vs 8 Hear my prayer, O Lord, God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob.
After listening to Pastor Jason's sermon today online, I was convicted of praying so much more specifically than I have been. The power of those testimonies from Bergen are amazing and show how much God can do with intentional and heart felt prayers.
I think I thought my prayers were specific, but I realize that there's so much room for improvement there. By asking God for specifics, we almost take a leap of faith that He can do it, just by asking Him to. If our hearts are pure and our prayers are for His kingdom, would He not have the power and love to answer us? I don't think so...we need to look inward first and wonder why our prayers aren't being answered. We lack faith and specificity in what we want from God in our lives. We'll make such general prayers not meditating enough on what we want and just expect God to take care of everything when we're not putting in the effort up front.
After thinking about the prayers that have been consistent in my life these days, I realize how much more robust I can make them. I can add SO much detail to these prayers and make them that much more meaningful. One of my prayer requests lately has been for God to make my prayers more powerful and God has sent Pastor Jason to remind me of how I can do that. This is the start, the catalyst, to so many more of my prayers being answered, I'm sure of this. I challenge you guys to think about your prayers and how you can enrich them. God will deliver.
amen :)
ReplyDeleteLOUD AMEN. hahah. i am learning these days to pray deeply and BIGGER too. how can we witness God's answer to us when we don't ask our Father?
ReplyDeletefor me, i've been trying to just be more forthright with God about my wants. not in a selfish way, but just being honest and asking God for things. if it's not in line with his plan, then he'll make that known. if it is, then awesome! overall, i think prayer more than just asking God of things, even if they are worthy things. i think it's an exercise in being honest and vulnerable with God; admitting our innermost desires to him.
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