Dear Ones,
Hope you have an awesome day. Al is going to Men’s group and I plan to make cookies on a stick and later we have Bible Study. We are excited as Mark’s family is leaving this morning from N.C. to come back to MN for nearly 3 weeks. Please pray for a safe trip for them.
Praying for safe travels.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Prayer is so important on our spiritual journey and we can all become more prayerful as we walk out our daily Christian life. We might first of all think of the many techniques of prayer and wonder if we are doing it right but it is much more than that, for it is all about relationship. It is not about saying the proper words, but rather paying attention to God. It doesn’t matter if prayers are memorized, said aloud or whispered, but rather that we realize to whom we are speaking and what we are really saying to Him. It is all about speaking from our hearts.
My prayer partner and I meet together every other week or so and we always have a subject or a question to write about. This time it just happens that she chose that we are to write a love letter to the Lord and will share together when we meet again. I find it as I write it helps me say what is in my heart and to think more about my words that I express to Him, which is really prayer.
Before Al and I were married, we were separated most of the summer and wrote to each other most every day. The words seem to just flow out as we missed one another and expressed what was in our hearts. (It was handwriting then as we didn’t have cell phones.) If we want to grow closer to the Lord, we also will want to spend time expressing our love for Him and our gratitude for His gifts to us each day. As it says in Lamentations 3:20, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Every day we can draw closer to Him in intimacy and there are new things to thank Him for.
We must remember we are speaking to God and our focus is on Him. Can we picture Him right with us when we wake, beside us when we go to work? He is with us in the midst of activities, so we can just talk with Him as we go about our day. In I Thess. 5:16-18, we are told to “pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Let us make our day more prayerful and at times just pray the name of Jesus.
Challenge for today: Set aside time for prayer early in the day, also lifting your thoughts and prayers to the Lord throughout your day.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy