across the entire world for eternity, then the proxy accomplished a far greater work than Yahweh!
That would make a created proxy greater than the God of Israel. It would make Jesus, Paul, and the Apostles liars, and it would render the entire New Testament complete blasphemy!
A created proxy can only ever possess derived, finite life. He could never impart uncreated life (Zoë), nor could he ever make you ONE spirit with the Lord (1 Corinthians 6:17). A proxy leaves you trapped on the outside looking in, managing an external relationship with a God who remains at an arm's distance.
This is why Jesus MUST be Yahweh in human flesh:
On the cross, Jesus died according to His physical human body.
But His divine nature—the self-existent, uncreated I AM (John 8:58, John 5:26)—could not die.
Because He is the Uncreated God, His own Divine Essence was the indestructible engine that raised His physical human body right out of that grave (John 10:18).
That is how God raised God from the dead!
He didn't send a created proxy. The Creator Himself stepped into human flesh, conquered death from the inside out, and indwells us by His Spirit (Romans 8:9) so that we are brought into present, unbroken oneness with the Father today!

08/31/2026

This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it

08/30/2026

Do you really know who you are in Christ? Many believers live far below what God has provided simply because they don’t understand their true identity. True freedom comes from seeing yourself the way God sees you: https://awme.net/teaching/who-you-are-in-the-spirit/

Understand your true identity as a new creation in Christ and be empowered to live a life of absolute victory and freedom!

08/29/2026

I have found that the more thankful I am, the more vision I have for the day, and the more faith is alive in me to be a blessing and walk in the provision of God. A thankful heart sees good things and expects good things. A complaining critical attitude will attract negative people and circumstances. A thankful, joy filled attitude will attract the favor of God.

08/25/2026

How Do You Evaluate?

When you evaluate people or physical things, you can’t just evaluate them based on the way they look. Neither can you read a book by simply looking at its cover. (If you had, you wouldn’t be reading these words right now!) God looks on the inside and sees differently than man sees. You need to keep this in mind when you evaluate others.

This is also true for when other people evaluate you. You don’t need to buy into their evaluation because they may be merely looking on your outward appearance. If you’re born again, you are a brand-new person on the inside. You are a king and priest on the inside. You are a son of God. You’re anointed. You’re powerful. One third of you is “wall-to-wall” Holy Ghost! Don’t let other people’s opinions and evaluations of who you are in the natural realm (your education, looks, talents, voice, and abilities) limit you!

Our society puts so much emphasis on outward appearance. People are starving themselves to death because they believe that skinny is beautiful and fat is ugly. I’m not saying that I think chubby is beautiful (though some cultures do), but I am saying that we put too much attention on that. Just because you’re overweight, not too good looking, or don’t have the greatest education, doesn’t mean that God can’t use you. Remember 1 Corinthians 1:26-29? God chooses the base, weak, despised, and foolish things to confound the wise. God sees things differently than man does.

Don’t accept evaluations based on external things only. If you have a relationship with God, that qualifies you. The Lord has put all kinds of good things inside you. You just need to start seeing yourself the way God sees you.

Lessons from David

08/22/2026

Finding Gods will doesn’t happen accidentally.
God promises a hope a future with an expected end going out with a shout
Will we seek with all our hearts until we fulfill our destiny?!