“We have been so persistently taught that prayer consists in asking God for some human need that we have lost sight of our spiritual identity and have become a race of praying beggars.”
–Charles Fillmore
It’s when we remember that we are made in the image and likeness of God that we begin to pray rightly. Just do it like Jesus did: every prayer he prayed started out thanking God for hearing him and answering the prayer. Then, he stated just what was required at the time. No begging, no pleading, no asking with an air of hopefulness. Just a confident knowing that it was the Father’s good pleasure to give him the kingdom.
Rev. Jeff Radcliff 