The Weblog of Dennis Dawson
Pray without Pause - 2010-02-18
Prayer is a relationship: not just any relationship, but our relationship with the Father. Like any relationship, our relationship with the Father will not grow if we do not continually communicate. We need to pray without pause. Consider the following:
• Give thanks: Of course it’s important to share our needs—all of them—with our Heavenly Father. But if you focus first on saying thanks, it will change your life. Having a crummy week? Even better! I have heard (and experienced it) that voicing gratitude is often known to bring people out of a funk.
• Team up: Sometimes it is easy to lose focus when you are praying alone. Join a few trusted friends, even for 20 minutes each week. It is extremely rewarding to collectively share your praises, hopes, and concerns with God.
• Set a time and a place: Find a special place where it is just you and God, and make it a regular thing. If you are forgetful, put it on your daily calendar or PDA. Have a friend keep you accountable.
• Use resources: Are you too busy to pray? Think again. If you need some extra motivation for making prayer a consistent part of your life, check out Greg Frizzell’s How to Develop a Powerful Prayer Life or Bill Hybel’s Too Busy Not to Pray. These or other prayer resources can light the fire in your prayer life.
• Practice prayer walking: this is a simple, yet impacting way to claim your community, your school, or wherever you are for Christ.
Want to see a difference in your life, your church, your Metro-East Baptist Association? Pray without pause.(by the way, at least twenty-eight MEBA churches will be prayer walking their communities in March…join them in prayer—see the difference!)