WE SHOULD BE PRAYING : GOD SHOW ME GOD CONVICT ME GOD STRETCH ME GOD USE ME GOD CHALLENGE MEMEN SHOULD LEAN INTO DIFFICULTY MEN SHOULD EMBRACE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM MEN ARE MADE FOR RESISTANCE AND OPPOSITION MEN ARE WIRED FOR DISCOMFORT WHY DO WE: PRAY TO CHECK A BOX PRAY A SCRIPT MAKE IT ABOUT OUR CONVENIENCE LIMIT TO FEEL GOOD SELF-SERVING REQUESTS YES WE CAN ASKYES GOD WANTS TO BLESSYES GOD WANTS TO REWARDYES GOD WANTS TO HEAL & RESTORE YES GOD WANTS OUR WHOLE-HEARTED ADORATION
HE ALSO WANTS A HEART OPEN TO HEAR HARD TRUTHHE ALSO WANTS SUBMISSION HE ALSO WANTS A MAN WILLING TO CHANGEHE WANTS COACHABLE5 DANGEROUS PRAYERS “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!”Psalm 139:23-24 “And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.””Isaiah 6:8 “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,”Matthew 5:44 “A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.”Proverbs 28:20 “From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”James 3:10
