Positive Praying

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My life can be like my blog background. I keep changing aspects of it to try to attain the happiness level that would satisfy me most. However, I have come to realise that I only need to do ONE thing and that is to work on my relationship with God. With the joy and peace attained whilst walking with the Father, the son Jesus and the Holy Spirit, everything else will follow.



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"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness;
And all these things shall be added unto you." ~ Matthew 6:33

It's like my prayer life. I used to pray for this, for that. To be this, to be that. To have this, to have that. To not be like this, to not be like that. To be here, to be there.

Now, when I pray, I just tell God that I do not know how to handle the situation and to please take over.
Common on my lips now are the phrases, "Lord, I don't know what to do so I lift this up to you. You know my desires. Please take over and I trust that you will do what's best for me."

For an urgent and short prayer, I will say, "Holy Spirit, please come and just overwhelm the situation".

It's been the hardest thing for me to grasp and yet, it is now, the easiest thing for me to do. I have become somewhat lazy because I no longer need to crack my head on how to solve the 'issue' in a humanly manner, with human limitations. There are no limits to how God can solve the 'issue' for me. I just need to focus and carry on walking with Him and wait in patience upon the Lord. In His time, in His own way, He will give me the perfect solution. Not necessarily what I may think is perfect but definitely what He thinks is best for me. Meanwhile, just walking with Him lifts me up like no other.

I leave you with this which I think describes prayer aptly:

"Positive praying is much more powerful than positive thinking. People may resist our help, spurn our appeals and reject our suggestions but they are powerless against prayers." ~ Rick Warren