Bite-size requests
April 29, 2003 | 12:00am
Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. Mark 11:24
Lots of things are easier to do when theyre bite-size. If you have a major task to get done, for example, it helps to divide it into smaller units and tackle them one at a time. This is true whether you are redecorating the house, packing for a vacation, or directing a church project.
Rosalind Rinker suggests that the same is true of prayer. She found that when she made very general, all-inclusive requests of God, it seemed that no-thing happened. But when she began making specific, bite-size requests, she saw results.
She recommends that we make our requests very specific, and ask for what we really believe is according to Gods will. Rinker adds that as we see Gods answers to relatively small requests, we will find that we are asking for bigger needs with a greater degree of faith.
Have you been praying general, world-encompassing prayers without seeing results? Its wiser to ask for something smaller and more specific and really believe that it will be answered. For example, if youve been asking God to destroy all the pornography in the world, it would be better to pray that the convenience store on the corner would stop selling it. Then ask God what you can do to help bring that about.
Lets begin making bite-size requests! David C. Egner
Prayer Suggestion
If you dont already have one, make a prayer list that includes several bite-size requests. Keep the list, and then record how
God answers.
READ: Mark 11:20-24
Be specific in your prayers, if you want specific answers.
The Bible in one year:
1 Kings 6-7
Luke 20:27-47
Lots of things are easier to do when theyre bite-size. If you have a major task to get done, for example, it helps to divide it into smaller units and tackle them one at a time. This is true whether you are redecorating the house, packing for a vacation, or directing a church project.
Rosalind Rinker suggests that the same is true of prayer. She found that when she made very general, all-inclusive requests of God, it seemed that no-thing happened. But when she began making specific, bite-size requests, she saw results.
She recommends that we make our requests very specific, and ask for what we really believe is according to Gods will. Rinker adds that as we see Gods answers to relatively small requests, we will find that we are asking for bigger needs with a greater degree of faith.
Have you been praying general, world-encompassing prayers without seeing results? Its wiser to ask for something smaller and more specific and really believe that it will be answered. For example, if youve been asking God to destroy all the pornography in the world, it would be better to pray that the convenience store on the corner would stop selling it. Then ask God what you can do to help bring that about.
Lets begin making bite-size requests! David C. Egner
Prayer Suggestion
If you dont already have one, make a prayer list that includes several bite-size requests. Keep the list, and then record how
God answers.
READ: Mark 11:20-24
Be specific in your prayers, if you want specific answers.
The Bible in one year:
1 Kings 6-7
Luke 20:27-47
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