Navigating Life Well: Conflict

What do you need in this life? Living in the comfort of modern society, we don’t immediately recognize the difference between needs and niceties. But if we were forced to pare down a list of the things we need to live, it would have a very tangible nature. We do need things like food, clothing, and shelter. But, we need more. When you watch survivalist shows, they are often defeated not by malnutrition, disease, or predators. It is loneliness. God made mankind for relationships. We are designed to converse with one another. So it is good and right for us to consider how we are to converse with our Maker and Preserver. How should we pray? What should we pray for? Can we only pray for needs? Is it wrong to ask for niceties? How should we respond when our prayers seem to go unanswered? Today, we are given guidance. We are to pray to the Lord persistently--guided by his sure promises.