"This week in my Bible study something really hit me: prayer.
In Matthew 20:21 Jesus asks "What is it you want?" (in response to James and John and their mother coming to him for favors). Again in Matthew 20:32 Jesus asks "What do you want me to do for you?" (in response to the blind man coming to him). So often when I pray I'm not specific enough of what I want (sometimes I just don't know!)--I tend to leave it more in the realm of "In Your Will" (which is important also). But I was reminded that Jesus wants us to be specific in coming to Him.
In our lecture we were told that..."The more specific you are in telling Jesus your needs and asking for His help, the more you will realize His compassion and provision." Pretty awesome! I'm going to make more of an effort to think about what I want before I ask!
The interesting thing is I was disappointed when I learned we were going to be studying Matthew, thinking, nothing new there! Boy was I wrong. I guess there's always something to be gleaned when we look to God's Word!"
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