Ninja Must Pray

When I'm conscious of how I pray, I ask for better things and get stronger answers. Example: Imagine a six year old boy on Halloween night looking for his ninja sword. He can't find it in his toy box, under the table, or in the closet. His Mom hasn't seen it. His sister doesn't have it. What can he do?

Well, I'll tell you what I did when I was a six year old sword-less ninja just minutes before trick-or-treat time. I prayed. I asked Heavenly Father if he would please help me. I wanted to find my toy sword so I would be a real ninja on Halloween. Then, I got up from my knees and went back to looking. After another ten minutes or so (longest ten minutes of my life) I found that sword lying in the grass in the front yard.

Since this happened, God has answered many, many more prayers, some much more serious than that early prayer.

I said that to say this: Heavenly Father wants to give us blessings, but He waits to give us some of those blessings until we ask for them.

Don't forget to pray. He is waiting to hear from you! The richest blessings come by asking. Be sure to ask for the right thing; if I had asked God to bring my sword to me, instead of asking Him to guide me to it, maybe I wouldn't have found it. We need to ask for the right things.

God lives, and He hears and answers our prayers. My prayers go out to everyone that reads this. May you find the things that matter most, I pray, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.