Tuesday has arrived once again. Today’s topic, I suspect, relates to most of us. Can you relate?
Ready, set, ramble.
Struggling to pray
- I’m not afraid to admit that satisfaction in my prayer life is lacking.
- I could pray for several hours a day and still probably say the same thing.
- So, the “feeling” of struggling has little to do with time.
- Instead, let me focus on approach.
- Do you ever wonder how God hears prayers when the universe’s size and sheer volume of people seem to overwhelm the possibility?
- I seem so small compared to God’s enormous stature!
- Adequate time proves another daunting challenge.
- So many demands press into the available time in the average day.
- If I had more time, would God answer more prayers?
- The answer to this lies in my heart and yours. Scripturally, we know the Spirit groans when we can’t put our requests into words.
- Go to God, tell Him your heart. Praise Him, plead with Him, you have not because you ask not.
- If we know even a bit about prayer, we know this!
- But even evaluating the heart presents challenges.
- I’m not writing this to whine. I desire a more fruitful and deeper prayer life. So, I’ll continue to seek God based on what Scripture says. And I’ll do what anyone seeking to grow MUST do: I’ll even ask Him to help me pray more and more effectively, relying on His grace!