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How does Jesus teach us to go deeper in our asking when we pray?
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Jesus gave us the Lord’s prayer as a model and it has 6 requests in it. Three toward’s God and three for our needs/desires. He encourages us to pray and shares that God knows how to give us good things just as we know how to give our children good things. We shouldn’t be afraid. Ask God and see what He does in reaction to our faith.
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He teaches us to ask big. To say what we want. To come boldly before the throne is grace!
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Jesus asks us to go beyond merely having a “laundry list”. Just asking Him for stuff. He wants to know all about us, every aspect of our lives. If it is important to us then it is important to Him (see 2 Kings6:4-7 the story of the floating axe head). Prayer is designed to be a two-way conversation between friends. We are to first give God adoration and praise and thanksgiving He deserves. We then have the privilege of asking of Him and voicing our concerns with the expectation of getting answers. We are free to ask questions and expect a response. Prayer should never be vainly repetitive or redundant. It should be fresh every day. We have the awesome privilege of praying to a God who desires to be involved in our lives, so prayer should never be seen as a chore that has to be done. It is special quality time spent with my Big Daddy God.
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He lays out a pattern for us to pray and tells us to pray for whatever you want.
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I like what Jesus said in Matthew 18:3, and how this course shows that we need to be like little children, to be and know that we are dependent in Him for everything, and to see all our requests as worthy of earnestly asking for His provision in. It caused me to ask Father God for something that I have desired but thought not nearly as important as other things I request of Him.
