The number one thing I wanted to get across this morning was that God wants an intimate relationship with us and that requires us to talk with him. Not only that, but further, is that he wants it to meaningful.
This doesn't mean that it should be difficult or that we should be scared about what we are telling our Father in heaven. That is not the goal. The goal is that we become comfortable talking and sharing with him in such a way that it becomes like we are talking with our most trusted friend. And that is mainly because you are!
God doesn't want us to be anything but authentic with him. He wants the real stuff!! He already knows what we are going through and he already knows everything about our situations! He wants you to know that he cares about that stuff. He cares about it all. He cares that you live your faith out at work or at school.
He wants to share in live with you. Not only that, he wants to guide you and help you go through your life.
The challenge this morning was that we add a more intense focus on prayer to our life over the next six weeks. Get somebody you trust and partner up to hold each other accountable to pray on a daily basis.
Get real with God in your prayer! Praise God in your prayers!
You know how it is when you talk with someone you don't trust? They ask how you are and you say, "Fine." Well, God is not that person! He is a person you can trust. You can share everything with him. You can trust him. He cares about it and wants his best for you. God doesn't want to hear that you are "fine." He wants to hear the real stuff! "God I was so mad at ________ today! _______ made me want to scream!" Because out of this admittance, just as an example, God can begin to help you see what he wants you to grow in. He can help transform who you are by helping you see what he sees! Whether it is in you that he sees it or whether it is in them that you need to see it.
One of the goals this morning was for all of us to see that God wants us to share our very real selves with him.
Of course it is okay to thank God for this day. But for many, that is not really what is going on. "Thank you for this day," is not truly what is going on within you. "Thank you for this day," is a way of gathering your thoughts before you actually get truly real and serious about the prayer you are about to pray. What would happen if every time you talked to a trusted friend you started out with "I feel fine." I don't think that the friend would think you were being very real with them. I don't think that they would find a lot of meaning in that phrase.
We need to get serious about prayer. We need to get serious about what our God has done in our lives and our relationship with him. We need to get real with God.
Then we will see growth. Then we will see change. Then we will be made new through the incredible work of our Savior, Jesus.
Posted with Blogsy
No comments:
Post a Comment