Even What We Pray For

 

Therefore, I tell you,

whatever

    you ask in prayer,

believe that you have          

           received it,

and it will be yours.

And whenever

     you stand praying,

forgive,

if you have anything

         against anyone,

so that your Father also

   who is in heaven,

may forgive you

        your trespasses.

           Mark 11. 24-26

(Notice the connections here.

The whatever is connected

   to the whenever,

  the anything to anyone.

Also bound together are the ask,

   believe, receive, and forgive.

Prayer is an act

     not of demanding,

     but of asking,

coming before,

willing to be submissive

    to His purposes, power

            and His grace.

Repenting and forgiving

   realign our hearts

 how to pray about this,

what to believe about God,

and to know what we receive

           is from Him.

This verse is not about

    getting what we want,

but being willing to receive

              His will in this.)

O LORD,

Help us to realize

   that more than anything,

               we need You.

Rewire our hearts

   that we would not just pray,

  but able to trust You on the way.

Give us the courage

    to ask forgiveness

    and to grant it,

so that our hands and hearts

   are ready and unburdened

to believe You

   and receive Your goodness.

Make us aware

   how to pray,

   and how to believe not in an outcome,

              but in You.

Your Presence changes everything,

   even what we pray for.

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