Okay, so you know that post I did, "His Eye is on My Baby"? Well, let me just say one more thing. In case you were cringing because I didn't seem theologically sound: I am aware that there is Scripture to prove that God invites us to ask of Him. I think of the verse in the NT, so very popular, "You have not because you ask not." And I also know that asking specifically of God engages us in the answer. We asked, He did, we rejoice, our faith grows. The point I was attempting to make, and I fear failed at, is that we don't need to be gripped with fear over forgetting a single request. As if, we don't ask, we won't get. Even the things we don't even know we should ask for, the Lord has provided and taken care of for us. That's all I was saying.
And by the way, if you feel the need to push back on something I've written, I sure hope you do. This blog was meant to be a discussion tool. It seems to have turned into a soliloquy. But if there is something I've written that draws the hair on the back of your neck, in a not good way, I hope you tell me. I'm as human and mistaken as the rest. And I value your opinion.
I think the miracle of the Holy Spirit interceding for us comes through loudest for me when my requests seem most vague and unformed - just deep feelings or needs to my own mind. When I receive an answer after an "un-request" like that, it amplifies not only the power of the Holy Spirit to interpret my need, but of the sovereignty of God to provide specifically when I asked generally. I love that God is a God of the shout, the yell, the groan and the sigh. I love that He doesn't need me to do anything in order to act on my behalf. I love that He already knows everything that I will say, everything that I will do and that the very act of prayer doesn't change Him, but ME! I think both your entries made perfect sense, they are parts of the same thought on prayer.
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