Pause for a moment and honestly ponder the question, “Why do we pray?” Is it to defeat terrorist groups and rescue persecuted Christians worldwide – or is it to plead my son to make the high school baseball team or my daughter to receive a college scholarship? Is it to protect preborn children from “Choice” – or for my cure from a recent diagnosis of cancer? Is it for the courage to share the Gospel with my lost neighbor, coworker or son-in-law – or for my hope to get promoted at work?<\/p>\n
Now hear me on this: praying for all these up close and personal matters are good and right, but are these all issues we’re praying for? If so, then it’s not right! Such a practice even defies our very words when we end our prayers with the familiar close to the Lord’s Prayer: “For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory forever. Amen.” Perhaps a more fitting way to climax them may be to transpose the “Thine,” with “Mine;” “Mine is the Kingdom, the Power and Glory.” Ouch!<\/p>\n
Why not visit on Sunday in order to be reminded that the motive of our prayers ought not be for our sakes, but for God’s?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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