Jan 18
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I meditated and focused on Ephesians 6:18 (NLT) this morning while I enjoyed my breakfast.
“Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.”
In Moody’s Today In The Word, it mentions a Barna Survey done in 2017 about prayer, asking residents of every city and town if they prayed to God in the last week. They determined that the most prayerful city in America was Columbus, GA (nearly eveyone prayed!). The least prayerful was Springfield/Holyoke, MA with only half the residents praying in the last week. Yet God’s Word tells us we should be praying constantly in “on every occasion.”
I’d like to ask YOU how often you pray? The question is open ended and I’d love to hear from you today. Click on COMMENTS below to offer your thoughts and answers.
By the way, as I’m typing this post, I’m praying for YOU right now!
Daily~
I don’t keep count, but it has to be fairly often, that I thank the Lord for all the good things that have visited my life; for they have brought me happiness and inspiration. I thank Him too for helping me to overcome the troubles and the sorrows, for they have made me stronger. I thank Him for the beauties that surround me; they are my consolation, and I promise Him I’ll make a point of really seeing them, with eyes wide open. I sometimes ask Him how He came up with His plan for what my life would be; there was such a mix of everything as years went by. And yes, I talk with Him, almost story-like, about that life from my too-human point of view; as if He didn’t know already. Sometimes I try to make Him laugh; and why not? He’s the one who gave such a deep appreciation of the value of the sense of humor He has given me. To me, my prayers to Him are much like walking with a friend, and sometimes that means I will be honest with Him when I feel grief or bitterness or disappointment; for that is what you do when you share your feelings with a friend. I rise early every day of every year to see the birth of each new day that He presents to me… I pray with joy; I pray with tears; I pray with laughter; I pray with love… and I pray that He will one day let me be again with all the loved ones I have lost.