Behind every work of God you will always find some patient, kneeling form. - D.L. Moody
It took God 4 tries before the boy Samuel finally learned to say "speak, Lord, for your servant is listening." Hmm!
Have you ever been in a conversation with someone who only talks about him/her self? Being polite and friendly you strike up a conversation by asking a question and off they go, endlessly talking about themselves, their situation, their life history, worldview, on and on as if they have a quota to fill. And NEVER once asking anything about you. Been there, huh! Imagine then at times, what it must be like for our Heavenly Father to listen to our prayers and petitions. We greet Him in His authority and off we go with our wish lists of wants and needs, rarely asking Him the desires of His heart, rarely inviting Him to speak to us intimately, to show us His more perfect way(s). Prayer is a gift, but it is also a work, getting ourselves out of the way that God's will may become central and that His will may be done in us and through us. Now that's worth TALKING about!
Until tomorrow......
Pastor Botts
"I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what He will say to me......." - Habakkuk 2:1
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