If you have offended somebody and you’re bringing your gift to the altar, go get it right with the person you offended. Then if you’ve been offended by somebody, go get it right because you can’t do business with God. And when you have unsolved issues with one another and and the and the issue there, Sheila, is that when you have something like that, it’s always your turn.
When you’ve been offended, it’s your turn to get it right. If you’ve offended somebody, it’s your turn to get it right. You say, “Well, I got it right last time.” Never mind. It’s your turn. It’s always your turn. >> Yeah. >> And when we do that, God opens the way. >> Yeah. >> We are pretty self-sufficient people, but that has caused us to make prayer our last resort when we’re in trouble.
[Music] We make prayer so difficult. Prayer may be mysterious, but it’s not complicated. It’s simple. And in this series, I’m going to teach you how to transform your prayer life. I’m not here to make you feel guilty about not praying as much as you should. The real issue isn’t guilt. It’s that we’re missing out on the great adventure God has for us.
So, you want to know why you’re not seeing your prayers being answered? Well, they’re just not specific enough. Your prayer should be so specific that when God answers it, you recognize it. If you want your prayers answered, three things need to be true. The request needs to be right. The timing needs to be right. And you need to be right.
Don’t pray like an adult. Pray like a child. Keep it simple. Keep it specific. And keep at it. God cares about everything in your life. even the little things. Nothing is too insignificant to get on your prayer list because God has the capacity to care about every detail of every one of his children, including you.
What is prayer? Prayer is a conversation. Prayer is a relationship. And prayer is a great adventure. Thank you for joining us today. We are going to talk about something that people are very nervous to talk about. And I think that if you want to empty your church out, announce that you’re going to do a series on witnessing one month and a series on prayer the next.
And by the time you get to the third month, nobody will be left because everybody feels a certain sense of guilt about those two things. But we shouldn’t feel a sense of guilt. We should ask God to teach us to pray. That’s actually what the disciples asked Jesus to do. And I find it interesting.
They didn’t say, “Teach us how to pray.” Although that was part of the answer. They said, “Lord, teach us to pray.” >> And I think that’s one of the things we all need to learn how to do. We’re going to have a very honest discussion about prayer today. I think I can speak for Sheila as I speak for myself. Neither one of us consider ourselves to be experts on the subject because we feel the same kind of we should be doing better that you feel.
