{"id":639,"date":"2012-05-31T23:40:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T04:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/?p=639"},"modified":"2016-11-02T23:41:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T04:41:01","slug":"whats-your-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/31\/whats-your-request\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Your Request?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In a Bible study group recently, we had finished with our discussion and were submitting our prayer requests when one precious soul announced that she had a request; but she felt guilty asking for something from God all the time, sorry that her needs were many and that she felt she should be doing something more with her prayer time than asking for help and for the needs of herself and her family. Right or wrong?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To me, prayer is not only asking for ourselves, but it\u2019s also an ongoing opportunity to provide intercession for others, to worship, to offer thanksgiving for provision and to offer our praise to our Creator, King and Author of the Universe. Our requests, however, do occupy a lot of real estate in our prayer lives. Situations and needs arise daily that push this part of our prayers to the forefront. That&#8217;s OK. He wants us to rely on Him in everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And, it is an honor for a believer to present another one&#8217;s needs to the Lord.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Our sensitivity to the needs and pain of the world is heightened and we can minister more fully to this world we live in.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In Genesis, He speaks and the world is created. How much more will happen in our lives when He speaks with us?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After all, isn&#8217;t prayer an act of trust when we bring all to Him and submit our will to His?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I\u2019ve turned this into a series, of a sort, because I\u2019ve got so many words to share about this ongoing conversation I have with the Lord.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Shall we begin?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">See you at Midnight.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 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