All in Praying God’s Will
Do we know how to pray despite the circumstances we find ourselves in? No? Well, do you know how to talk with a parent? There is no secret to having a conversation with the Lord, and no secret to obtaining answered prayers, just one simple fact... if we pray to Him as if we were having a conversation with a parent, and ask for those things we know He can agree to during that interaction, then He will do those things for us. This is called praying within His will.
There are times in our lives when we will pray for a thing and we won’t receive it. Every day we rekindle our desire for this one thing, and yet we hear nothing regarding it. The Lord is providing for us, protecting us, and doing hundreds of other things in our lives, but on the subject of this one thing He remains silent. We tell ourselves to wait upon the Lord, but after many days with no response we become frustrated, and begin to lose faith in prayer. Consider this… in all the times we prayed, and asked the question “When Lord?”, did we ever ask Him the real question… “What is your will?”. Do we ever consider that we might be praying for something that is outside of God’s will, and plan, for us?