Not My Will, But Yours Be Done

What if the deepest purpose of prayer isn't getting God to change your circumstances—but allowing Him to change you?

We pray for answers. For healing. For provision. For direction. For doors to open and problems to disappear.

But beneath every request lies a deeper question:

Do I want God's will—or do I simply want God to bless mine?

In Not My Will, But Yours, Gideon Crane invites readers beyond mechanical prayers, religious performance and the exhausting effort to persuade God into a deeper kind of communion with the Father.

Drawing from Scripture and the prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane—"Not my will, but Yours be done"—this book explores what happens when prayer becomes less about controlling outcomes and more about surrendering the heart.

You'll discover how to move from religious routine into genuine fellowship with God, cultivate a meaningful private prayer life, surrender desires without pretending they don't exist, remain faithful when answers are delayed, intercede for others without trying to control them, abide in God's presence, and pray with confidence while still yielding the outcome to His wisdom.

Through Scripture-centered reflections, practical exercises, personal questions and prayers, you'll be challenged to examine not only what you ask God for—but who you are becoming while you ask.

Because surrender isn't giving up on prayer.

It is learning to trust the Father enough to release the answer.

Prayer changes when the goal is no longer getting your way, but knowing God more deeply.

Not my will. Not my timing. Not my control.

Yours.