Louie Giglio of 722 spoke at a conference recently about prayer and said that we have these Christian cliches that we need to really examine. He shared four remixed versions of typical cliché prayers many Christians regularly pray. This is what he proposes in our prayers:
Instead of “Forgive me,” pray “Thank you for forgiving me.”
Instead of “Bless me,” pray “Let us bless you.”
Instead of “Lord, be with us,” pray “Lord, live through me.”
Instead of “Protect us,” pray, “use me.”
I really resonate with this … it’s so subtle and yet such a radically different way to approach God. Wow.
yes, so true…