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Hi everyone we have new designs for the prayer boards. I would like to promote prayer within the family and to make this as affordable as possible.

Each design print is US$8.00 each design. If you buy more than 10 copies, I will charge you US$7 each. This does not include shipping and handling. That is separate.

What can you do with these prayerboard designs. What you will get is a print of the design printed in high resolution on card paper. You can do a few things with it

1. You can laminate it, place a double sided tape at the back and mount it on a wall. You can use 3M sticky notes to put you prayer items on the prayerboard.
2. You can laminate it, place a double sided tape at the back and mount it on a magnetic board, use a magnet to stick the items on the prayer board.Â
3. You can frame it with a picture frame, so that it looks elegantand and use 3M sticky notes to list your prayer items.

you can see more designs at www.theprayerboard.com

Go to www.thePrayerBoard.com to see more designs

God Bless!

Hi everyone, I have started the website thePrayerBoard.com to provide nice PrayerBoard prints that you can laminate or mount on frames or noticeboards to help remind you to prayer with out ceasing.

Visit this link http://theprayerboard.com/ 

I am certainly open for feedback if you have so that I can improve on this.

Ben

Matthew 6:28-32 ²⁸“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³²For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

As an earthly father; we love our children very much. We will do everything possible in our power to provide for our children. How much more our Father in heaven will provide for us! He loved us so much that He already gave His only son to redeem us. This verse gives us encouragement and assurance that God will take care of us. We need to have faith in God for this.  

Prayer:

Dear Lord, Thank you for your love for us. We are encouraged by the assurance given in this verse. Please forgive our sins and restore us into righteousness and receive your provisions for us. Thank you Lord, in Jesus Name. Amen

Titus 1:2 – ²a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,

Hebrews 6:17,18 –¹⁷Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. ¹⁸God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged.

Numbers 23:19 – ¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

God does not lie. Sometimes when we have to wait for the answer from God or the answer is no, Satan may cast doubts in our mind that God will not honor on His promises. That is a lie from Satan. If God gives you a promise; it will come to pass. It will be in His perfect timing even if you have to wait for the right time to receive the promise and it will work for good to those who love Him. That is the promise. I have shared about Abraham waiting 25 years for the promise to be fulfilled.

Romans 8:28 – ²⁸And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

I know sometimes it does not feel that it will be good for us or if God is there at all in our circumstance. We need to have faith on that. Don’t give up. Jesus said to His disciples as He taught them about the parable of the persistent widow

Luke 18:1 –  ¹Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Prayer:
Dear Lord, continue to grow our faith in you Lord. We know You will not lie to us. You are the Lord God, creator of the heavens and the earth.  It is against your very nature to lie. I pray that you will strengthen us to keep the faith in your promises. I pray that you will strengthen us with patience and perseverance to wait for your answer and not give up. In Jesus’ precious Name. Amen

In PrayerBoard.net we share many encouraging verses of God’s promises to hear and answer our prayers. However, the reality is not all prayers  are answered Yes. There will be No or Wait answers from God. I have a section to cover key aspects of  Yes No Wait answers. Please go to this section in Effective Prayer tab to find out more.

The intent of this post is to specifically cover the situation when we ask God for healing and it does not come, i.e. God did not heal us; and we ask “why is this so? What’s next for us then?” It is a difficult question to find an answer to and I don’t claim to have all the answers but what I share I hope will be a foundation to finding the answers from God.  

 Firstly, we need to understand that God is our Father in Heaven and has the power to do heal any illnesses or restore any accident victim from deformity or infirmity because He is God. Nothing is too hard for Him. The question is “is it part of His plan? “

Jeremiah 32:27– ²⁷ “I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?

I want to be clear that God does not make us fall into sickness or cause us to have an accident. It is caused by our sins and sometimes inter-generation curses. Satan introduced a thorn into Paul’s flesh and it is God’s decision not to remove the thorn from Paul’s flesh. As we all know, God has a higher plan for Paul.

James 1:13-14 -- ¹³When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.

