Here's how to end a prayer the right way. You say you want to pray right, do it correctly well we have just broken it down. It's quite simple actually and as long as you have all of the components in it that Jesus lists you'll know you've covered them all.
Now we close it out with acceptance, not His acceptance but ours. We close with letting God know that the World and everything in it is His. We are acknowledging that He owns all things and has created all things.
Power, we're then letting Him know that we understand the strength and power that He has. He is all powerful, there is nothing in all of creation that He does not have the power over.
Glory, here's one that I feel we all struggle with. So you're really good at something, where did that skill come from? Did it come from your hard work or from God? The answer is God. We tend to think that we earn things through hard work, dedication and so on. When the reality is God gave us all that we have, and empowered us to do all that we do each day.
Jesus told us, "I am the Vine and you are the branches." If we truly live by this principle life will be so much simpler for us. THink about a vine, and the branches. The branches cannot even sustain life without the vine. The vine is the source of nutrition, nourishment and life for all of its branches. While the branch is where the fruit is produced it cannot be produced without the relationship with the vine. Just the same we cannot be fruitful in any aspect of life outside of our relationship to the Vine which is Jesus Christ. Also, note that the branches do not hoard the fruit, eat the fruit or take the credit the know their place and stay in it.
We as believers have got to give God the glory and the credit for all things. Every time something good happens in your life you can best show humility through giving God all of the credit for all that He has allowed you to accomplish through Him.
So remember whose world it is, whose power you call on and where to give the credit and your life will be much better and far more full of humility.
Have a great 4th of July weekend and we'll see you some time soon!
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