Lord, free us...

Pastor Scotty Smith has a wonderful prayer...

Free us to love the gospel of the kingdom and the kingdom of your gospel. Help us realize that we have only seen one leaf in the great forest of gospel riches. Free us from our little fiefdoms of self-absorbing preoccupation. Free us to invest and work, weep and dance in the advancing of your kingdom. Free us to see the glow and smell the aroma of the new heaven and new earth. Free us to know that none of our labors in you are in vain.

Free us from the many expressions of living for people’s approval. As long as we give people power to either make us or break us, we cannot love them well. Free us to forgive those who fail us; to bless those who curse us; to pray for those who shame us. Free us from needing to be needed and noticed.

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Resources on Prayer

Earlier this year, I read through Paul Miller's book on prayer called, "The Praying Life." It is easily one of the best books on prayer that I have read. In fact, I'm working through it again. You will find the following post from the Gospel Coalition blog written by Justin Taylor very informative, and perhaps whet your appetite to pursue God in prayer more fervently.

Paul Miller, executive director of See Jesus and the author of The Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World, was recently interviewed on FamilyLife Today. Below are links to the audio, descriptions of the session, and transcripts.

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[HT:  Justin Taylor]