An old saying goes something like this ‘it’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. I am talking about prayer for a better Day tomorrow.

I think most people used that phrase when referring to home, auto, and most other types of insurance.

So likewise, it’s good to have a prayer for a better day tomorrow than not having one. I am trying to say that we should always pray; although our prayers sometimes may not be answered, we should still pray anyway.

There is a verse in the bible Isaiah 38:5 – That reads something like this “A man named Hezekiah had been praying to live longer. A message appeared to Isaiah to go and tell Hezekiah that the Lord has heard his prayers and that 15 more years will be added to his life.

Hezekiah got 15 more years added to his life because he was faithful, and he prayed to live longer, but by the same token, he could have prayed but did not live any longer. It is up to God to answer our prayers and give us what he thinks is best for us.

Let’s say we have a loved one who is very ill or has been in a severe accident, and we pray for them to recover, but they do not recover and die. Don’t get mad at God, and don’t stop praying to God for what we need, even though he did not give us what you prayed for this time in the way we had expected him to.

Whenever we pray for anything, we should let God know if it is not in his will; we do not want whatever we prayed for. Matthew 6:10 your kingdom comes, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. We sometimes forget to say, your will be done, not mine.

I would strongly suggest we put that phrase back into our prayers. No matter what we pray for, our prayers will not be answered if it is not God’s will. We have gotten to the point where if we do not like what God said, we can delete it, and God is OK with it.

Have you ever prayed for something that did not come to pass? That is probably because what we prayed for was not God’s will for us. But while we were praying for whatever it was, we were praying for, did we say to God, if it is your will, let it be done?

When I was growing up, the King James Version was the only bible we had and the phrase ‘let your will be done on earth and in Heaven’ was and still is in that version. But we had to make some changes because Christians have become more advanced, and we wanted to lure more people into our religious congregation.

We good Christians started using the phrase; Luke 11:9, ‘Ask and you will get what you ask for.’ So now, with this new phrase, it seems that whatever we pray for, we will receive it. People will be more willing to join our religious congregation if they are going to get whatever they pray for.

It is sad to tell people that, but if we told them the truth, you probably would have an empty church building. These people go to Sunday worship services to learn more about God, but all they get are some out-of-context bible verses. Maybe one day we will wake up and start praying for tomorrow too.

by: Ron S.