Have Your Way, Lord
My Prayer Devotional Series Volume One
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INTRODUCTION
How do we pray to God Most High? How do we make petitions to a righteous, holy and redeeming God? He is almighty and the one and only Living God. He is Master of everything and is in total control of life and death. He is sacred and sovereign. He is our Triune God – God in three Persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Pray with me as I ask our Heavenly Father for my heart’s desires, in Jesus’ name. There is nothing new under the sun. We all need the same things and God has placed loving Him and each other first on His list of commands. Pray with me as I cry, beg, plead and make my petitions known to El Shaddai. He sits up high and He looks down low with unconditional love for all who come to Him in truth. He sees. He cares. He hears. He answers. Prayer brings changes, when you believe in your heart that nothing is impossible for our sovereign God.
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Part I.
LOVE ME
But I pray to you, O LORD,
in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
Psalm 69:13 (NIV)
God first loved us. He loved us into being. He loved us by sacrificing His only begotten Son to purge us from the sinful saturation in which we daily exist. Yet, we deny His love by the simple act of being so totally unloving toward others. We bask in self-absorption that only serves to make us more unloving, even to ourselves. God has declared in His Word that the two greatest commandments are to love Him, and to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. And that is where we get all caught up, confusing love with self-preservation. Attempting to sustain and protect ourselves when we have nothing to do with being born and will have no say in when or how we die. We don’t know how to really love God or anyone else on our own. We have not even mastered receiving love. Yet, to be loved is the one treasure we all seek each day we experience this gift of life.
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I COME
Sacred and Sovereign Savior,
As You bid me each morning to come to You, I come.
I come with the blessed assurance that God Most High, who is Creator and Ruler of Heaven and earth, has summoned me.
I come with the humility of one who is unworthy but redeemed.
I come with thirst and hunger for knowledge and understanding of Your Word.
I come with expectancy brought on by the exposure to Your fulfilled miracles and new hope for my future.
I come with Christ as my Intercessor for He has secured my passage and paid the price for my sin and shame with His blood.
I come with arms outstretched and head raised, reaching for the help You promise to me as I take each breath in this world so filled with the pain and confusion of unbelief.
Oh, Lamb of God, I come!
I come, just as I am. And You love me.
You, who are all and in all, can restore, renew and revive my soul and settle Your Holy Spirit within me.
I come broken to be made whole by my sacred and sovereign Savior.
I come, not always to a building, but always to You for everywhere I am in You, You are in me.
Thank You, Jesus.
Amen.
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Part II.
CHANGE ME
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
Psalm 51:10-12 (NKJV)
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Does prayer in faith have the power to really move mountains? God is in control of everything, whether we believe in Him or not. Praying to our Creator to be loved, changed, helped and used, is not usually our first effort at problem solving. We seek many other avenues from many other sources before we approach God in prayer. However, in these trying times, we are all being forced to cry out to God and beg for mercy, for one reason or another. Often, the most desperate prayer comes from one who has simply reached the end of the rope after trying everything else. We must first seek the One who alone has the power to change things and help us move mountains. As we accept we don’t control the beginning or ending of our lives, we must realize we really have no control at all.
I discovered that to “pray without ceasing” means just that. Fall on your knees in humble submission to God every day if possible, or whisper softly to the Father, in the name of Jesus, every moment that you live. He is listening and He cares. He’ll give you the love you need at that moment. He’ll change your circumstances supernaturally. He’ll help you through your hour of need. He’ll use you to glorify Himself to others. I hope this volume helps those searching for words to say in prayer. God created you, and He knows you well. When you believe with all your heart in exactly who He is, you realize He’s right there with you, all the time, just waiting for you to ask for assistance.
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