An Active Prayer Life
Day 154
How can you know what God is saying to you if you only take
time to listen every once in a while? Or if your prayers are mechanical and
rushed? Or if the motivations behind your prayers are entirely self-serving?
Pray and listen. Daily, hourly. Pray and listen for His
voice every morning when you wake up, throughout the day as you fulfill your
daily tasks, and when you turn off the light at night.
First Thessalonians 5:17 instructs you to “pray
continually.” What does that mean to you? The task may seem frustratingly
impossible, but, praise God, it doesn’t have to be so.
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do
not know what we out to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with
groans that words cannot express” (Romans 8:26).
God’s Spirit lives within those who know Jesus as Lord and
Savior. He knows your struggles, and He also knows the sincere desires of your
heart. Praying continually in the Spirit is as easy as breathing. When you
breathe in, whisper a prayer – a praise, a thank-you, an endearment, a cry, a
question, or a fear.
Take a deep, relaxing breath right now and pray:
Holy Spirit, fill me;
move through me; intercede with the Father for me; open my ears and quiet my
heart to hear You today. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
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