Prayer is the one thing that can make a change in your life. If you will go direct to God in simple, affirmative prayer, you can heal your body, bring peace and harmony into your life, and make well-being a reality. Sometimes discouragement sets in when the answer does not come immediately but God is working on the unseen plane and our part is to be persistent. Persistence in prayer is an expression of our faith, for by our persistence we are affirming our belief that God will make his answer plain. …Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. (Luke 18:1).
The key words here “persistence” and “affirmative prayer”, have two essential elements. One elemen t is that we should always pray. Whether we feel like it or not. When we are discouraged, sick, tired or angry we may not feel like praying. Yet these are the times it is most important. Even when our faith is weak, if we continue to pray, God will provide a way through all weakness and troubles.
The other key is that we should pray affirmatively. This does not mean asking God to do something each day until we get what we want. That demonstrates a lack of faith. It does mean visualizing, accepting, believing and affirming that God is working his will in our lives toward our best good. This is especially important when we find ourselves in doubt, difficulty, despair or desperation. When we truly believe that God is working in our lives, we can know that whatever is happening to us has a blessing within it. This faith empowers us to look for this blessing and enables us to have the courage, strength and confidence to accept the blessing and enjoy its benefits. In short, we can be filled with hope and confidence, even in the midst of our challenges.
So let us pray and affirm each day that God is with us and that he will is working in our lives to lift us up and to address our needs for our best good. Let us pray that God’s will be made known to us and that we have peace, joy and gladness each day in the Garden God created for us. Let us affirm each day that the Almighty God who loves us, sees all and knows all, is guiding us and shaping our reality into the Eden that waits each day for us.
Praying with persistence,
Z gardener
Author’s note: Below is a picture of the original Good Morning Garden. Although it represents Eden, it is actually just a courtyard behind the house.
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Good Morning Garden 
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