If we're expecting something, it would be good to let someone know what it is, don't you think?

Live it
I've forgotten what the book, Great Expectations is about, but judging from the title, it's probably like most of my prayers. That's where I'm looking for something to happen and expecting God to do it, but I've yet to ask him for it. I must consider his omniscience and omnipresence sufficient to invade my mind and read it. But there's a very important reason I should verbalize my requests with regularity and specificity. That's so I can know it is God doing it, lest I consider it just an opportunity for which I was looking and prepared.

Therein may lie the basic problem. God is so good that it's difficult, if not impossible, to view any opportunity as something he didn't present, even when I fail to ask. And he has given me so much, I live within the contentment I enjoy, failing to extend my petition beyond my own needs. So before we criticize ourselves for failing to ask God for something, we should seek his forgiveness for our failure to know how and for whom to pray.

Pray it
Thank you God for providing all my needs, beyond my wildest expectation. And thank you for giving me the desire to pray. Now I ask you to teach me how so I can know joy beyond my expectation.

Resources
We can appreciate nature without worshiping it. (2000)
Caleb: What to do when you view most of your life as having been wasted? (2001)
God not only makes promises but makes sure nothing impedes their fulfilment. (2003)
David felt he was a man of war, but showed us how to also be a man of God. (2004)
The day is coming when no one can stop us from raising our hands in praise to God (2005)
Devotional (2006)
Guilt is a symptom of a deeper problem known as unconfessed sin.(2007)
Where are you looking for God to reveal himself? (2008)

1. One-minute Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003), Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights Reserved.

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