{"id":1491,"date":"2016-06-14T10:52:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.slentz.us\/wordpress\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2021-03-11T20:02:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T01:02:13","slug":"prayer-reminds-us-of-who-is-in-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/devotional\/prayer-reminds-us-of-who-is-in-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Reminds Us of Who is in Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"454\" data-attachment-id=\"1921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/devotional\/prayer-reminds-us-of-who-is-in-charge\/attachment\/praying-at-sunrise-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?fit=2290%2C1016&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2290,1016\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Man praying as the sun rises in the mountains.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Praying at sunrise&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Praying at sunrise\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Man praying as the sun rises in the mountains.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?fit=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?fit=1024%2C454&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?resize=1024%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?resize=1024%2C454&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?resize=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?resize=768%2C341&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?resize=1536%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?resize=2048%2C909&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?resize=392%2C174&amp;ssl=1 392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Prayer-on-Mountain_Sunrise_26034233_m_purchased_cropped.jpg?w=2120&amp;ssl=1 2120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayer reminds us of who is in charge. You don\u2019t take your requests to someone with less authority. You take them to someone who outranks you in the solutions department. The same is true in prayer. You don\u2019t pray just to let God know what\u2019s going on. He\u2019s way ahead of you on that one. You pray to transfer \u201cmy will be done\u201d to \u201cGod\u2019s will be done.\u201d And, since he\u2019s in charge, he knows the best solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayer reminds us of who is in charge. You don\u2019t take your requests to someone with less authority. 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