Prayers God Always Says Yes To by Cheryl Dickow l Prayer Relationship with God l Answered Prayers l When God Says No To Prayer

Humility

The very best prayer to get you back on track with God is to pray for humility. Not humiliation but humility; the sort of understanding of self that made men like Moses a friend to God. Not false humility either; but the real honest-to-goodness humility that comes from the truth that you have a creator who has loved you into existence.

When you get into the core of that truth, you aren’t a braggart or filled with pride. Instead, all your feelings are tempered with the beauty of being loved so much that your sincerest desire is to return that love; to God and to your fellow man. When you pray for this type of humility, you start walking hand-in-hand with God and new ways to love him will open to you. Your desire for the new car tires or the job promotion will seem almost silly in light of humbly walking with God.

Forgiveness

Pray that you will be able to forgive those who have hurt you. This is the third prayer that God always says yes to. God will intimately help you in your desire to forgive someone. Remember that while God says yes to this prayer, it typically isn’t a miraculous one-time event. Rather, forgiveness tends to be a process. But it is a process that God will take you through when you pray to be able to forgive someone.

The physical benefits of forgiveness almost outweigh the spiritual benefits, which is why it is the cornerstone of just about every faith and most certainly the Christian faith, as we are all called to forgive those who have trespassed against us just as we have been forgiven.