Philippians 4:6 English Standard Version (ESV) do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Ephesians 6:18 English Standard Version (ESV) praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

Let your requests be known.

Recently there have been many media requests that have gone out for just sixty-three cents a day, nineteen dollars a month. I don’t have to announce which ones they are or do any campaigning for them. If you watch television with any regularity you already know.

Why $19 a month?

They have all settled on $19 a month because it is less than many of the indulgences we treat ourselves to without much consideration for anyone but ourselves. It is less than two packs of cigarettes, less than the average dining experience, and far less than a tank of gas. They have used that sixty-three cents per day expression to guilt you into supporting their campaign. 

“Lord I need …….!”

Fill in the blanks out of your own prayers for yourself and for others. 

Are the things you requested a need or a want?

This is not a guilt trip. We often express our wants as needs. They are not but we do.

Now here is a guilt trip. We should pray this way.

“Lord, I want your will to be done in these matters.”

When we pray God’s will, we stand a much better chance in being involved than asking for our will to be done.

If we pray to God to see His will, we just might discover we are the answer to someone else’s need.