What do we need to learn before we bring our petitions to God so that we do not try to instruct Him on how and when to answer? This question is often overlooked, but we remember this very situation when Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane the night He was betrayed.
Tag: prayer
Why Do We Pray?
Answers to prayer are always a delight, amen? You may recall in my blog from last week, “Prayer in the Midst of Distress,” that I received a text from an out-of-town friend for her granddaughter who was diagnosed with Lymphoma and would have to have chemo 23 hours a day for 5 days then two weeks off and start over for 5 rounds.
Here’s the text I received from Carol this week asking for prayer for her granddaughter, Shelby.
How to Think Positive in a Negative World
We are bombarded with negative thoughts and news reports from dawn until we go to bed and are able to turn off the outside world. In the stillness of the night, we are left with our thoughts.