Prayer

Prayer is communicating with God. But so much of my prayers in my life, have been me doing all the talking/thinking/wanting. I want to wait on Him and the answers are: yes, no, or just wait. The "wait" answer is the hardest. There have been 2 major prayers that He has answered recently. One of these seemingly urgent requests have been at my Father's feet for 15 years. The other urgent request about 6-7 years.

Then there are those prayers that seem "petty." But often I find those "petty" requests taking up more of my mind-space than I ever wanted to allow it to. I worry, think about how to come up with a better plan, or take charge! But I am s l o w l y learning that those "petty" requests need to be given over to Him immediately or else Satan can really make me try to think that they are not good enough to come before the Lord with. This usually results in me trying to solve the problem,.... bad idea.

This verse sums it all up and it makes me take a big, long, deep breath:

"come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and i will give you rest. take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for i am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

I am the 'budget-teer' between Drew and I and I love it! I am a little nerd inside, I admit. And you know where I struggle the most in giving God everything..... my finances or the budget. I think that if I could rearrange our money a thousand times, maybe just MAYBE, we'll have enough for item 'x.' And that is just not how I should be approaching our finances. So, unfortunately until I really get the big idea that God is in control of all of our money, I have to keep praying every day that God would rid me of this idol and issue of control.

"keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.' So we can confidently say, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?' "

That is one prayer that I will have to keep praying over and over. With the Lord as my God and Savior, how could I EVER desire to control my life or just not pray about them? There is enough time in a day to pray over certain areas in my own life and for others. This is not an equation to be more spiritual but this is an area that God is convicting me about so now I will turn the car radio off more, turn the tv off when I make dinner, and when a person's name comes to my mind I try to lift them to the Lord in prayer.

Why pray? God is sovereign and in control of my entire life, he created me, spoke my name before creation, he comforts me, he has rescued my soul from eternal death, he is my Father, Savior, and the truth that continues to speak into my life.
So I guess the better question is..... why not?