Ask God To Change The Way You Think
The people in the world do not take the time to speak to God or to believe in God for great things. They are cynical, pessimistic, and toxic in their thinking, and it shows in everything they do. As believers, our challenge is that we are so immersed in our cultures that we don't realize to what degree our thinking has been affected by this world. Fear, doubt, and unbelief have entered our thinking patterns over time, and it is very hard for us to pray prayers that are aligned with the "good and pleasing and perfect will of God" for us. That's why we struggle to pray for God's intervention and provision at times because we have defaulted to the world's way of negative thinking.
We have to ask the Lord daily to help us as we retrain our minds by reading the Bible to think more like King's kids, rather than outcasts and rebels. When we read the Bible, we become acquainted with the ways of God and the will of God, and we are better equipped to pray according to God's revealed will. We have also learned in this series of teachings that God answers prayers that are in alignment with His will. This retraining of our minds will result in us becoming new persons who can be used by God in a mighty way, and whose prayers will be answered by God.
Make it a priority to pray daily for God to help you by changing the way you think about your life, your family, and others. You will be so glad you did!
Action Step:
- Take a moment to inventory the way you have been thinking about your biggest challenges lately. Were you positive that God is helping you to overcome, or were you negative, thinking that all is lost and past help?
- Ask God to show you in the Word how He wants to be your Good Shepherd, guarding, guiding, and providing for you.
- Now pray and ask the Lord to help you by changing your thinking from tragedy to triumph; defeat to victory, and negative to positive.
- Take a moment to thank God for helping you with your thoughts.
- Your prayer results will change when you leave the world's way of thinking behind.
Excerpted from The Daily Christian: Prayer by Iann Schonken: