Today is Wednesday, June 7th, 2006; Karen's Korner #818
Prayer has to be the most important; least used resource available to us. Prayer is misunderstood. Easy, yet complicated.
I must confess that I am not the prayer I would like to be. I get distracted. I don't do it. But I know and have experienced its value.
Praying is as easy as A - B - C:
Ask - tell God of your needs, wants, desires. He wants to listen to us. He wants us to learn what it is that He wants for us as His Children.
Believe - when we ask, God wants us to believe that He will give us the very best answer....for us, for others, for our world, for His Kingdom.
Celebrate - (aka as saying thank you!) - God wants us to begin the celebration and thankful process. When? As soon as we ask. Before we see the answer. You might ask, "But how can we do that when we don't know the outcome? My prayer might not be answered like I want. I might not get the job I asked for. My loved one (or me!) might not be healed."
When we begin the thankful process, we begin to see things from His perspective. We believe that He does have everything under control. We will get only God's best.....every time. I have never done a statistically study, but much of the time God gives us exactly what we ask for. That is because He loves and cares for us.
If we don't get what we asked for, it is because He loves and cares for us. He knows things from a Higher perspective and those answers are better.
So Ask away. Believe more. Today is a good day to Celebrate!
Dear Jesus, we ask for more faith in You! We ask that You might control our thoughts and minds, and that just for today, we pray more and think of You more often. We believe You for those simple requests and we celebrate the future You have in mind for each one of us. Thank You. Amen.
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