What prayer isn't about?

Today's daily devotion from Pastor Greg Lorry.

Our scripture reading today is from Matthew,

Matthew, chapter 6 verse

33.

Seek the kingdom of God above all else and live righteously and he will give you

everything you need.

Prayer isn't about changing God's mind.

In many cases, prayer is about changing our minds.

When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he told them,

pray like this,

Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

May your kingdom come soon.

May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Not that we could, but why would we even try to talk God into something that's not his will?

Prayer is getting God's will on Earth, not our will in heaven.

Prayer is not pulling God our way, it is pulling us his way.

After Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead, he appeared to Mary Magdalene at the tomb and said,

But go find my brothers and tell them, I am ascending to my father and your father, to my God and your God. It no longer was only Jesus who could call him Father. As

believers, we can call him Father too because of our relationship through Christ.

Jesus said, I also tell you this.

If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask,

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