Thoughts: Paul's request for prayer is not just for listening and for vague generalities. Christian prayer is not simply meditation or for comfort. We have a God who acts and is King of the universe. So the Lord is the one who opens doors of opportunity for us. We do not simply ask God for strength that we may open the door, or cope when the door is closed. Our secular culture has seeped into our churches, because we seem to have lost faith that God can do anything. Some falsely try to protect God by thinking they cannot ask God to do anything. God had blessed us so much, but we seemed to have lost faith in His ability to bless (much less curse or withhold blessing) or open doors that are shut. God is not so far removed, so deaf, with an arm that is so short that He cannot act in His creation. We do not serve a God who simply created the universe like a clock maker winds a clock and then leaves- maybe until it is broken. But we serve the God who opens doors when they are shut- who does impossibly more than all we ask or imagine- who raises Christ when He is dead. So live like that today, and pray like that too!
Prayer: God, there are doors shut in your way- that are blocking your glory. Open those doors- and use me to go through them, and take the opportunity to honor you today- for Christ's sake- for your honor- in Jesus' name- Amen.
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