Wanted - Prayer

I want things to happen in life, dreams, goals, needs.  I can work hard, push, make more phone calls, complain, nag and then push some more.
These have been tried, these have succeeded in small measure but I still have things that I want to see happen.
Recently a friend admitted her bareness to the Lord.  No flowery words or repeating promises of scripture, she just laid it all out for God.
Lightening did not fall from the sky at her boldness.  She approached the throne of grace and found grace.  

Grace to fill her weakness and struggle.

Grace to provide for her needs.

And even grace to give her the desires of her heart.

So I need to pray more.  I think we all do, never can we get to a point where prayer will be complete.

Paul had this praying thing down.

Colossians 1:9-13

 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,^{[a] 10} so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, ¹¹ being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, ¹² and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you^[b] to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. ¹³ For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

He does not stop praying

He asks for knowledge of God's will to be given - Wisdom and Understanding

The reward of this in the Colossians life is a walk worthy of God's call.  What does he ask God to give them for this walk?

Strength

Power (only through God's might)

Endurance (GREAT endurance)

Patience

What is our role according to this prayer?  Give Joy filled thanks to God! because he has allowed us to be part of His story!

Now if I prayed all these things into my life would I have more clarity in my dreams?  Would my goals shift from those where I am daily struggling to ones of joy as they are God given?  And what needs would I have if I was confidently walking the path God has laid out for me?

My goal to pray more focused has been met with challenges, late night wake up calls, little bodies pushing and poking me in the night.  This has lead to no early rise quiet times with the Lord.  
But today I lay it all out for Him - all the dreams, goals and needs and then pray Paul's prayer.  To handle the answers that will come.

Lamentations 3:23

Great is Your Faithfulness