Graceful Truth

WILL GOD HEAR OUR PRAYERS?

by Bill Elliff March 31, 2020

If you believe God answers prayer, you will pray often and experience all the benefits of that arrangement with Him. But, if for some reason you think that prayer is meaningless—a mere shout into the wind—you will never communicate with God. And, in so doing, you will miss everything that matters and lasts.

DOES GOD HEAR MY PRAYERS?

by Bill Elliff February 05, 2020

This is God. He hears, He listens, He is aware, He responds to those who call upon Him. The reason this account is here is to remind you of who God is—to build your faith to believe that the God who heard and answered the Israelite’s cries will hear and answer yours. He's done it for millions, and He will hear your cry right now.

GOD HEARS

by Bill Elliff January 10, 2020

God’s hearing is impeccable. Perfect in fact. He will hear you if you will cry to Him. And, He will answer. God heard Hagar’s affliction and told her to return to her home (which was the opposite direction). He promised to take care of her in the midst of her persecution and to bless her son.

When God responds to our affliction and answers, it may not be the answer we desire, but His directions in the midst of the problem are always right. That is why, when He speaks, we must instantly obey the promptings of His Spirit and the illumination of His Word.

HOW TO PRAY FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR NATION

by Bill Elliff December 02, 2019

What do you do when you are in crisis? When the people around you are suffering? Or rebelling? When the nation you live in is spiraling downward spiritually and under the righteous judgment of God?

If you scan the Bible, you will discover that the men God used had an immediate and singular response.

They prayed.

THE UNSTOPPABLE POWER OF AN UNDISTRACTED LIFE

by Bill Elliff August 13, 2019

If you are a follower of Christ, God has called you to a great work. He has more to accomplish through you than you can possibly imagine. Your enemy knows this and is in the business of throwing thousands of distractions in your path over and over again to detour you so God’s work will be delayed and ultimately thwarted. Remember, he is not after you, but the work of God (which he hates) through you. Understand the power of an undistracted life.

MOVING KINGS AND CHANGING NATIONS

by Bill Elliff August 09, 2019

We are in an unbelievably precarious position as a nation. The recent mass shoots are the rumblings of the volcano before the eruption. They are warnings of revolt. We have been here before, but we are now reaching a political and ideological division that could easily and quickly lead into civil war that could ravage our nation and cause irreparable damage across the world.

UNDERSTANDING THE MIND OF GOD

by Bill Elliff August 06, 2019

We can know the mind of God because He now lives in us! And we can speak the truths of God to others because He can speak through us! This is being “conformed to the image of His Son” and the greatest joy of the Christian life!

OUR UNSEEN INTERCESSOR

by Bill Elliff July 24, 2019

Just think of glorious mercy of this! We are burdened and humanly incapable of knowing how to even pray. The Spirit picks up that burden, takes it to the Father on our behalf and the Spirit prays that prayer perfectly because He is going to bring it in accordance with God’s will.

THE LIFE-CHANGING POWER OF UNITED PRAYER

by Bill Elliff June 03, 2019

These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer (Acts 1:14)

Prayer is the foundation for all of life. Imagine the emotions and sense of fear and expectancy when Christ had been resurrected, appeared to His disciples, and then ascended. They were instructed to merely wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit who would endue them with power to be witnesses to Christ all across the world (Acts 1:8).

So, what did they do?

OUR PRAYING CHRIST!

by Bill Elliff April 01, 2019

Jesus was always going "up on the mountain" or "away into the wilderness" to pray. Don’t try to convince God of your busy-ness as an excuse for prayerlessness. Time was no obstacle to Jesus’ prayer life. It was always the priority.