2 Corinthians 12:7- ⁷To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

Secondly; His ways are higher than ours: It may be hard in the midst of severe sickness and our judgement may be clouded; however, I encourage us to hold fast to what God has promised in Romans 8:28. We need to have faith in that.

Isaiah 55:8-9 --  ⁸ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.  ⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts

Paul, the apostle prayed to God to remove a thorn in his flesh. We don’t know what is the thorn in his flesh is but it must be bothering him as he asked God three times. However, God said “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

2 Corinthians 12:8-10 - ⁸Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. ⁹But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

In the following three true stories, is a testament of God’s grace and power!.

I have heard a touching testimony of a faithful Christian lady in my Church. She was struck with cancer and she suffered much from her treatment. Her family members were not Christians and I can imagine they maybe asking “how can her Christian God  allow this to happen to her!” Regardless of the pain she suffered during the chemo therapy, she continued to go to our Church’s Miracle services every Saturday faithfully. Her non-Christian family members will take turns to bring her to Church as it was not safe for her to go herself. This went on for some time. In the end, all that praying did not help and she succumbs to the cancer. She passed on to be with the Lord. As a result of her illness, her family members accompanying her to Church over the months began to understand who Christ is. After her passing, her family members continued to attend Miracle Service and after a while all became Christians and testified of God’s goodness and grace to their sister. Amen.

I don’t profess that this happens every time, like what the Words says, we need to trust and not loose heart that God has a higher plan.

 In another two testimonies where God did not heal or restore them; had a higher plan for them.

In one case, it is Joni Eareckson Tada, who at the age of 17 had an accident that left her a quadriplegic. And God in His mighty plan used her to touch many lives.

This is Joni and Friends website http://www.joniandfriends.org/  

In another testimony, Nick Vujicic, was born without limbs and how God used him mightily in his ministry of sharing inspiration and hope. 

This is Nick’s Life without Limbs website http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/index.php

So we need to hold firmly to our faith in God and not loose heart. As Nick said, it does not matter how many times you fall, the important question is “Are you going to finish strong?”

Hebrews 4:14-15 - ¹⁴Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. ¹⁵For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.

I know when we are going through an illness ourselves we can be severely worn down and become very tired. For some period we had to take care of my father who suffered multiple strokes and became bedridden; it was very tiring to serve him. So if we are tired and feel burdened, Jesus invites us to find rest in Him.

Matthew 11:28, 29 – ²⁸“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

There will be times when we may even fear the unknown; we have this promise to cling to.

Isaiah 41:10 – ¹⁰ So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

This is not an easy topic to share but I pray that it will give us hope. Continue to pray for healing and not give up and wait on the Lord.

Luke 18:1 - ¹Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

I pray that in time, God will reveal His marvellous plans for your life. And in time when we meet our Father face to face we can declare like Paul

2 Timothy 4:7 -- ⁷I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

God Bless.

Ben

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 Luke 7: 2-10 – ²There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. ³The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. ⁴When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, ⁵because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” ⁶So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. ⁷That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁸For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”  ⁹When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” ¹⁰Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.

 Mark 6:1-6 -   ¹Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. ²When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him, that he even does miracles!  ³Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offence at him.  ⁴Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” ⁵He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. ⁶And he was amazed at their lack of faith.

When we pray for healing, one very important ingredient is faith. In the two passages shared above, you will see two situations; in one situation Jesus did a powerful miracle of healing without seeing the sick servant; in another situation because of the lack of faith, even when Jesus was amongst them, he could not do miracles and was limited in his power to heal. The key thing I want to highlight is comments Jesus made on the level of faith (in bold) from the two passages. There is a correlation to the level of faith if we want God’s miraculous healing.   

Remember, what is faith? 

Hebrews 11:1 - ¹Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Then in another passage below; when you have faith in God, Jesus said -

Mark 11:22-24 –   ²²“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. ²³“I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. ²⁴Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

So we need to increase our faith. How then can we increase our faith?

