PRAYING GOD'S WILL | DISTRESS / SADNESS (2)

1. Praying God's Will

a) What should you pray for? Scripture is clear that you should pray God's word. At the same time, you must never forget that God is sovereign and that He is not obligated to a name-it-and-claim-it theology. God will always do what is best. But at the same time you will do well to understand that when you pray God's word, you are actually praying both the mind and the perfect will of God for yourself.

b) If you follow a systematic plan of praying God's will, you will see dynamic growth take place in your life. You will become the man God intended you to be.

2. Distress / Sadness

God in heaven, You have promised the comfort of the Holy Spirit to us in times such as this. I ask You for a special comforting for me. Your word says that while sadness may come upon me that my joy will return in the morning. Remove my distress. Take my sadness. And honor these Your words that I am about to pray. Thank You in Jesus' name. Amen.

3. God's Word

a) Psalm 119:28 New King James Version (NKJV)
 

²⁸ My soul melts from heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.

 

b) Psalm 119:71 New King James Version (NKJV)

 

⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

 

c) Psalm 119:153-154 New King James Version (NKJV)

 

¹⁵³ Consider my affliction and deliver me,
For I do not forget Your law.
¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause and redeem me;
Revive me according to Your word.

 

d) Psalm 119:165 New King James Version (NKJV)

 

¹⁶⁵ Great peace have those who love Your law,
And nothing causes them to stumble.