In Reply to: Demands on God. posted by MG on November 21, 2004 at 04:15:06:
I am fairly specific when I pray. In fact, one of my fears is that I may end up being too specific and it turns out that I made I mistake. I have decided over the years that I don't know what I really want. I have ended up with a lot that turned out to be more of a burden. But then, I realy don't know. All I know is that simple faith has worked wonders for me. How many prayers were not answered? I can't tell, a whole lot. How many prayers have been answered? Also a whole lot. To me, the power of those prayers come through not just in the asking, not just in the answers but in the result in us of the prayer itself. Our act of prayer confines our anguish and spiritual needs into a package of attitude, one that expects the miracle and the answer of God regardless of time and other indications.
I am writing this more to answer my own doubts about something I am praying about. Yes, I have doubts and I have to fight them off. In spite of what I wrote about the attitude to expect miracles, I doubt and I cry and I have to suffer through my own unbelief. That's why Grace is so important to me. Without Grace I dry out through my multitude of tears. Blessed be our Mighty God who has given us His Words.