Are you a person of faith? Do you trust Jesus? Do you trust Him with your pain, your joy, your success, your heart? Do you trust Him with your life? leave outside His throne room, He cant touch, bless, anoint.

Do we trust Him to feed us like the sparrow that neither sows nor reaps but never goes without. Do we trust Him to clothe us like He does the poppy, like the bluebell, that is clothed more beautifully than the finest clothes for the richest King that ever lived?

Will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

It is right we declare the truth that we trust Him. But what do we do with the gap? Between what we say and what we see in the natural. What do we do when we are feeling worried, feeling fearful?

That’s where faith comes in. Romans 1:17 says to go from faith to faith. We started in faith and we are to continue on in faith.

2 Timothy 3:14 says we must continue in the things which we have learned and been assured of. Do we need assuring of some things? Bring it to Jesus.

Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Our Spirit man trusts Jesus wholeheartedly 100% of the time. In our spirit there is no fear, no doubt, no unbelief. The soul is where we worry, where we fear.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The Word of God is the only thing sharp enough to divide between our soul and spirit.

The Word of God is stability for our soul.

Jesus wants to restore our soul, but He can only restore what we bring to Him in prayer. What we don’t bring to Him we will continue to worry about. What we worry about He can’t help. What we hold onto is ours to deal with, provide for, clean up.

Jesus sits at the door and knocks. He is not going to barge in and take it from us.

So how do we steward our soul to be a person of faith that truly trusts Him. What do we do to partner with Him to restore our soul. To keep ourselves in the love of God.

Mark 4:20 NKJV

[20] But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

1. Hear the word: listen. There is a difference between a child hearing your voice and listening.
2. Accept the word: receive, acknowledge. Properly, to receive openly, welcoming with personal interest. Are you receiving God’s Word openly. Hearing and receiving is the only way we can do the third part
3. Bear fruit: to bring forth fruit takes time, we need to stick with it.

Anything we leave outside the prayer room we can't hear and receive His Word for and will bear no fruit.

3 keys to being free of our worries through prayer

1. Bring your whole self to Him in prayer: those parts that need restoring you’ve got to bring into the prayer room.
2. Hear and receive what He speaks over you: listen closely, allow Holy Spirit to speak God's Word to you.
3. Stick with it: when you have heard and received His Word, stick with it. Keep it before your eyes and in your mouth, bearing fruit in due season.

What He has promised, what He has spoken, He is able to perform in and through your life. This is the gospel.
But what you leave outside the prayer room He can’t speak to, He cant perform for you. Romans 4:21 like Abraham we will be fully convinced that what He has promised He is also able to perform.

This is a progressive work. So wherever we are we need to progress. What can we do today? Can we make it a little bit easier to come into His presence tomorrow. Bring a little bit more of ourself to Jesus.

Or will you dive right in, and bring your whole self to Jesus? He cares so deeply for us. But He can only heal, restore, and speak His Word to what we bring to Him.