Praying for the Right Things
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. – Philippians 4:6
I am amazed at 57 that I am still learning and growing in this discipline of prayer. I have intentionally studying about prayer, but more importantly, praying. Big difference.
E.M. Bounds who wrote so many amazing things about what God revealed to him about prayer said that “Paul’s course was more distinctly shaped and his career rendered more powerfully successful by prayer than any other force.”
Author and speaker, Jim George give a list of the some of the right things to pray for based on Paul’s exhortation in Colossians 1:9-12:
Ask God to help others know what He wants them to do with their lives (vs.9)
Ask God to give others a desire for a deeper spiritual understanding (vs.9)
Ask God to help others live life in a way that pleases Him (vs. 10)
Ask God to help others understand their spiritual gifts and exhibit the fruit of ministry (vs. 10)
Ask God to give others strength to endure life’s trials (vs. 11)
Ask God to give others patience when dealing with trying people (vs. 11)
Ask God to fill others with joyful thanks as they live for Him (vs. 12)
Good things to pray for when we think about praying for the right things. And by the way – in the above list the common denominators are ASK and OTHERS. But guess what – before you pray for others, start with YOU. Ask that God would do the same in your life! – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
Compass Pointers: The church is the creation of the Spirit. It is a community of believers who owe their religious life from first to last to the Spirit....Religious services and organized institutions do not constitute a Christian Church, and these may flourish without the gift of Pentecostal fire. Samuel Chadwick
Anchored to the Rock: When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart. – John Bunyan
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