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2.Wanting it bad

Can’t make up your mind? Toss a coin. Want the best of three? How you respond reveals what you really want. Interesting eh?
What’s this got to do with prayer? Well perhaps we don’t persist with our prayer concerns, or even neglect to pray about some things, because they don’t really matter to us. We’re so used to being able to do whatever we need for ourselves that it’s hard to see why we should pray about these basic things…we can even miss seeing that all things come as a gift from our gracious Father in heaven. All this can mean God is not the first place we think of going when a need confronts us…and as a result we miss the incredible blessing of knowing that He is vitally concerned for every aspect of existence…(in itself a marvellous gift.)
So it’s often the really hard stuff we bring to Him! And because we’ve not tried His readiness to do the small things, we haven’t got that astonishing history with Him that would’ve shown us that nothing’s too trivial or too huge for God to respond to as a prayer from His kids.
You want to try an experiment? Next time you have a need that you could easily take care of yourself, STOP! Do nothing for a start… then ask God what you should do, ask Him to fill your need somehow…ask Him to show what His preference would be for you. However there is a condition…you really, really have to want Him to answer you. You have “waste” some time listening…perhaps reading His words in the Bible…maybe come and sit in the Prayer Room for an hour and just be with Him…see what comes up. Something will - may not be what you’d expect…but something will come up for your attention.
If a truly large request comes to mind, take time to think about what it is you’re asking. Reflect on God as the giver of every good thing, as the one who could win lost people like us to Himself as totally committed followers. Remember that Jesus said to call Him, Papa.
Now ask, “How bad do I want this?!” Then start asking; persist and get ready to be amazed…have fun with the quest.