God my 7-11? (Part 1)

There is so much to say about the difficulties of the times we live in but we will do that later.  At this moment, our focus is in restoring our spirits to the God ordained "ph" level. We will, with the help of the Holy Spirit, fix those things which are ours to fix and allow God to fulfill His covenant terms in our lives.

We have established the following:
1. Christians world over are overwhelmed by the frustrations of life
2. We feel God is not intervening to save us or at least alleviate our sufferings
3. We do not manifest the power of God in our lives because we are disobedient or lacking in enduement of said power.
4. Especially when we are going through, God the Father is very near us and watches to ensure the issue does not overcome us (Isaiah 43:2)

What we will attempt to fix here, is our communication with God our Father.  This is termed "prayer."  Prayer is not some skill you have to study to attain, as most think. It is simply talking with God.

As E M Bounds said, and I paraphrase, "prayer is always to God, for people and against the devil." (Complete Works of E M Bounds on Prayer)

Our Father wants us to cast our cares on Him. Our shoulders are not built to carry burdens, but He who holds the earth in His Hands can definitely carry our burdens.  He wants us to bring everything to Him, everything. Nothing pertaining to our well being is too little for His attention and care. He tells us that even the hairs on our heads are numbered by Him!

Two things we do:
1. When we have problems and run into challenges, we try to fix them ourselves and cry to Him after we have tried and failed in our own power. In His mercy He hears and answers.

2. The flip side is that we take God as a superstore in which we do not pay money for goods received and/or services rendered. When we do talk to Him, all we do is yell at Him asking for this or that temporal, material blessing.  We ask for money, house, car, clothes, social recognition, etc.  Again, when we don't get what we want, how we want it, and when we want it, we begin to accuse God irreverently.

How about we learn how to pray? Jesus gave us a template in Matthew 6:9-13. And it is to "Our Father in Heaven."  We don't get to make personal requests until verse 11.  Remember  in verse 33, He promised that "all these things shall be added unto us," when we seek first the Kingdom of God.

Let us stop kicking against the pricks, let us begin to seek His Kingdom and He is covenant bound to add all those things we need for life and godliness to us.

Prayer
Father, please forgive me for seeking other than your Kingdom. Help me to seek your Kingdom and your pleasure. In Jesus' name, amen

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