How Then Should We Pray?

How should we pray when we suffer?

• Honestly and with humility.
• Boldly and with confidence in his blessing.
• Desperately, with our eyes not on our escape, but upon our Lord.
• Hopefully, by directing our hope to the grace that comes through a cross, not a courtroom.
• Repentantly, as we let go of sinful demands for vindication and cling to his provision in self-sacrificing propitiation.
• Pietistically, wanting more than anything a deeper communion with Him.
• Lovingly, seeking to obtain that mercy for our suffering in order to turn it into grace for our attackers.
• Thankfully, for his perfect design and provision in our suffering to bring us the greatest good.
• Worshipfully, acknowledging that Christ alone is sufficient for our failures and our sufferings.

from The Resurgence blog