Above all things

"Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others]" (1 Peter 4:8 AMP). Frustration can be your greatest enemy to the prayer closet. Maybe there is someone in your family that frustrates you. They just do not want to surrender to Christ, but they sure want the blessing while they continues to disregard the love of Christ. Have you gotten frustrated at this person? Maybe you cry out for salvation for them, or you have asked God, "When will they ever get it right and do something good in their lives". Hear yourself praying. Is it from a heart of love or a of heart of frustration? Our prayers can only be answered under the will of God. There have been times I found myself crying out for individuals through frustration. In those prayers, I found myself asking God to do what I wanted. I prayed my own selfish desires for that individual and not God's will. God's will is to save and bring freedom, peace, and love to His children and not to fulfill our selfish wants. It's so easy to get in a place where we pray for our own wants and desires without it being surrounded by the Lord's desires for us. Only a prayer from a crying heart with selfless motives, moved by a passion to see our loved ones saved and filled with the Holy Spirit, can move the hand of God. Frustration for an individual only prolongs our prayers and hinders our voices. Only the walls can hear a prayer out of frustration. God bless you. Amen