{"id":22789,"date":"2018-04-10T03:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=22789"},"modified":"2018-04-05T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T17:56:34","slug":"april-10-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2018\/04\/10\/april-10-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"April 10, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cYour kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.\u201d <\/em>Matthew 6:10<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The Prayer That Never Fails<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I don\u2019t know about you, but my prayer life can be pretty scattered. My thoughts become jumbled\u2014so I force myself to focus, and then I do something worse than being scattered. I start giving God my litany of requests, adding detail upon detail, afraid that if I forget to speak them, He won\u2019t know what needs to be done! I may as well reduce Him to being a Genie in a lamp! By now, I hope you\u2019re laughing at me as I often start to do when I hear myself.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, I started to change the way I pray. When I find myself starting to dictate my requests to the Lord, I simply end with, \u201cYour kingdom come, Your will be done.\u201d I want my prayers to be in accordance with God\u2019s will. In order to do that, three things I need to strive for are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Praying with the right motivation<\/li>\n
  2. Praying with a spirit of forgiveness<\/li>\n
  3. Praying with thanksgiving<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Romans 8:26 also comes to mind for those times when I\u2019m under such duress that I can barely form a thought, let alone find the words: \u201cLikewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>During my times of groaning (and there are many of those), there is no better time than to simply ask for His will.<\/p>\n

    Praying for God\u2019s will can sometimes seem like we\u2019re \u201caccepting the inevitable\u201d, but when we are yielding to God\u2019s will, we are better able to accept His best for us\u2014even if it\u2019s not the answer we are hoping for.<\/p>\n

    So, I am learning to pause, and yield. It\u2019s the prayer that never fails. Your kingdom come, Lord, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.<\/p>\n

    Where do you need to ask for the will of God in your life today? Are there \u201csuggestions\u201d you have been making to God that need to be laid down? Spend some time waiting and listening for what God wants to reveal about His will in situations you have been praying about.<\/p>\n

    \u201cFather, thank You for hearing me, even when I don\u2019t know how to talk to You. Show me how to hear You, and may I with grace accept Your kingdom come, and Your will be done. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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