Well, we all should have drawn a few circles by now. Our Bibles should look like a one sided tic tac toe game. But do those circles have a "if you would just" in them? I know that I have prayed a few of those in the past. And yes, they may have included a parking spot at Kohl's.
It's easy to hear a no for a parking spot, but not so easy to hear no to a healing. Let's face it, I'm not very fond of the word in any circumstance. That is why I am trying to change the way I pray. Why would I want to limit God? This is the God that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask.
Limit Him, I think not.
Though I will not share all of my circles, I will share one. I have circled the United Methodist Women, otherwise know as UMW. I will also tell you this. I am not limiting God with a specific list of wants. His imagination is WAY better than mine. I ask for his blessings and let him fill in the blanks.
So let us "Circle the wagons" so to speak. Circle our lives and circle our dreams. I just can't wait to see how He answers this one!
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
The Circle Maker
"Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." That is the first prayer I ever learned. It's simple, it rhymes, and it's a little bit scary. But as an adult, do my prayers measure up? Are they so luke warm that God is bored with them? Are they so vague that we don't need God to make them come true?
I know I have been guilty of this in the past. I think when it gets right down to it, prayer is a little bit scary. There is always a chance that our prayers will go unanswered. So if I don't ask, I won't have to feel rejected. God's will is not always my will, and that is hard. But what if we prayed within God's will? What if we were relentless in our prayers. There would be no limits.
Over the next four weeks, we are going to explore the book "The Circle Maker". I am about 40 pages in and it is a great read. I believe that this is a book that will change lives. We have all underestimated the power of prayer. I know I have. I encourage everyone to get in a small group so we can discover the legend of Honi together.
I know I have been guilty of this in the past. I think when it gets right down to it, prayer is a little bit scary. There is always a chance that our prayers will go unanswered. So if I don't ask, I won't have to feel rejected. God's will is not always my will, and that is hard. But what if we prayed within God's will? What if we were relentless in our prayers. There would be no limits.
Over the next four weeks, we are going to explore the book "The Circle Maker". I am about 40 pages in and it is a great read. I believe that this is a book that will change lives. We have all underestimated the power of prayer. I know I have. I encourage everyone to get in a small group so we can discover the legend of Honi together.
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