What do you THINK are your needs?
What does God KNOW are your needs?
God knows you (and I) need
Humility
Endurance
Patience
Contentment
Cleansing from sins
Freedom from anything/anyone taking God’s rightful place
And more….
What do you (and I) pray for?
Do you—do I—pray for what God wants for us? Developing godly character often hurts… Do I really want what it will take to make me be more humble? Or more patient, or …. ?
Ouch.
Let’s resolve to listen to God’s infinite, eternal love for us, what we know from His Word about how we need to confess/grow, and pray for our godly development.
Realize that God often uses trials to develop these characteristics in us. We must trust Him in our hard times, and cooperate with Him in our circumstances.
This requires work from us.
Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12)
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Father, help us pray for what You want in us. Help us please You.
