#210: BE PRAYERFUL-PROVISION (The Best of Be)

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We're back with another episode of our throwback series, Be Prayerful! This week we're talking about provision. You know, sometimes as women we don't ask God to provide because we feel it's selfish to do so; we feel selfish for asking God to give us anything, whether it be healing, restoration, finances, whathaveyou. But Provision isn't just something God does...it's also GOD'S NAME. Abraham called God Jehovah Jirah, "One Who Sees and One Who Provides." And there are over 169 verses in the Bible specifically about God's provision! It's time to let go of how we feel about asking God to provide, and begin walking in the confidence that God wants us to ask!
BE IN THE WORD:

There are over 160 verses in the Bible that refer to the ways God provides for us! Here are just a few:

Trust in the Lord and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity! Then you will take delight in the Lord, and he will answer your prayers. (Ps 37:3-4)

God will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son. (Gen 22:8)

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! (Matt 7:11)
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. (Ps 84:11)

Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. (Ps 81:10)

Don’t hold back—give freely, and you’ll have plenty poured back into your lap—a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, brimming over. You’ll receive in the same measure you give. (Luke 6:38)

BE DOERS, NOT JUST HEARERS (practical application):

1. Make a Top 3 list. What are the three areas in life you need major provision for? Write down and pray specifically over all them. Be bold and audacious in your prayers. Ask God to show off, to make it clear He’s the only one that could have answered that way.
2. Play Your Part. All those verses we talked about have the if/then paradigm – they say we need to walk uprightly and seek the Lord. Not in order to make God do what we want Him to do, but because it’s the right thing to do, and then God can choose to bless us. Be obedient in every small thing.
3. Make a List. Make a list of answered prayers, so that when you are in the waiting again, you can reflect on what God has done, and be reassured that He will come through for you again.
4. Every single time God provides and answers your prayers, REJOICE unashamedly. THANK HIM profusely. Stop everything and acknowledge from whom the answer came and have a party about it!

BE EDUCATED (additional resources):

1. How Should I Pray for God to Provide?
2. The Habit of Recognizing God’s Provision
3. Trust Your Finances to God’s Provision
4. Learning to Trust in God’s Provision

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