There is nothing wrong with asking for something in prayer, as this names for God the desires of our hearts. But sometimes in a culture that is so focused on results, this can also bleed into our prayer lives, leading us to treat God like a genie.
Let yourself pray without asking God for “something that I want.” As the Father told Jesus in John 17:10: “Everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine.” Might this also be true of us, whom Christ lives within?
—from St. Anthony Messenger‘s “Let Us Pray: Presence and Surrender“
by Stephen Copeland
2 thoughts on “Christ Lives Within”
Simple but very wise thoughts, thanks for sharing
Short and sweet. It is the stumbing block, the scandal of the cross that defeats so many in hope and faith: God didn’t serve me like a hotel concierge. So why continue in the aspiration of accepting the claim that he loves me? And there usually isn’t a quick answer to that doubt. So we turn elsewhere, or more properly, back to where we never really left: selfishness.
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