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
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a great reminder to steer or open my spirit to his direction in prayer. thanks.
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