Luke 9:24 - "For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it."

When we continually stress over problems instead of looking to God for solutions, the enemy will magnify your fears. If he can't get you to worry about the present - he'll remind you of everything that could go wrong in the future! Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "All I have seen, has taught me to trust God for all I haven't seen."

The sacrifice of praise is the sacrifice God wants our "holy priesthood" to offer! How do we do that? With our heart and our mouths, by making a joyful noise to the Lord, speaking forth His praises, telling forth and extolling God's goodness. 1 Peter 2:1 says: "Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking..." You cannot praise the Lord and speak evil at the same time. Jesus said you cannot get sweet water and bitter water out of the same fountain. You cannot have evil speaking and praise for the Lord coming out of your mouth at the same time.

Being a Christian means that we are in a battle. Every since the adversary fell from heaven, satan has made himself an enemy to God and to His prized creation, mankind. In Ephesians 6, our Father has given us the tools that we need to win. One of our weapons is prayer.

There are 3 principles to a successful prayer life: