I can read my bible for 30 minutes but can’t pray for 5. I spend 40 minutes writing these post but can’t pray for 5 minutes. I spend 20 minutes journaling but can’t pray for 5 minutes...are you catching what I am throwing at you?
I am not very good at taking prayer seriously. I don’t know why that is. I have a crazy amount of faith but that shouldn’t be an excuse not to pray. I’ve prayed and have had God answer my prayers and I’m not still good at making it a top priority.
I come across stories all the time in the Bible where Jesus prayed and I always am so encouraged when I read them.
One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles. (Luke 6:12-13)
The gospel writers note that before every important event in Jesus’ life, he would take time to go off by himself and pray. The time Jesus was preparing to choose his inner circle, the 12 disciples.
All of our decisions should be grounded in prayer.
It takes time to pray and I know first hand I need to be willing to take a significant amount of time to pray...I pray 2-3 times/day but none of those prayers are long at all. Prayer is the one way we are able to directly communicate to God. I don’t know about you but I want to talk to God as much as I can.
The times in my life where I have taken prayer more seriously is when I have felt the closest to God. My encouragement for you to ground your decisions and your lives in prayers.
Watch God work and watch your relationship with him skyrocket when you make prayer a top priority.
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