The Audacity to Ask: Navigating the Tension of Petitionary Prayer

If we are honest, most of us have a complicated relationship with the "ask."

When we kneel to pray, we often find ourselves caught between two conflicting impulses. On one shoulder sits the theology of sovereignty, whispering that God already knows what we need, so why bother Him? On the other shoulder sits the theology of promise, reminding us that we h…