{"id":122,"date":"2016-11-15T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2016-04-21T12:14:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T11:14:23","slug":"finding-faith-in-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/finding-faith-in-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Faith in Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I feel it is pointless praying. At times, when faced with the terrible suffering of others or in desperate circumstances I struggle to string any words together to God. Yet it is in these times that prayer is the only place we can go, it is often all that we have. “All” – thank goodness we are told that we only need a mustard seed sized faith.<\/a> Because often this is the size of my faith in these situations. Yet the Holy Spirit can be, and can do far more than we could imagine!<\/a> The truth is that God really does “step it up” when his beloved children need him the most. I have seen it, felt it and in my heart I truly do know it. We are told “do not worry about tomorrow<\/a>“, that God’s grace is sufficient for each moment. So – although I can not conceive of how God can meet the heartache of a grieving widow, strengthen the mind of a mother caring for a seriously sick child, or reach into someone who has suffered traumatic rejection, I know he can! And he does, and he will. If we pray – the mustard seed\u00a0 – can become a tree!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I feel it is pointless praying. At times, when faced with the terrible suffering of others or in desperate circumstances I struggle to string any words together to God. Yet it is in these times that prayer is the only place we can go, it is often all that we have. “All” – thank Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[17,3],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prayer","tag-faith","tag-prayer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/MG_mustard_seeds_600.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bKxI-1Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":621,"url":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/prayer-for-youth\/","url_meta":{"origin":122,"position":0},"title":"Prayer for Youth","date":"April 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"When I look back on my own \u201cyouth years\u201d I realise now what an extraordinarily difficult period it was \u2013 the explosion of hormones, the pressure to be in the \u201cin\u201d crowd, the stresses and expectations placed upon you \u2013 it all seemed to come together at the same time!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Films"","img":{"alt_text":"Young person jogging wearing a hoodie","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Prayer_For_Youth_600.jpg?fit=600%2C337&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":803,"url":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/an-easter-prayer\/","url_meta":{"origin":122,"position":1},"title":"An Easter Prayer","date":"April 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a very different Easter time for many of us across the world. 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