{"id":4051,"date":"2020-08-20T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/?p=4051"},"modified":"2020-08-20T07:59:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T12:59:02","slug":"studies-in-prayer-what-do-you-want-from-god-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/studies-in-prayer-what-do-you-want-from-god-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Studies in Prayer: What Do You Want From God?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Psalm 37:4 (ESV) Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Larry Crabb in his book, \u201cThe Papa Prayer,\u201d identifies two basic paradigms for prayer. The paradigm that is far more commonly accepted among Christians today is what he calls the “Get Things from God” paradigm. The<\/div>\n
second paradigm for prayer, he calls, “Get to Know God Better.\u201d <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We have looked at eight assumptions regarding both paradigms and compared them.  Now, we see how these two paradigms look like in our actual prayers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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FALSE PRAYER:<\/div>\n
A Me-Centered Prayer Life<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PETITION:<\/div>\n
     Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!<\/div>\n
      * Bless me, dear God.<\/div>\n
      * Give me the good life of fulfillment and joy.<\/div>\n
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INTERCESSION:<\/div>\n
    Change Things for My Sake<\/div>\n
      * Work in others and in my circumstances with my well-being in view.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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THANKSGIVING:<\/div>\n
    Thank You for My Blessings<\/div>\n
      * You\u2019re useful<\/div>\n
      * I like it.<\/div>\n
      * Keep it up!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WORSHIP:<\/div>\n
    Here\u2019s My Tip for Good Service<\/div>\n
      * I\u2019ll sing and praise You for what You\u2019ve given me.<\/div>\n
      * Hey, worship is easy. All I have to do is work up fervent emotions. Sacrifice isn\u2019t required.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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RELATING:<\/div>\n
    Tell Me What to Do to Keep Good Times Rolling<\/div>\n
      * I\u2019ll do my part for as long as You do Yours.<\/div>\n
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TRUE PRAYER<\/div>\n
A Relationally-Centered Prayer Life<\/div>\n
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RELATIONAL PRAYER:<\/div>\n
    Draw Near and Listen<\/div>\n
      * Remain in Christ<\/div>\n
      * Let God\u2019s word remain in you<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WORSHIP:<\/div>\n
    Bend Low As a Living Sacrifice<\/div>\n
      * Surrender every second thing to gain union with God.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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THANKSGIVING:<\/div>\n
    In Every Circumstance Give Thanks<\/div>\n
      * Thank God for the unique opportunity every blessing or trial presents to delight God\u2019s heart and reveal Him to others.<\/div>\n
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INTERCESSION:<\/div>\n
    May Your Kingdom Come Through Others<\/div>\n
      * Change people\u2019s hearts so that they long to advance Your will.<\/div>\n
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    With the Mind of Christ, Ask and Receive<\/div>\n
      * Petitions grow out of a desire for God…<\/div>\n
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          – discerned by the Father\u2019s searching<\/div>\n
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Larry Crabb – The Papa Prayer writes, \u201cWe must put God in the center of our prayer life. We must develop a relationship with God. If we don’t pray relationally (to know God, to move toward union with God so that we increasingly experience His life in us and pour His life out of us into others) before we start asking for things, we’ll become narcissists disguised as Jesus followers, and we won’t realize what we’ve become. Prayer will be the weakest part of our spiritual journey.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Psalm 37:4 (ESV) Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.   Larry Crabb in his book, \u201cThe Papa Prayer,\u201d identifies two basic paradigms for prayer. The paradigm that is far more commonly accepted among Christians today is what he calls the “Get Things from God” paradigm. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4051"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4051"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4054,"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4051\/revisions\/4054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southsidealive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}