I love being struck by the wonder of God's attention to detail in my life. Twice this week he has assured me that he hears me and I matter to him. Early this week I sent out a specific prayer request to someone. I don't easily do this for myself, though I am learning to be desperate for prayer and to lay aside my pride and ask others to pray for me. By the end of the day, the situation I had asked to be prayed for had definitely made some turns for the better. Would this have happened without prayer? Perhaps. Was it worth praying about and believing God would be in that situation for me to lean on? Definitely.
The second time was just this evening when I was at a meeting and one of the group wrapped up the meeting in prayer. She felt led to pray for each person individually, and her prayers for me were exactly what my heart has been longing for lately, and I hadn't even shared that specifically with her. Once again, I felt God letting me know that he's "on it". It just drives me closer into his embrace.
-Candice
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Praying God's Prayer
I so often approach prayer selfishly. I put my own agenda first, complete with requests for help, blessings and a general attitude that I know what I want to have happen and now I'm going to ask God to do all this stuff for me.
Recently I allowed him to turn that ship around again. And I was amazed at how much MORE he was ready to pour out. More insight, more help and more blessings. And I believe he's not finished revealing all he wants to reveal.
Here's a bit of the story: I don't like discomfort. There was a situation where I was confronted with discomfort, and my knee-jerk response was to ask God to remove it. But for some reason I asked: "Lord, should I pray against this?" And his answer was a clear "NO". So instead, I prayed into it, asking for his prayer in this situation.
Guess what? He had something to say about it! He showed me some of the beauty in the situation. He gave a hint of his promises within the situation. I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten any of that had I pushed through with my own agenda.
I hope I remember to pray this way more often.
-Candice
Recently I allowed him to turn that ship around again. And I was amazed at how much MORE he was ready to pour out. More insight, more help and more blessings. And I believe he's not finished revealing all he wants to reveal.
Here's a bit of the story: I don't like discomfort. There was a situation where I was confronted with discomfort, and my knee-jerk response was to ask God to remove it. But for some reason I asked: "Lord, should I pray against this?" And his answer was a clear "NO". So instead, I prayed into it, asking for his prayer in this situation.
Guess what? He had something to say about it! He showed me some of the beauty in the situation. He gave a hint of his promises within the situation. I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten any of that had I pushed through with my own agenda.
I hope I remember to pray this way more often.
-Candice
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