"Do not be anxious for anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, make your petition known to God." Philippians 4:6.
To be anxious is to worry. Supplication is like a petition, you are presenting something in a request form. Why do I have this verse here? Because I am anxious and I have not petitioned God through prayer, supplication and thanksgiving. I admit to being sinful and fallen and I have not always done what I should have.
Tonight my mom and I got into one of our biggest fights ever. Over what you ask? Prayer. I recently felt the calling of God telling me to do something I have no desire to do. My mom doesn't seem to believe that I really heard God. She feels that it may have been something else talking. So she asked me to pray again and ask for confirmation. I wanted to know how I was supposed to know if it was really God or that other "thing" to which she attributes the first incident.
Granted, I was sarcastic and provoked my mother. But, seriously, I want to know how in Heaven's sweet name I am supposed to know who is talking to me? Is it God or is it something else? And do I continue in prayer and supplication, making my requests known to the Almighty?
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