into the lives of those around me.
when we pray, oftentimes we think that the sole purpose of prayer is to ask god for things. “help me get that job” or “please heal my sister”. i once had this thought about the “prayer slot machine” where people line up and pull a coin out of their pocket, pull the lever and hope for the best. each coin represents a portion of our “faith” that we “give to god” and “trust he will answer our needs”.
has your prayer life ever looked like this?
the trouble is sometimes we’re asking the wrong questions or wanting things we think we need. we put our trust 