Ep 107 (S6E14) Conformed to Christ Part 5 - Missional Prayer: I Want to See

References: Learning to want what God wants can happen through the primary and urgent matter of communicating with God.1 Timothy 2:1-4 through Supplications, Prayers, Intercessions, Thanksgivings… so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.This is good and pleases God our SaviorEph 5:8-10 “Once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! 9 For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true. 10 Carefully determine what pleases the Lord.”The undeniable connection is that our commitment to offer supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings for all people pleases the Lord.Doing this demonstrates to ourselves and others the “light from the Lord” in us.John 9:4-9φῶς (phōs) - lightGod is light because light has the extremely delicate, subtle, pure, brilliant qualityof truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity associated with itthat which is exposed to the view of all, openly, publiclyreason, mindthe power of understanding esp. moral and spiritual truthThis definition of “light” connects to the opening of the blind man’s eyes.Jesus spit in the dirt and made mud to spread on the man’s eyesWhen he washed, his eyes were opened. This was not just a physical opening, but opened the man to a new moral and spiritual understanding.πτύω (ptoo'-o) - spitThe irony - when his eyes were opened, suddenly other’s eyes were clouded“Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!”The Pharisees and religious leaders are pronounced “blind” by Jesus (see John 9:39-41).Jesus’ may open and bring light to our eyes by where and how we are looking in s.p.i.t. prayer (is the acronym a coincidence? I think so. haha).Consider the four types with an exampleSupplications - look around and ask for what you see as needs and wants.Prayers - look up into the face of God, still your heart and soul and listen.Intercessions - look in and see the heart transformation God works that we may intercede according to His heart.Thanksgivings - look ahead to what He has already done in the future.