What image comes to mind when you hear the phrase “audacious prayer?”
Audacious means 1) extremely bold or daring, recklessly brave, fearless; 2) extremely original, without restriction to prior ideas, highly inventive; 3) recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen; 4) lively, unrestrained, uninhibited. (Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). 2007)
You may find it audacious to believe that there is a God who cares about you. If God exists, some of us have the sneaky suspicion that his agenda is to make our life miserable. Have you ever prayed for God to make life a lot safer and domesticated than what audacious sounds like?
The act of honest prayer is inherently audacious in that it goes against what we think the odds are in some situation – otherwise we don’t think about needing to pray. It goes against what we call reality or scientific laws. Our own deep doubts can make praying seem audacious. “I believe. Help my unbelief.”
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