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Episode 112 - Devoted to Prayer
Do you take time to pray?
Blessings everyone. I hope everyone is doing well. I sincerely apologize for a delayed podcast message as we all suffered losses. I recently had lost a very close friend of mine, best friend unexpectedly, and I just need to take a little time away to to go through that. While going through the loss and dealing with it, I spent a lot of time in prayer. And this week's message I thought would be fitting to kind of entitle, “Devoted to Prayer.” From Colossians chapter 4 verse 2, “Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.”
Stop everything you're doing, even for just a few minutes and pray. Put aside your anxieties, put to rest your weighted burdens, and have a conversation with God. Take a moment to pray for your own relationship with God. What has he done in your life that makes you thankful? Where do you need to realign yourself with his spirit? What requests, what needs could you put in his hands? Take a moment to ask God what his plans are for you. Devote yourself to prayer.
Now take a moment to pray for the people in your life. I spent a lot of time doing that over the past week. What has God done in them that makes you thankful? Where do you need to realign their priorities with the Holy Spirit? What requests and what needs do they have that you could entrust to the Lord's hands? Take a moment to ask God what he sees when he looks upon them. Devote yourself to prayer.
All these questions I asked myself and each one of them was slowly answered by God in one way or another. So I encourage you take time to pray. Pray for your loved ones, pray for your family, your friends, your co-workers. Tomorrow is never guaranteed. God has given us each day that he has blessed us with. We are to take advantage of that day doing his will and his work.
So let me finish out with a prayer. God remind me to be constantly talking to you. Don't let me neglect coming to you in prayer. May I become a devoted man of prayer for not only my own sake but also for the sake of the people you have placed in my life. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
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By William RogersDo you take time to pray?
Blessings everyone. I hope everyone is doing well. I sincerely apologize for a delayed podcast message as we all suffered losses. I recently had lost a very close friend of mine, best friend unexpectedly, and I just need to take a little time away to to go through that. While going through the loss and dealing with it, I spent a lot of time in prayer. And this week's message I thought would be fitting to kind of entitle, “Devoted to Prayer.” From Colossians chapter 4 verse 2, “Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.”
Stop everything you're doing, even for just a few minutes and pray. Put aside your anxieties, put to rest your weighted burdens, and have a conversation with God. Take a moment to pray for your own relationship with God. What has he done in your life that makes you thankful? Where do you need to realign yourself with his spirit? What requests, what needs could you put in his hands? Take a moment to ask God what his plans are for you. Devote yourself to prayer.
Now take a moment to pray for the people in your life. I spent a lot of time doing that over the past week. What has God done in them that makes you thankful? Where do you need to realign their priorities with the Holy Spirit? What requests and what needs do they have that you could entrust to the Lord's hands? Take a moment to ask God what he sees when he looks upon them. Devote yourself to prayer.
All these questions I asked myself and each one of them was slowly answered by God in one way or another. So I encourage you take time to pray. Pray for your loved ones, pray for your family, your friends, your co-workers. Tomorrow is never guaranteed. God has given us each day that he has blessed us with. We are to take advantage of that day doing his will and his work.
So let me finish out with a prayer. God remind me to be constantly talking to you. Don't let me neglect coming to you in prayer. May I become a devoted man of prayer for not only my own sake but also for the sake of the people you have placed in my life. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.