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I'm available to you today, God, use me. Wow. Would you start praying that every day? I'm available to you today, God use me. You know, God's not looking for people with ability. He's looking for people that are available.

I'm Joyce Meyer.

I've seen God's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.

Every time you thank God for something, you're praying.

That's prayer.

That's what I mean when I say that sometimes you may be praying more than you think you are.

Then there's prayers of petition, and probably that is the prayer that's the prayed the most often,

although I don't think it should be.

Petition is a person just asking God to do something for them.

We are speaking of petitioning God when we ask for ourselves, when we ask for others, it's intercession.

When personal petition outweighs praise and Thanksgiving, it usually indicates a greedy,

ungrateful person. Let me say it again.

Don't throw rocks at me.

I'm just delivering the message.

When a personal petition, or when personal petition,

outweighs praise and Thanksgiving,

it usually indicates a greedy, ungrateful person.

Well, I remember years ago when I was praying one morning, and God challenged me to study the prayers of Paul.

And so they're in Ephesians and Philippians and Colossians.

And so I looked them up and I studied each one.

And the thing that the Holy Spirit brought to my attention was that in those prayers,

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