We looked at Paul's prayer at the start of the letter to the Philippians on Sunday morning. We noticed that it was full of references to God and Jesus; the focus of this prayer was not Paul's needs, but Jesus. He took time to thank God for the Philippians and to pray for their growth and fruit in the gospel. This type of prayer is so different to a lot of our prayers. We can easily fall into the shopping list kind of prayer, where we just ask God for the things we would like to happen. That makes God someone who simply does what we want; the reality is the other way around. We should ask how we can better serve and honour God with our lives. If we love Jesus and see serving Him as the priority in our lives, that should mean we pray for God's priorities and not ours. Take time out to pray this week. See if you can pray without asking for the urgent things you often pray for - fill it with thanks and prayer for growth in godliness. Pray for other Christians too. This will be more in line with the way prayer is modelled for us in the Bible.