Romans 10:17 – ¹⁷Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

And a good way to start is to read the four Gospels and see how Jesus heals the people who are in need. Please also review the Conditions for Prayer in the Effective Prayer tab to gain a better understanding the other ingredient for healing and answered prayers.

Prayer:

Dear Lord, I want to increase my faith in You Lord. I want to be like the centurion who had such great faith in you. My faith is now like a mustard seed; help me dear Lord to increase my faith so that I can see your power to heal and see you do great miracles when we submit your prayers to you. Thank you in Jesus’ Name Amen

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Hi everyone, are you a Christian parent? Do you want your children to grow up in the Lord. If that is your desire, I have something to share with you; it is an e-book that outlines key areas I think we need to pray for our children so that they can grow to maturity in Jesus Christ.

You can simply request this free e-book on the tab Pray for the Children

God Bless

Ben

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Some may be asking what is a PrayerBoard? Unlike a noticeboard that may display notices, reminders, schedules, grocery lists, tasks and sometimes even prayer items. The PrayerBoard is different; it is dedicated to encourage praying, make visible our prayer items and answered prayers. Think of it as a PrayerKit; as simple system (or tool) to help someone who wants to build a lifestyle of prayer. It is currently designed to help families who wants a tool to help train children build a lifestyle of prayer.

It is designed to have 2 parts.  

1. Prayer Item Note (PIN) – this is a sticky notepad I call Pray Item Note or PIN. The idea of the PIN is to allow you to write the prayer item once and stick it on the PrayerBoard. Once the prayer request is answered, date the answer and transfer the PIN to the Answered section, then to the journal after it is cluttered with answered prayers. The PIN also comprises of different sections:-
   • Request Date
   • Answered Date
   • Verse – this is the verse we want to claim promises from.
   • Open area to write down the prayer item
2. The PrayerBoard
   • The Call to Action: Pray – 1 Thessalonians 5:17 – Pray without ceasing; we will see the call to pray every time we see or pass the board. A reminder to pray.  
   • Border Verses: These are verses references that cover different aspects of prayer placed along the border of the PrayerBoard. The List of verses, the short commentary of the verses and sample prayers can be found in www.prayerboard.net under the topics Kids PrayerBoard Verses.
   • Request or Ask - Place your  PINs here and remember to pray over the items as often as you see the PrayerBoard. It could be a minute of pray as you pass it or a specific time you take them out to spend more time in praying for the item.
   • Answered or Given – Place your answered prayers here. When the section is full, transfer these to a journal of answered prayers

The basic PrayerBoard kit will comprise a laminated PrayerBoard Poster and a Prayer Item Pad.

How do we use the PrayerBoard?

Mount the PrayerBoard in a prominent position in the home where we will have opportunity to be reminded to pray. If anyone has a prayer item, we are encouraged to jot down the prayer item and date the request on a PIN, and also include a verse to claim on and stick it on the PrayerBoard. Other family members as they see it listed can pray over the items listed; or we could have a family cell, as we raise up prayer items, we list it there so that in the course of the week, everyone is encourage to pray even for a few seconds every time we pass the PrayerBoard.

When God answers, date the answer and reposition it into the answered section and of course give thanks. We can then share the details with the family that the prayer is answered or in more detail in the family cell. One key aspect is also to archive the answered prayer, since it is a sticky note; it can easily be transferred into a journal so that it serves a record that God answer our prayers. Imagine six months later and you review this journal and you saw God answered many prayers; it will certainly raise your faith in your prayer life. I believe if you persevere in this God will show you how faithful He is.

In PrayerBoard.net, there are many examples where I share a verse on a promise, a short commentary and a sample prayer. Here is an example of how I would do this.

I don’t know which University to go to. I have applied for entrance into 3 equally good Universities. I need clear direction which to go. Pray that the one God want me to go to will give me the offer first and the others will not send me any offers or send me much later.

Verse to Claim: Proverbs 16:9 – In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

 Hope this helps.. If you have further questions do send them to theprayerboard@gmail.com or use the contact us form.

God Bless

Ben

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