Thursday, March 7, 2013

Grace for your spirit March 8, 2013

Grace for your spirit
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.  James 4:3

Too much of our prayers lives consist of "gimme, gimme, gimme"  Like..., "The Lord is my shepherd, now here's what I want".  How can we change our prayers to be in His will, while still communicating our needs to Him ?  May I suggest we begin by praising His name.  When we build Him up, we will humble ourselves before Him.  Let's confess our sins and ask for forgiveness.  Now let's thank Him for what He has blessed us with up to now, giving Him the glory.  Now when our priorities are right with Him, let's ask for things that are in accordance with His will.  When our pleasure is also His pleasure, we've hit the jackpot.

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