Is your relationship with God only skin deep? The answer to that question depends a great deal on how “comfortable you are in your own skin”.

It seems that we live in a time where people are constantly apologizing for everything under the sun. At times, we may even apologize for being ourselves and spend a lot of our time and resources trying to be like someone else.

God is not interested in a superficial relationship where we recite in our prayers all the things about ourselves that we want God to change. Even worse, God is not pleased when we put together a long list of things we want Him to change about others.

Although we may be members of the family of God, the Bible tells us that all the members do not have the same function. By His grace, God gave everyone unique qualities and spiritual gifts as He saw fit. [Romans 12:4-8, 1 Corinthians 12:4-13:13, and Ephesians 4:4-13]

God intended for us to live without apology by praising Him through the use of our God-given talents and abilities to fulfill His purpose for our lives.

When we are “comfortable in our own skin” and praise God for who we are by His grace, we reveal a deep and trusting relationship with God.

Click the link below and be encouraged through this song to live life without apology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp7oeYE7XJo

And remember, “the family that prays together stays together”. So stop apologizing as if God made a mistake when He made us. Start praying prayers of thanks with others to have a closer walk with God and to stay connected to one another.

Have your prayers been answered lately? That may depend on whether you have the right formula which can be found in 2 Chronicles 7:14.

God has given an abundance of information in the Bible on prayer, yet so many people wonder why their prayers are not answered.

2 Chronicles 7:14 includes five (5) important variables in the equation of answered prayer: 1) People who are called by God’s name; 2) People who humble themselves; 3) People who pray; 4) People who seek God’s face; 5) People who turn from their wicked ways.

When you add all of those components together, God declared that it is then that He will hear from heaven….

Just think about that for a moment.

The sun is 92.96 million miles from the earth, the moon is 238,900 miles from the earth, and the farthest two stars in the Milky Way Galaxy are 775,000 light years and 900,000 light years away from the earth.

Yet, God can still hear our prayers.

One light year is nearly six trillion miles, which is 9.4607 kilometers * 10¹²and light travels at 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second).

Yet, God can still hear our prayers.

God has created the most powerful communication tool in the universe–prayer. Prayer is not limited by distance, space, or time and neither is God limited by distance, space, or time. Click the link below to gain a better appreciation for the science of prayer.

https://youtu.be/ewGsiUPeBD4

The Bible gives us the formula for God to hear and answer our prayers. So use God’s formula and remember, “the family that prays together stays together”.