29/03/2024
Be Specific.
Yesterday I had the following conversations with my daughters.
Me: I pray that money does not enter your dad's hand in Jesus name
Ist Daughter: Mummy , please be specific
2nd Daughter: Please tell her o.
I looked at them and was wondering why they asked me to be specific. Actually, I didn't want their dad to take them on a particular trip.
Suddenly, I knew why they were saying be specific , so I rephrased the prayers .
Me: Lord please don't let money enter their father's hand for this trip,.
They both said Amen!!!
They told me that money needs to enter father's hand, cause he needs to buy some things for them. I started laughing and I remembered the conversation I had with the Holy Spirit three years ago when I lost my Dad, and that conversation changed my way of praying. I became more specific with God. I stopped generalizing prayers..
The Day I lost my Dad to death three years ago, I was holding my book, where I write prayer point. one of my prayer points then was Lord heal my father and send him home. So I asked the Holy Spirit, why didn't you heal my dad and send him home and the reply was that I have taken him home
Haaaa, Lord that was not what I meant, I meant you should heal him so that he can go home.
Since then , I learnt to pray specific prayers not generalizing. If I have to get someone off my mind, I would call the person's name and narrate what the person has done to me, and I get relief almost immediately..
I told my children about the conversation I had with the Holy Spirit and taught them to say it as it is to God. Like Lord heal me from this stomach pain instead of Lord heal me.
It's not that God doesn't know what you are saying or what you want. He chooses to answer or not to answer but I liked be specific with him so I could have conversations with him at any time and anywhere.
Just thought to share.
Have a blessed day..
✍️ Ogheneruemu Ogunbanwo