Simply Ask God in Prayer

Greetings to all. Let's try to make it a regular practice to talk to God in prayer about what we want.

We spend a lot of time and energy trying to get what we want. Some people will go to any lengths, even using force, to get what they want. Others, while not turning to violence, will talk to everyone about their desires except the One who can truly help or has the answers.

James 4:2–3 (GW)

2 You want what you don’t have, so you commit murder. You’re determined to have things, but you can’t get what you want. You quarrel and fight. You don’t have the things you want because you don’t pray for them.

3. When you pray for things, you don’t get them because you want them for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure. 

Lesson: We often don’t get what we want because we fail to pray and ask God. Prayer has real purpose and power, and we can use it when we ask for the right things, in line with God’s plan.