Can I Ask God for Things?

Today’s Reflection

The only condition . . . in petitionary prayer is that we stay on in prayer until the little things give way to the big things. We must stay on until we wrestle these trifling matters out.

—Douglas V. Steere, Dimensions of Prayer: Cultivating a Relationship with God (Upper Room Books, 2002)

Today’s Question

Have you ever wrestled with God in prayer? What did it feel like? What was the outcome?

Today’s Scripture

Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”—Genesis 32:26 NRSVUE

Prayer for the Week

Prayer: God, I belong to you. Change me into what you will; send me to where you will; put me to doing what you will, so I can stay in your presence forever. Amen.