A boy was saying his bedtime prayers and finished by shouting a request for a red bicycle. His mother explained that God is not deaf and there is no need to shout, and he replied that God may not be, but grandma is. That story opens a sermon about the two questions Saul asked on the road to Damascus (Acts 9). First he asked who are you, Lord, and then what shall I do, and from those two questions came a prayer whose foundation is neither technique nor formula but the love of God. Listen if your praying has long since shrunk to a list of requests.
Who Are You, Lord?
Dangerous Prayers
What could be dangerous about prayer? But if prayer is a conversation with God, then some of those conversations can bring about more change than you might expect. When you say to God, “Who are You, Lord? Examine me, Lord. Speak to me, Lord, and let Your will be done, Lord”, God takes these prayers seriously and begins to change your life. Do you dare to have such a conversation with God?
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