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6. How can I pray? PAPA Prayer

Present yourself to God. Be a real person in the

relationship. Tell Him whatever is going on inside you that youcan identify.

God, Im really tired right now, my life is very hard God, Im confused, I have a decision to make, and I just

dont know what choice to make

God Im really angry at this person right now, I want tohave revenge for how he has treated me

God, I feel empty right now, no motivation, unable tofocus on what I need to do.

Attend to how youre thinking of God. Again, no

pretending. Ask yourself, How am I experiencing God right

now?

What does God look like to me? How picture do I see of him?

Is He a vending machine, a frowning father, a distant, cold force? is He your gloriously strong but intimate Papa?

Purge yourself of anything blocking your relationshipwith God. Put into words whatever makes you uncomfortable

or embarrassed in your relationship with Him. How are youthinking more about yourself and your satisfaction than aboutGod and His pleasure?

Approach God as the first thing in your life, as your

most valuable treasure, the Person you most want toknow. Admit that other people and things really do mattermore to you right now, but you long to want God so much that

every other good thing in your life becomes a second thing

desire. Seek first the kingdom of God and itsrighteousness

Anything less than this is idolatry.

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1. Set aside some time every day to pray about things.2. Think about everything that concerns you, that you are

anxious about or worried about.3. Make a note or list or something about what these thingsare.4. Note or mark those things that you can take care of or cando yourself.

5. Do the things you can do6. Turn everything else over to God7. Pray to God and make specific requests to God about yourconcerns.

God can handle our prayers. If He has a better way to takecare of the prayer request, he will deal with it, and, He WILL letus know.

We need to cast our cares on God, and we have to learn to waitfor him and see what he does.

a. Prayer shows us that God can provide for our every need,and he will make that provision available to us.

b. As we pray, we begin to see things from Gods point of view,which will help us to see our problems in a new way. But wemust learn to be patient and learn to listen for God when hespeaks to us.

Sometimes he speaks to us through circumstances Sometimes he speaks to us through a friend or someone

else.

Sometimes we will feel a push or nudge or somethingwill come into our minds that is totally unexpected.

There are a number ways that God can speak to us, and Imnot going to even try to tell you what they are. Most of you

have had an experience of hearing from God. It takes time, ittakes patience, and it take commitment to God.