About praying through the impossible…

Mark 14:35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. 36 "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will." (NIV)

So many people who have never lived through or lived with seemingly impossible circumstances tell us “to just pray.” However, dealing with the impossible is not always easy. If we tell the truth in total and complete honesty, for those of us who live with or who have lived through the impossible, praying is sometimes the most difficult part of our life to do. Adversity tries to kill our spirit. Adversity tries to kill our soul. Adversity tries to separate us from God. In spite of what adversity tries to do to us, we can still make prayer attempts. In spite of our adversity, we can still try to pray even when we might think God is not listening. You must remember God is always listening, no matter what you face in your life, God is always near to you and He hears everything you say in your heart. When you face the impossible and you see no hope, God hears you say to yourself you see no way out and you feel no hope. When you face the impossible, you must try to pray even when you think praying is of no value. Even when you are full of doubt, grief, guilt, shame, and every other kind of inner pain, you must pray on in spite of impossible odds. When you face the impossible, and you don’t want to pray, remember praying against the impossible is like doing a physical workout with your body. When you physically work out, your muscles and body may ache. When you physically work out, your results or payoff may be in the far distant future. In the same way, when you pray in faith during impossible times, your results may be far off. Your soul may ache from the praying. However, when you pray, what seems impossible now can easily become reality in the next moment here and now or later in Heaven.