Sticking with the prayers worth praying theme, here's one that is for those who are absolutely serious about following God's will for their life. James Ryle (http://www.truthworks.org/) shared this prayer with us at Promise Keepers and told us it wasn't for the faint-hearted and he was right! This is a prayer that should come with a warning label---Praying this prayer with all of your heart will radically alter your life. Ready? Here goes: Lord Jesus, do in me anything you need to do so that you can do through me everything you want me to do.
Praying this prayer recognizes that God's will for your life is to become more like the person of Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:3). It is in alignment with the model prayer that Jesus gave his disciples that says "Your Kingdom come, your will be done" (Matthew 6:10). It acknowledges that God's ways--righteous and holy--are higher than our ways--sinful and self-centered--and his thoughts are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:9). It realizes that God has gifted us with certain gifts, talents and abilities and they are to be used for his honor and glory (Romans 12:3-8, 1 Corinthians 12).
I believe God is pleased when his men pray this prayer because, more than anything else, it says that we are offering ourselves as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1) and we are willing to let God do whatever is necessary to make us into the men He wants us to be. You can be absolutely sure our Heavenly Father stands ready and able to answer this prayer. Are you ready?
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