#bold prayers

Your mind needs a break. You weren't designed to carry all that load. You have to turn your cares over to God.

(James 4:2–3, NKJV)

When James says “you ask amiss,” the word amiss means “sick, weak, miserable.” When we ask to just get by and endure, that’s a weak prayer. That’s asking amiss. God is saying, “I created the whole universe. Don’t come to Me with a weak prayer, asking Me to help you live in mediocrity. Ask big, knowing that I’m the God of more than enough. Ask Me to show out in your life, to heal you from that disease, to accelerate your goals.”

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God got it. The universe belongs to Him! So why do we hesitate to ask Him for what we need and want? As heirs, which we are through Christ, we should be able to come boldly to God when we pray!

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Spending time with God daily draws us closer to Him. We get more comfortable in His presence and that allows us to be more vulnerable and actually make our request known to Him.

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