English author and poet, Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) wrote a delightful tale titled Five Children and It. The story begins when a family of children discovers an ancient sand-fairy who agrees to grant them one wish each day. However, not foreseeing that bad as well as good can happen when we get our way, the children experience more trouble than happiness with each wish.
Some think prayer is telling our wishes to God, hoping to get our way when he grants them. However, it is much more. To teach his disciples and all of us how to pray, Jesus gave us a model prayer, "The Lord's Prayer" (Matthew 8:9-13), which is more about growing a trusting relationship with our heavenly Father than getting what we want from him. As we grow in faith, our prayers become less a wish list and more an intimate conversation with God.
YOU can unfold your understanding of "The Lord's Prayer" every day in 2010 with the help of the Hour of Power 40th Anniversary Lord's Prayer Wall Calendar for Possibility Thinkers.
Through the calendar pages, you will grow your personal prayer life daily as "The Lord's Prayer" guides you to... ... God, ... give God to be the Lord of your life,... God to meet your needs, ...ask God's , and ...feel the embrace of his . This calendar may also serve as your 2010 appointment calendar. Each day's square is large enough for you to...jot down appointments...add birthday and anniversary reminders...or note other dates you need to remember.
Included with the calendar is a sheet of stickers that you may apply to your calendar whenever you want to PRAISE God, give him PERMISSION to act, PETITION him, experience his PARDON, or feel his PROTECTION. By the end of 2010, you'll look back through this unique calendar and be reminded in so many ways of how, throughout the year, you have powerfully and profoundly interacted with the living God!
This special 40th anniversary edition calendar is also our way of celebrating the miraculous way God has moved in the hearts of people all across America and around the world to keep his word alive and on the air through the Hour of Power. And that forty-year history of positive ministry can be extended another forty years and beyond only with YOUR help. There is no other way. YOUR financial gifts are what make the Hour of Power possible.
Thank you for being part of God's positive answer to our prayers today as you send your gift with your request for your own 2010 Lord's Prayer Calendar!
