BIBLE STUDY : HOLIDAY SERIES

Wow! Incredible chapter for today. I'm convicted—I need to go after having more shameless audacity aka shameless FAITH in my prayers! I think I've been limiting my opportunities to be used by God and strengthened by God due to a lack of faith and audacious prayer. Excited to go after that this week!

Wow! Chapter 2 hit different! 100% I need to grow in my shameless audacity in my prayer life! Shameless audacity is not convenient, socially accepted, and it is intrusive! Does that describe my prayer life??? Whoa! Honestly, it’s usually my circumstances that hinder me from being shameless and audacious. If I feel like I’m in an impossible situation, it’s much more difficult for me to pray impossible prayers. I also believe that sometimes I’m not specifically intentional and thinking about how shameless and audacious I need to be in certain areas. For example: I might pray for my family, but I don’t think of specific ways I can ask God to move mountains in their lives in and see it come true in tangible and practical ways.

This was incredible! Austin and I read this together this morning (highly suggest doing some of these quiet times with other disciples!). It was enlightening to see how my view of myself impedes how I perceive God’s view of me. It is similar to my communion this past Sunday as I actually referenced this scripture. I further thought about how my earthly father gives me good gifts and the scripture says he is evil so how much more does God want to give me good gifts aka answer shamelessly audacious prayers! If my prayer lines up with his will why wouldn’t he want to answer it? I am going to put the work in to think of and pray the prayers I desire, not allowing how I think I don’t deserve these things to hinder me from praying them. Furthermore I am going to take captive these wicked thoughts about myself that do not line up with God’s view of me. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s quiet time!

Thank you for this amazing Quite Time, it’s very convicting for me because sometimes I want to rely on myself and not the word. I realize when that happens I’m not trusting God and that’s a No No

Love this! Audacious prayer life is a huge area I lack in. Its not doubt in God that keeps me away, its the fear of what audacious prayer would actually require from me!

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nIts an "I know God can, BUT, I could never go back to how I've been living."

nIts the old principle of how most would rather a comfortable hell than an uncomfortable heaven.

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nThis made me ask myself:

n"If God answered my biggest prayer tomorrow, what part of my life would need to change immediately?"

nEven just thinking through that really helped me adopt perspective needed to move to the next level spiritually! Thank you for posting this!

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Ohhh this cooked me ? I believe in some areas of my life I have this fear of success and then in some areas a fear of failure. Because of both, I don't pray as much, if at all, about changes I want to see in my life or goals I want to achieve. I do believe overthinking plays the biggest role, lots of "what ifs" cloud my mind or thinking back to things that have happened in the past and how they didn't go so well so why try again?

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nI love the story in verses 5-10 because it shows the power of persistence and specifically where it says "shameless audacity." It focuses more on knowing who we're asking rather than what we're asking for. After a while of unanswered prayers, I can just throw in the towel but I need to remember who I'm asking not what I'm asking for. God will always answer even if the answer is "no."

This was beautiful! I never thought about the correlation with the Neighbor and the man. To our prayer life in our relationship with God. This connection really encouraged me and inspired me to pray desperately for an answer to my audacious prayers and to not move until I get an answer cause God really does want to give me what I need!

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Hardest thing about prayer to me is when I am the answer to my own prayer. I don’t trust myself enough, but as long as my trust is in God answering my praye I can trust that through God even he could use me for me!