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| The importance of prayer |
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7:25 PM, Jan. 9, 2007
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I suspect that most of you looked at the title of my post and thought, "Well, duh!" Yeah me, too. I will be speaking at my home church tomorrow night during our denomination's Week of Prayer emphasis. I am excited and a tad bit nervous. With all the research and reading I have been doing to get prepared, the Lord has really hit me hard with some things.
School has been hit or miss since our move. Things hopefully will settle down soon, but it has caused me some mild anxiety over our lack of routine and such. God know about this move before I did, didn't He? What am I worried about? I have gotten so busy with life, I let time with Him go and I am the one paying the price for it. Since getting back to spending more time with Him and having just open and honest prayer (He knows it all anyway), things are much better.
He also revealed to me that prayer is the daily business of a Christian. And it is not only a right but a privilege. Why don't I take advantage of more time with the Creator of the universe? Heavens, if He could create this universe and world in 6 days, He can surely handle our one-child schoolhouse!
I have been reading Martin Luther's A Simple Way to Pray. He wrote it for his barber and best friend at his request. It is an awesome book to read. Luther was known for praying 4 hours before he began his day. People would ask him how he could afford to spend that long in prayer. His answer? "I can NOT afford to begin my day without it!" Oh that I could have the same attitude. Things go better when I spend that time with the Lord. School goes more smoothly. My strong-willed, occasionally rebellious child is more manageable and I have more patience and wisdom in dealing with him. I worry less if at all and am a better wife and mother. And I release my agenda for our days and follow His agenda and plan for us.
If you can, look into getting a copy of this book. It is a simple read, but a transforming book. You can also check out some more of Martin Luther's writings at the Project Wittenberg site. To order, you can find it at CBD's site, too.
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That's the first I have heard that book. I'm going to check CBD, it sounds great.
Posted by workinprogress on Jan. 20, 2007 at 11:21 PM
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I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
Keep on, sister. God is good and faithful!
Posted by WaitingontheLord on Jan. 25, 2007 at 12:18 AM
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