And why we pray?

Isn't it,

So we can strengthen

Our faith first,

So we can overcome

The things that seem

So hard to overcome?

Or isn't it,

So we can deepen

Our love for God the Father

First?

So our love for Him

Will far exceed,

Our love for all

Our cherished sins?

Spiritually speaking,

In the way that Naaman

Sought to conquer leprosy,

He thought

The same thing too,

Which is why

He was so focused

On himself,

And on what he thought

The Lord would surely do.

But did our Lord and Savior,

Ever focus on Himself?Mark 10:35-45Romans 15:1-7

Or did He ever say,

That we really need to be,

More focused

On ourselves?Matthew 23:11-12John 13:2-17

No,

He didn't.

Instead,

He always said

Our greatest need,

Is to always focus

On the needs

Of someone else.Matthew 25:34-46

This,

Is why He used

A self-centered man,

With deep seated leprosy,

To help us see

The absolute necessity,

Of overcoming

Deep seated sins,

And sinful tendency,

But not,

By being focused

On ourselves.Jeremiah 7:3-7Isaiah 1:16-18

Because the river