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Wednesday, 28 February 2018

[Wednesday's Devotional] - Prayer: Supplication

Prayer: Supplication



We are used to bringing our requests and petitions to God in prayer. My prayer diary too often reads like a shopping list of prayers that I struggle to get through.

Prayers of supplication relate to much more than a petitioning of God as we might petition our MP to get the laws or services we want. In the Bible the words used for supplication in the Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Greek mean a passionate request or petition, however the Latin root is the word supple. If we are supple we are soft but malleable, we willingly bend to the will of another like clay in a potters hand.

Supplication then is concerned with the attitude of our heart that accompanies those prayers of petition. When we pray prayers of supplication, we are submitting to Gods will for ourselves and those for whom we pray. We are seeking that God will transform our minds so that through our prayers He may transform the lives of others.

In Psalm 51, when David confessed his sin to God, he prayed that God would not only forgive him, but would create in him a clean heart and a renewed spirit. David did not just want God to meet his needs (although that was part of his prayer); he wanted God to change him so completely that his desires became in line with those of God.

We will pray very differently when our desires are aligned with those of God. When we pray "Thy Kingdom Come" this is what we seek; that Gods rule, Gods authority, Gods ways will be ours here on earth as it is in Heaven. When we submit our whole lives to Him, God changes us to be more like His Son, which changes our desires and our will to be in line with His.

Lord God, change my heart so that as I pray, I pray in line with your will and your purposes for those I humbly bring to you. Amen

Sally Williams 

 
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