Showing posts with label Praying According To God's Will. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Praying According To God's Will. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Ask God

Suzanne Benner


Take today’s next step: Pray God’s promises.

“Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees.” (Psalm 119:12)

Reading Psalm 119 made me stop and consider the things I ask of God. I request safety for my children, success for my plans, health for my friends. These are not bad things, but the psalmists asks for very different things: he set his heart on knowing God through His word.

Over the last month, I made it a daily practice to ask God for the same things as the author of Psalm 119. Because these requests come straight from God’s word, I know I am praying according to God’s will.

Please join me in praying to the Lord in agreement with Psalm 119: