Obvious truth
God answers prayer.
For the past year or so, God's been teaching me about the power of prayer. My dad really likes to have the family pray together for a topic, so in a sense, I'm "forced to" pray for a topic that I may or may not agree with. For one reason or another, my heart would not be in the prayer, and even while saying the words, deep in my heart I would secretly hope that God would answer in the negative.
Let me share an example. Last year, my sister was looking for a job. Naturally, we prayed together for God to open doors of opportunity for her. Meanwhile, I was praying a different prayer in my heart. I was praying for her to not find a job yet, so that she may rest and have some time to be rejuvenated. The ironic thing is, God answered my selfish prayer, not the earnest prayer of my family. Only when I joined the rest of my family in sincerity did He provide a job for her. And a really good one at that.
I do that a lot when I pray for people. When you have a Kingdom mindset, sometimes you forget the very real needs of this world: Like a job, like a house, like sleep. I say the words, yet my heart is earnestly praying for other things, not necessarily in the negative, i.e. don't give her a job, but focused on a completely different thing, i.e. give her peace and rest. Sometimes I need to remind myself what it is exactly that I am praying for, and the obvious truth that God knows what's in my heart, past the words of my mouth. God answers prayer.
Changing topics. Proverbs 16:31 says,
"Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness."
Yes, I am there. My heart is glad.
For the past year or so, God's been teaching me about the power of prayer. My dad really likes to have the family pray together for a topic, so in a sense, I'm "forced to" pray for a topic that I may or may not agree with. For one reason or another, my heart would not be in the prayer, and even while saying the words, deep in my heart I would secretly hope that God would answer in the negative.
Let me share an example. Last year, my sister was looking for a job. Naturally, we prayed together for God to open doors of opportunity for her. Meanwhile, I was praying a different prayer in my heart. I was praying for her to not find a job yet, so that she may rest and have some time to be rejuvenated. The ironic thing is, God answered my selfish prayer, not the earnest prayer of my family. Only when I joined the rest of my family in sincerity did He provide a job for her. And a really good one at that.
I do that a lot when I pray for people. When you have a Kingdom mindset, sometimes you forget the very real needs of this world: Like a job, like a house, like sleep. I say the words, yet my heart is earnestly praying for other things, not necessarily in the negative, i.e. don't give her a job, but focused on a completely different thing, i.e. give her peace and rest. Sometimes I need to remind myself what it is exactly that I am praying for, and the obvious truth that God knows what's in my heart, past the words of my mouth. God answers prayer.
Changing topics. Proverbs 16:31 says,
"Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness."
Yes, I am there. My heart is glad.
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