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“God please help me. I
need a financial blessing. Please help me get a better
job with good benefits. I ask your intervention in this
situation in my neighborhood. I need encouragement and
direction. I need healing in my body. God bless my
family. Help me be a witness.”
Sound familiar? How about this one?
“God I ask you to open doors for the Gospel to be
spread all over the world. I ask you for a mighty
outpouring of your Spirit on all flesh. I ask that doors
open in countries with no established works. I ask that
you send laborers forth to the fields which are ripe for
harvest. I pray for a spirit of giving on your people to
finance the sending of missionaries. Let there be victory
over Satan’s kingdom. Break yokes of bondage that have
people bound. Reveal Yourself in a mighty way to those of
other religions. Let the powers of darkness be overcome
by Your light.”
Which of these prayers do you identify with most?
The Bible says in Matthew 6:33 to “seek first the
kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you." Another translation says, Your
heavenly Father already knows all your needs, and he will
give you all you need from day to day if you live for him
and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.” (NLT)
Could it be that we have it backwards when we pray for
our needs first? Could it be that we pray the wrong
prayers to get our needs met? What would happen if we
prayed kingdom prayers first? Would we not begin to line
up with the Scriptural example?
While it is not necessarily wrong to pray for our
needs, the problem comes in when we put our needs and
desires first and leave God’s purpose until the last.
Have you ever thought about what might happen if our
prayers were answered the instant we asked them? My guess
is that many people would be healed and blessed, and
financial problems would go away, and we'd all like our
jobs, and so on. But what impact on the kingdom of God
would there be?
The way I see it, God is basically saying "If you will
handle my business before yours... then I will bless
yours.” God wants to be first in all areas of our lives –
including our prayers.
You see “Kingdom Praying” isn’t about our needs; it is
being concerned about those things which matter for
eternity. It is being concerned about the things that God
is concerned about. When we make these things priority in
our lives, then we are opening the door wide open for God
to bless us and meet our needs.
How do we do this? We begin by asking God to show us
his will (which can be found in His Word) and we begin to
pray it. We pray for the family of God all over the world
instead of just our family and local congregations. We
pray for the deliverance, healing and salvation of lost
people throughout the world. We pray for the Spirit of God
to bring understanding to the unsaved. We pray for unity
in the body of Christ worldwide.
Our prayers will carry the greatest power and have the
greatest impact if we get our priorities right. It is
time to enlarge our vision. It is time to lose our tunnel
vision and see the big picture.
Do your prayers show how concerned you are for the
Kingdom? If not, start today putting the things of God
first. If you will, from this day forward, I promise there
will be a difference in your life. The principle works!
When you handle God’s business first, God is going to take
care of you. You can count on it because you’ve got it in
writing.
Submitted by: Lisa Marshall
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