MOTIVE
Today's reading: James 4-5

"And when you do ask, you don't get it because your whole motive is wrong--you only want what will give you pleasure." James 4:3 NLT

James's words give pause to the need of a inventory of sorts.

An accounting.

A reckoning.

A face-to-face.

Just 'why' is it you ask for what you ask for from the Lord?

1. Am I asking to make my life easier? More comfortable?

2. Am I making requests of Him that will best suit me and how I want to live/be seen?

3. Am I sending up prayer requests with little to no eternal value?

When we pray, we have the ear of the Lord. Wouldn't it honor Him, and serve us well, to be asking for what's most important, most impactful, most life-changing, most humility-filled, most within His will?