🔑 *KEY VERSE:*
"Ye., desire to have, and canot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not," (James 4:2).
📖 *TODAY'S READING:*
Luke 11:1-4
📜 *ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY PLAN*
Leviticus 8-10
*COMMENTARY*
A member once asked me, pastor, have I not prayed enough? Why hasn't God answered me? The challenge of prayer is not whether we have prayed enough, but whether we pray aright. In our text, Jesus showed us how to approach God in prayers. He said we should pray:
¶ *Reverently and Devotionally*, "our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name". Some people command God in the name of prayer by taking Isaiah 45:11, out of context,
Thus saith the LORD, command ye me". We don't command God in prayers, instead, we are with Him.
¶ *According to His will,* "thy kingdom come", "thy will be done". The Bible says, "if we ask anything according to His will, he heareth us", 1 John 5:14. The WILL of God is for
sinners to be saved. His WILL is that believers in Christ might have eternal life. His WILL is to supply our needs. "Give us this day our daily bread". He may not grant all our wants, but our needs are sure to be met.
¶ *Penitently,* "forgive us our sins...". We should appear before God as sinners saved by grace and not as people who
merited anything good.
¶ *For Divine Direction and Protection.* Any prayer made for divine protection and direction is a sure banker. Our steps need to be ordered aright to avoid avoidable temptations. With evil and evil people everywhere, if God does not protect us daily, we are doomed.
May you pray right and get the right results. May you not waste hours and days in prayers praying in the wrong ways and for the wrong things. May the Lord grant your deepest heart's desires
May you not ask in vain, in Jesus' name.
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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS*
The challenge of prayer is not whether we have prayed enough, but whether we pray aright.
🙏🏿 *PRAYER*
My prayers shall not be in vain, in Jesus mighty name, Amen.
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