Do you pray with a focus on who God is? According to Scripture, we must pray in God's will to have our prayers answered. To know His will, we must know Him, and to know Him, we must know His Word. Knowing Him better also reminds us of our helplessness and need for Him. Recognizing His greatness also helps us believe that our prayers will be answered.
Even though I have been marking up my Bible for years, I find that looking for some key things helps me really consider who God is, what His plan is for me, and how I should respond.
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Having recently finished teaching on Ephesians 1-3, I couldn’t help but challenge the women participating to pray Paul’s prayers in chapters 1 and 3 for themselves and others. As I contemplated how to help those who might not be familiar with converting scripture stating God’s truth to a request for God to do what He has promised, I decided to write out a few.
Have you used Scripture to guide your prayers before, aside from the Model Prayer Jesus taught? Perhaps you are used to praying scripture for others. So let me ask you—do you pray for yourself? Praying for ourselves is one of the hardest things to do, isn't it? Yet if we think that praying these verses for others can make a profound difference in their lives, why would we not want to ask the Lord to do the same for us?
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