Strong Desires for Ourselves & Others, Part 1 (TMF:2098)

Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Peace to Live By: Strong Desires for Ourselves & Others, Part 1 (TMF:2098) - Daniel Litton
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       So James gets to the bottom of the solution to the problem, which is asking God for what we want. Yes, again, it’s that simple. You might say, “But I’ve done that hundreds of times, and most of the time it doesn’t work.” Yes, I know what you’re talking about. The problem is that usually when we ask we have too strong a grip on whatever it is we want to happen. Say, for example, we have the strong desire for a person to come into personal relationship with God. We pray, “God, please save this person. Please help me to talk to this person,” and we want it badly. Why does it so often not happen? Isn’t the request pure and noble, coming from the very heart of God? The problem is us typically. We care too much, dare I say. We should be able to walk away from our prayer feeling that it’s okay no matter what happens, whether we know, ourselves, that the person becomes saved and whether we have the opportunity, ourselves, to talk to them.