But once he does, thereafter, his unceasing prayer to God will be:
that His kingdom come, i.e. Maranatha, Jesus
that His will be done, i.e. instead of his own
Eventually we understand it (indeed, Christian life) is not "about" satisfying carnal wants but loving God surpassingly above all else and loving our neighbors as ourselves.
Amen!
I've told this story before but it makes this mother's heart swell every time I remember it, so I'll offer it one more time.
In one of my son's public high school literature classes the assignment was to read some chapters of the Bible (as "religious fiction," no doubt). That night I went to his room and found him reading the Bible and his face was streaked with tears. I asked what was wrong.
He looked up and said, "I'm reading the Sermon on the Mount. I get it now. I get it."
There are few memories more sweet to me than that one. God graced me with actually seeing the power of His word as the Holy Spirit moved my son to a deeper, truer knowledge of Him and His plan for his life as a Christian.
That is the power of prayer.
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD." -- Psalm 115:13-18"He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.