Always Start With Prayer

Prayer should always be our first line of defense.  No matter what it is we’re dealing with.  A broken heart is no exception.

Yes, I’m a fighter, but I’ve been fighting the wrong way.  For months now I’ve been throwing words at my ex trying to talk him back into wanting to be with me.  I have said everything I could think of to make him want to fight for us.  All that has done is left us both frustrated.  Only God can change a heart.  Only He can make that man love me again and want to fight for us.  And only He can heal my broken heart and make me want to move on to another love one day.  I don’t know which one of these is what He wants for me and this man I love so much, but I do know that no amount of me fighting my way will get us there sooner.

So, how do we fight our battles effectively?  It’s simple really.  Let God fight them for us.  Have you seen the movie War Room?  If not I would highly recommend that you go out and get it right now!  It is an amazing movie about the power of prayer.  Prayer should be our first line of defense.  It is the most powerful tool we have in our arsenal.  Why would we ever want to fight in our own power when we can have God fighting on our behalf?  I know that it can be hard to get in the habit of going to God in prayer first.  How do you form a habit?  Practice.  If you have to, set an alarm to remind you to pray.  After awhile you won’t need that alarm anymore.  So, pray first.  The second part to the prayer equation is waiting for His answer.  Waiting for Him to move in your situation.  Remember that God works on a different timeline than we do.  Don’t expect God to move quickly.

What about those moments when you don’t have the strength to lift up a prayer on your own?  You know those times I’m talking about.  When you’re crying so hard, when the pain seems so sharp that you can’t concentrate on anything else.  In those moments I thank God for placing prayer warriors in my life.  If I’m at home I call someone who I know will pray for me.  One of my favorite people to call is an older lady who goes to my church.  She always prays first and asks questions second.  If I’m out in public I just grab the hand of a friend, usually with tear filled eyes, and ask them to pray for me.  Don’t be afraid to ask for that help when you need it.  I have never had someone tell me no when I’ve asked them to pray for me.

So, there’s this guy who has broken your heart.  Are you praying for him?  I pray for mine every day, multiple times a day actually.  I can’t be around him right now, but I can still be loyal to pray for him.  Why do I pray for him when he has caused me so much pain?  Why wouldn’t I pray for him?  He is still someone I love very much.  Even if he wasn’t the quickest way to stop the enemy from tormenting you with the memory of someone is to pray every time he brings them to mind.  Eventually Satan will get sick of getting his butt kicked by God and leave you alone.

How do you pray?  I won’t try to go into that here, but I can give you some recommendations of where you can go to find those answers.  The first is your Bible.  God left us with the best prayer instruction manual there is.  If you need a little something else to go along with it I recommend the book The Circle Maker.  There is a companion book that is a 40 day prayer challenge that goes with The Circle Maker called Draw the Circle.  Those two are excellent to get you started.  Also I am doing a book study of the book Fervent by Priscilla Shirer, the main actress in the movie War Room.  I’m doing the study with a group of moms at one of the local churches.  Fervent is a woman’s battle plan for serious, specific, and strategic prayer.  I fell in love with the intro to this book and it just keeps getting better!

 

Godspeed,

Mollie  <3

 

Only God can heal a broken heart, but there are things we can do to help foster self healing.  This post is part of my series 31 Days of Self Healing.  You can find the rest of the posts for this series here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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