I’m reading a good book by Henry and Norman Blackaby called Experiencing Prayer with Jesus: The Power of His Presence and Example. I came across this quote that really made me stop and think .
Prayer is not for the purpose of getting God to help us … but for getting us in line with what God is about to do. Prayer is God’s invitation to enter His throne room so He can lay His agenda over our hearts.
I haven’t ever looked at prayer in quite this way before. It really is a training and molding ground for our hearts. It’s more about God preparing us so that He can start using us by working through us. I began to think about how much of my time I spend on asking God for things versus how much time I am in prayer for the Spirit to use me. Now I still think we need to bring our requests before God, but I also see how we need to be quiet so that the Spirit can start to do the work in our lives that God wants to do.
What do you think? What does this look like for your prayer time? Does it change anything? 
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