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June 22, 2006
Why I Don't Pray
Filed under: God, Faith & Spirituality
Perhaps this is why I don't pray and petition God as much as I should:
1. I'm over confident - as if I'm a pinch hitter for God.
2. I don't believe it could actually be answered in the first place.
3. Or maybe I'm not asking for enough hard things.
In 2 Kings 2, Elijah and Elisha are walking together. Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha responds, "I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." Elijah fires back. "You have asked a hard thing..."
Maybe I need to ask harder things. Maybe I need to start asking God for things that actually cause him to do a double-take.
"You want me to heal that!?"
"You want to see how many souls saved this year!?"
"You want peace there!?"
"You want me to do that!?
Uh, yeah God, I do.
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Comments
Perhaps the harder thing to ask is of ourselves... that we would have the faith to trust in God in the first place.
Posted by: Tony Myles at July 14, 2006 7:45 PM
Yes, love remember God said to ask and he would give us the nations as our inheritance Psalm 2:8. Now that is a big request!
Posted by: jamaica Abare at July 18, 2006 10:43 AM