Prayer is your chance to tell the God of the universe whatever is on your mind or heart. It is a gut check to help calibrate yourself on what you know should be on your mind and heart. It is a chance to listen to God and receive a new mind and heart.
Sunday morning amid a tumultuous morning in which many key contributors to getting SRC setup were away, including myself, Pastor Ariel found her way into Rm 101 at 9:00 a.m. for Second Sunday prayer. During the prayer time, she was interrupted by my niece who came in the room and saw Ariel with head bowed. She asked, "What are you doing?" and Ariel replied, "I'm praying."
My niece responded, "Oh do you have a boo boo?"
It is delightful when children boil the world down to simplistic ideas, but telling when I think that many adults have the same thought regarding prayer. They pray when they need something. "God do this for me." "God do that for me." Like rubbing the lamp and commanding a genie.
Prayer is much more than that, and so is the relationship that God wants to grow with you through prayer.
Pray when you have boo boos; just don't only pray when you have boo boos.
--Ben
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