How Bold Are Your Prayers?

So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

Hebrews 4:16

How bold are you in your prayers?  I thought I was pretty bold when I prayed...now I'm convinced I was not.  You see, when I prayed God showed me that my words were words spoken from my safety zone...my comfort zone.  My prayers had become...weak!  How many times have our prayers been simply "Be with us. Comfort those who are sick."? 

I was prompted, pushed and prodded to re-read the Lord's Prayer, which I have recited so many times that the words seemed to have no power.  Until God showed me something: The Lord's Prayer is extremely bold AND powerful, it is WE who have lost that boldness and power in favor of recitation and comfort.

Our Father (Abba)

In Heaven (where His throne resides)

Holy Is Your Name (THE most powerful name ever)

YOUR Kingdom come (not the Kingdom we want)

YOUR will be done (Here we go...we have to release our will in favor of God's Will, EVEN if we don't like it or agree with it.)

On Earth as it is in Heaven (God's Will and plans are for OUR benefit and growth!)

Give us this day our daily bread (NOT yesterday, NOT tomorrow, JUST FOR TODAY!)

Forgive us OUR sins (We need this every single day)

AS WE FORGIVE OTHERS (we CAN NOT hold onto prejudices, hurts, anger, frustration, grudges! We have to let them ALL go and let God deal with them).

Don't lead us into temptation (keep us from straying off the straight path)

But save us from evil (defend us, pull us back even if we are kicking and screaming and fighting back because our nature craves evil)

Because the Kingdom, the Power, and ALL Glory are Yours (And HIS ALONE!)

Forever and EVER! (We are releasing everything to God forever!)

Amen. (This seals the prayer into the ear and heart of God)

When we pray boldly, we pray with the expectation that God has heard our prayer and that He is ALREADY answering. We MUST pray as described in James 1:6 - "When you ask Him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind."

We pray to the God how does miracles and is able to do WAY more than we could ever dream of asking. So why pray small?  Why pray safely? Pray BOLDLY!