We can’t reach our highest potential just in our own ability. It’s going to take God’s hand of favor, opening the right doors, connecting us to the right people, turning around what was meant for our harm. And if that’s going to happen, we have to understand this principle of praying bold prayers.
Too many times, we pray get by prayers. “God, help me to get by this year. God, help me to endure this sickness. God, keep my child out of trouble”. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s going to limit what God can do. God is moved by our faith. If you ask small, you’re going to receive small. The scripture says, “According to your faith, it will be done unto you”.
A normal prayer is, “God, help me to pay my bills”. A bold prayer is, “God, help me to not only pay my bills, but to have plenty left over so I can be a blessing to someone else”. A normal prayer is, “God, keep my child out of trouble”. A bold prayer is, “God, let my child become a leader. Let him fulfill his destiny”. A normal prayer is, “God, help me to endure this sickness”. A bold prayer is, “Father, I want to thank you that I’m coming through this sickness better off than I was before”.
If you’re going to see the surpassing greatness of God’s favor like the scripture talks about, you got to go beyond praying little prayers and ask God to do something big in your life. If you can accomplish your dreams on your own, then your dreams are too small. If you don’t have to stretch your faith, you don’t really need God’s help.
There should be something you’re praying about, something you’re believing for that goes beyond your natural ability. You can’t make it happen on your own, you don’t have the connections, the resources, the talent. For it to come to pass, it’s going to take the most high God breathing in your direction, making a way where it looks like there is no way. That’s the kind of prayers we should be praying, bold prayers.
God is supernatural. He created the solar system, he spoke the universe into existence. He can stop what he wants to stop, and still cause it to work. Are you praying any bold prayers? Maybe not for the sun to stop, but how about for your child to do something awesome? Or for you to set a new standard for your family, for you to accomplish that dream that seems far out? God put the thought in you. Perhaps, he’s just waiting for you to ask.