Stand in it. - I've been attending a refreshing bi-montly luncheon here in the Bay Area where you can get a meal and the Word.
It's called Life Lessons Over Lunch and I highly recommend it if your in the St. Petersburg vicinity. It's been a blessing to me and I've seen the messages bless others I know.
They are showing a DVD message series right now by Andy Stanely of North Point Community Church on prayer and I'm loving it. It's been a wonderful reminder to me about the purpose of prayer.
So this week's scripture is from there:
This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.'
It's not our will we should be concerned about. It's the will of God, our Father. Christ being the wonderful example of that obedience to the Father's will.
It's not easy for me, a fallen creature, but thanks be to Christ for His atoning sacrifice in obedience and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Christ doesn't redirect my old nature but gives me a completely new nature putting to death the old.
May the Father be praised for He is Holy and Righteous above all and surprise of surprises He desires a relationship with us.
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