{"id":4447,"date":"2022-03-07T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T07:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=4447"},"modified":"2022-03-07T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T07:58:51","slug":"in-prayer-we-are-to-ask-to-know-gods-will-and-we-are-to-ask-in-prayer-to-know-gods-will-and-act-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/predication.net\/?p=4447","title":{"rendered":"In prayer, we are to ask to know God’s will, and We are to ask in prayer to know God’s will and act on it."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The prophet Elijah shows us very well what our prayer should look like. In his day, the people fell away from the true God and worshiped Baal. Elijah made such an agreement with the prophets of Baal. Everyone was to prepare a sacrifice, and here the sacrifice would be burned; the one’s God is faithful. First, the prophets of Baal prepared the gift; then, they prayed to him to light the sacrifice. They cried all day, and nothing happened. They started shouting and making cuts on their bodies so that Baal would hear them, but nothing happened. Then Elijah prepared the sacrifice and poured water on it three more times. Then he prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel, to hear him so that all the people would know that he is the only God. Then the Lord lit the whole sacrifice on fire and thus answered Elijah’s prayer (cf. 1 Chr. 18:20-40).<\/h2>\n
We can see what our prayer is to be. Not a lengthy, much-needed prayer, but we are to pray humbly and to the glory of our Heavenly Father. This is the kind of prayer God likes best and will accept first.<\/h2>\n
Let us pray: Lord, Jesus Christ. You taught your apostles how to pray correctly – we ask you to do the same. Teach us to pray to our Heavenly Father with humility, for He knows very well what we need; teach us to glorify our Father and your Father with our prayers.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"