Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Recognizing the NEED to Pray

In addition to asking others to pray and fast during the first 21 days of 2012 I have chosen to respond to this call from God in a personal manner. I am truly convicted that God desires to remove the lack of prayer from His family. We are called to a developing relationship with God and prayer is one of the spiritual growth factors that is available to each of us. There are times that we bemoan the fact that we consider the church weak and powerless yet at the same time we choose to ignore those growth factors that God has placed before us. We live in a world of vitamins, power drinks, exercise machines, and personal health trainers. Our bodies may be growing stronger yet our spirits may be growing weaker. I am certainly not against the improvement of our physical health but I am concerned about the deterioration of our spiritual health. Will we make the effort to spend time with our Heavenly Father through a time of prayer and meditation? Strength, hope, courage, and the renewal of our faith can be found in the presence of God. Have you ever wondered why the enemy works so diligently to keep each of us out of the presence of God?

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