Prodigal:  Shh!  Shh!  My friend is praying we should walk over here to talk.

 

Me:  I do not want to disturb praying!

 

Prodigal:  My friend was talking about just the enjoyment they receive from their prayer life.

 

Me:  I was just reading about prayer, would you like me to share?

 

Prodigal:  I am listening!

 

Bill Hybels share’s about his own journey with prayer.

 

I remember that the most fulfilling byproduct of a life of prayer is not the satisfaction of checking off a daily to-do–perfect attendance in your prayer closet doesn’t always equal deep fulfillment.  The most fulfilling byproduct is also not receiving miraculous answers to the actual prayers prayed, although those are wonderful when they occur.  What I have discovered along the path of prayer-life cultivation is that the greatest thrill to a life of prayer is the qualitative difference made in one’s relationship with God.

Don’t start praying to sound good.

Don’t start praying to be good.

Don’t start praying to make someone else good.

Pray so that your view of God becomes good.

 

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

 

 

Jennifer Van Allen

 

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