Hanna Kraft
God promises to answer our prayers. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." says Matthew 7:7. It doesn't qualify that promise with, "only if you are coherent," or "only if you do mostly good things."
Romans 8:26 says, "Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." That puts me at ease, because sometimes I just don't know how to pray. God takes our inadequate prayers, knows what we mean and what we desire, and answers, even if it's not in the way we expect or want.
God wants us to come to Him when we're broken; that way, He can heal us. He can't heal us unless we're willing to be healed by Him.
Romans 8:26 says, "Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." That puts me at ease, because sometimes I just don't know how to pray. God takes our inadequate prayers, knows what we mean and what we desire, and answers, even if it's not in the way we expect or want.
God wants us to come to Him when we're broken; that way, He can heal us. He can't heal us unless we're willing to be healed by Him.
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