#1 - “Lord, Use Me!”
Warning…He doesn’t take this one lightly…and…this prayer usually doesn’t come about through casual church attendance but rather an intense understanding of who Jesus is, what He has done and allowing Him to break our hearts.
Many people do not have a problem praying, “Lord, use others,” or even, “Lord use me on MY terms.”
But He doesn’t want anything less from us than complete surrender.
What are you willing to do for God? How far is too far? Are there any limitations that you would place on your life?
Romans 12:1 is what we are called to be…a living sacrifice…the problem with a “living sacrifice” is that it has the tendency to crawl off of the alter…that is why DAILY surrender is essential for us to truly follow Christ.
#2 - “Lord, Disturb Me!”
Like I said on Sunday…one of our prayers needs to be for Jesus to allow us to see things the way He sees them…because when that begins to take place we will NOT be able to be concent to just accept things the way that they are.
I believe the problem with a lot of churches is that they are not disturbed…they are comfortable…and they do not wish to be disturbed. We want to ignore that there are REALLY people who will REALLY go to hell if we don’t do something. We want to ignore that there are problems in the world that CAN be solved if we would only be willing to part with some time and money!
Asking God to give you HIS heart is never a bad thing…
BUT…when we pray for God to do this then we are automatically taken out of our comfort zones…which is where the best/most impactful minisry takes place!
#3 - “Lord, Break Me!”
Question…is there anything in your life right now that God wants out of your life?
Another question…is there anything NOT in your life right now than God is trying to put there?
When we begin to ask God to break us He will begin to reveal things to us that we perhaps thought wasn’t a bg deal in the past…OR…He will call us to greater things and, in doing so, cause us to have to make hard decisions to leave things behind.
God used broken things! (See I Corinthians 1:26-31 and I Corinthians 6:9-11) He used unschooled, ordinary men to turn the world upside down (Acts 4:13!) He’s not looking for people who have a pedigree…but rather a passion to allow Him to work IN them so that He can then work THROUGH them!