Prayer
Our generous Dad in heaven responds to our requests
Pastor Tom
October 26, 2008
Imagine that you are in God’s throne room. The Mighty God takes His glorious throne. Thousands upon thousands of heavenly servants stand before Him. You want to ask Him for help to find your keys. Will you ask?
Some of us might hesitate because we’ve been taught that asking God for something is really a sign of spiritual immaturity. Some say asking is a lower form of prayer than the prayer of praise we talked about last week. But asking of God remains a primary need throughout our entire lives. Remember in simple prayer, we learned we must embrace our role as dependents on God? So asking prayer is not immature.
Some might hesitate because we think “I shouldn’t bother God with petty details.” But in one sense, nothing is more important to God than the anxiety we feel over an upcoming medical appointment or the exasperation we feel over our kids or the desperation we might feel over our aging parents. Parents and Grandparents you know how much you crave petty details of your children’s day at school. God longs to hear from us the smallest matters of our lives.
