- We believe in praying that God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven and desire to follow that prayer by doing our best to change our surroundings to his will.
- We believe that we have a direct line with God with no need for anyone to stand between us and God, although we will gladly pray and help others.
When Jesus taught us to pray, he taught us to say, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” I have previously written about discovering God’s will. In doing that it bringing it about, we must keep focused on just following one step at a time. When we pray for something, we need to examine whether there is an action we can do to help bring it about. If we pray for someone to be saved, follow it up by ministering to them. If we pray for a safe journey, then look for ways to do God’s will on the way. If we pray for safety in a time of trial, follow it up with courageous and bold acts that require safety. When we pray, we need to look for ways to bring about God’s will. God often answers the prayers we ask by using us to bring about what we are praying for.
Our focus for fruitful prayer needs to be God’s will. We need to pray and ask like Jesus taught us-for His will to be done. If we are trying to bring about God’s will and concerned about the things of God, our prayer life will be revolutionized.
Our next conviction states: “We believe that we have a direct line with God with no need for anyone to stand between us and God, although we will gladly pray and help others.”
We frequently give lip service to the theological concept of the priesthood of believers. This comes out in the story I shared earlier about the lifeguard and banana salesmen.
