A Few Thoughts on Prayer

A friend emailed me as she was faced with a problem and wanted to know what to do -- her list of prayer requests was getting so long that she was feeling overwhelmed. How can she be praying for every body on her list?

At the same time, Rachel, a great sister in Christ, emailed me a blog post from Beth Moore, exactly on the topic of prayer. Here are some of her thoughts on prayer --

WE’VE GOT TO PRAY.

WE’VE GOT TO BECOME PEOPLE OF PRAYER.

WE’VE GOT TO PRESS IN MUCH FURTHER AND BELIEVE GOD TO BE MUCH BIGGER.

WE’VE GOT TO CEASE LETTING PRAYER BE OUR WEAKEST SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE.

WE’VE GOT TO STEP IT UP AND WIELD THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT IN RELENTLESS INTERCESSION.

WE’VE GOT TO GO FURTHER THAN WE’VE GONE BEFORE IN PRAYER. PRESS HARDER. THINK HIGHER. DIG OUR KNEES IN DEEPER.

WE WILL NOT LIVE BOLDER THAN WE PRAY.

THERE ARE PARTS OF OUR CALLINGS, WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND DEFEATS OF THE DARKNESS THAT WILL COME NO OTHER WAY THAN FURIOUS, FERVENT, FAITH-FILLED, UNCEASING PRAYER.

(You can read her whole article at Living Proof Ministries Blog <blog@lproof.org> dated 2/4/2015.)

I hope my friend will not be overwhelmed by her list. I pray that she will be overwhelmed by the power of God's Holy Spirit and press in further and deeper, believing God to be much much bigger than her list.

Seek Him First!