Just me trying to be honest with God.

Monday, November 30, 2009

There are times when the best way to ask for something is to give thanks for it before you receive it.

“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving…” Col.4.2 NKJV

In my prayers for others, I have asked the Lord for some provision or protection only to realize that He has already given it or that He, as any good father, will certainly do it. My request for something naturally turns into thanksgiving for it. Perhaps we would do better to surround every request with thankfulness. Could we not just as easily say, “Thank you this day for our daily bread or thank you for delivering us from evil? “ 11/27/2009 Conversations Within ts