Powerful Prayer

John 15:7 Stay joined together with me and follow my teachings. If you do this, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be given to you.

Question: What can you ask God for in prayer? Is there anything off limits? Is there anything too big? Is there anything too small?

For many Christians, prayer is one of those optional extras. It’s something we fit in now and then. And it seems that we’re especially good at fitting in a quick prayer, when things aren’t going so well:

Oh God, please help! Oh God, please stop the pain! Oh God … when are you finally going to show up?

Sound familiar?

Imagine that someone you love only talks to you when they’re in trouble. That wouldn’t make for much of a relationship now, would it?

I wonder sometimes if we don’t have a completely wrong view, a wrong understanding of prayer. Because the only sort of prayer that the Bible teaches us about is the sort that has powerful results.

Now, when you think of it that way, you have to ask yourself … So, why do I keep on banging my head up against a brick wall? What’s the matter with me that I only go to God when I’m in trouble?

John 15:7 Stay joined together with me and follow my teachings. If you do this, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be given to you.

When we hang close to Jesus, you and I, when we abide in Him, when we stay joined together with Him, what happens naturally is that we follow His teachings. We end up wanting what He wants. And under those circumstances, at any point, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be given to you.

Imagine if you lived your life as though that were true.

That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.

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