As the title says...yes, I'm still preaching on prayer. As we go through the Lord's Prayer, this series has really challenged me to do a number of things:
1. Prayer is a really tough practice - but over and over Jesus encourages us, the Bible shares stories of why to do it and the difference it makes on our perspective.
2. When we pray, we need to believe we aren't coming to the back door of a grocery store to see what scraps are thrown out, but we are approaching the king of kings. This is the King of the Universe who is able to give us much more than we "ask or imagine."
3. Prayer is certainly mysterious in when God gives us what we want, but more often he is pleased that we are communicating with him and desire to understand and live out his will more fully.
4. I like to pray, but often I have many excuses why I don't pray (ie. tired, doubt, unsure if God cares).
5. God's will and kingdom is for us to discover through prayer and reading His Word.
What do you think of prayer?
Do you have any big questions that you think I really need to discuss as we end this series in the next couple weeks. (Please realize there are some questions I don't know the answer to).
....have a great weekend and believe that God can hear you!
