I’m a bit rusty this morning…having not regularly posted blogs this past week due to camp, I completely forgot to post first thing this morning. Hopefully, this blog is better late than never. I will try to do better tomorrow.
As we continue our month of prayer and fasting, I’ve noticed we are in the habit of praying for trivial and insignificant items. Perhaps it’s the comfortable thing to do…might we become uncomfortable if God were allowed to do all he could do with/for us? Or is it we often fail to factor in the great majesty of God? If God wanted to give us only superficial, petty things, Jesus would not have given us such a magnificent model in The Lord’s Prayer. God has plenty of resources and is not stingy. He generously offers us the best gifts available in heaven and on earth. I believe he expects us to ask for all we need and that we will sincerely believe we will receive. Martin Luther wrote, “When we receive what we ask for in the Lord’s Prayer, we are in effect, receiving heaven and earth and everything they contain. For when we ask for God’s name to be kept holy, for his kingdom to come, and for his will to be done, we are overpowering countless devils and engulfing the whole world with one prayer.”
As we continue our month of prayer and fasting, I’ve noticed we are in the habit of praying for trivial and insignificant items. Perhaps it’s the comfortable thing to do…might we become uncomfortable if God were allowed to do all he could do with/for us? Or is it we often fail to factor in the great majesty of God? If God wanted to give us only superficial, petty things, Jesus would not have given us such a magnificent model in The Lord’s Prayer. God has plenty of resources and is not stingy. He generously offers us the best gifts available in heaven and on earth. I believe he expects us to ask for all we need and that we will sincerely believe we will receive. Martin Luther wrote, “When we receive what we ask for in the Lord’s Prayer, we are in effect, receiving heaven and earth and everything they contain. For when we ask for God’s name to be kept holy, for his kingdom to come, and for his will to be done, we are overpowering countless devils and engulfing the whole world with one prayer.”
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