I will be posting again to this blog beginning today. Trying to run a youth ministry blog, a youth ministry website and sending out youth ministry emails was just becoming a bit too much. After all, there is only so much information you can send out.
So, I am going to start using this blog again to simply post up any thoughts I have. Hopefully, I will be able to provide blogs that will help whoever reads them in some way with their spiritual walk. I hope that this can serve as an encouragement.
It’s a new year, and already, God is showing me some areas where I need to change … where I need much growth. And the first is in the realms of prayer.
I was listening to John Piper this morning, and he said something (or at least I heard something that came from something he said) that rang a bell with me.
I’m not sure exactly how to put it, but it goes something like this …
Many of us who have grown past the adolescent stages of legalism have simply stopped praying. Basically, I want to pray as much as I did when I prayed for legalistic reasons but I want to pray that much out of a deep love and respect for God, and ultimately, to bring Glory to God.
I’m not sure if that makes sense to any of you, but it has sparked some thought for me to grow on.
Father God,
I pray for your strength as we enter this new year. Open our eyes to what You are doing in us and around us. Give us the strength and courage to join You in what You are doing and to allow You to make the changes in us that You want to make.
In Jesus’ Name!
Amen
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