This blog is about today’s devotion in the book Hearing from God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer.
Today’s devotion talks about asking God for things in prayer. Matthew 7:7 says, “Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.” When we ask God for things, He will answer our prayers. He may not give us the answer we are expecting, but that doesn’t mean He doesn’t answer us.
Meyer warns us that we need to be sure that our petitions to God do not ever outweigh our praises and thanksgiving to Him. We need to keep things in perspective while praying to God. That’s why when I am in a group of people and we plan to pray, I like to start off by going around and talking about all the great things God has been doing in our lives. It helps put the prayer requests into perspective so we are spending that time sharing and praying for the most important things, and not praying for ever second cousin and their dog just for the sake of filling up time in prayer.
I would rather spend my time praising God; wouldn’t you?
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