I am struggling with habits. Trying to create new habits. Trying to abolish old habits.
I don't pray enough. I don't study enough. I have so much to learn about God's Word and His plan for me. I want to do better, to be better, so that the Lord's light might shine through me. I need to pray more. Praying is the key. I'm sure of it.
My prayers lately have been for Him to remind me to pray.
I don't even know if that's what I'm "supposed" to do - pray for Him to remind me to pray? It's not like God is an alarm clock or anything. I dunno. And then I wonder if I'm even doing it "right".
I'm hoping to find some answers this weekend.
2 comments:
Prayer is ABSOLUTELY key!
Try to carry on a continuous conversation with Him every day. That, on top of designating "prayer time(s)" for each day should get you well on your way.
Pray also, of course, that He will TEACH you how to pray. This is part of the (ALL-ENCOMPASSING!) work of the Word and the Spirit within you. Meantime - evermore, in fact - the Holy Spirit is continually praying for us despite our clumsiness in prayer, making "intercession for us, with groanings too deep for words."
Oh. And Christ the High Priest constantly pleads before the Father on our behalf. I reckon them's some mighty strong, pleasing prayers, y'knowit? ;-D
It's funny, until you wrote "try to carry on a continuous conversation with Him every day", I didn't even realize that I was doing that. Not as well as I should, I know, but I have found myself regularly talking to God throughout the day.
I guess it just felt like it didn't "count" cause it wasn't part of my regular prayer time...or something. Jesus is battling many demons for me, doubt being a big one.
Praise God for the Holy Spirit and for Christ's prayerful intervention!
After I posted this blog, I saw a nice tweet that I'd like to share with ya:
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In prayer, it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart (John Bunyan)."
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