I read this over at Life2gether and thought it was a pretty simple approach to measuring our prayer life. I really like the idea of maintaining focus on what we've been praying for and how much of our aim in prayer has been tuned to the will of God. It helps to look back and remember what we prayed for two-three months ago. Good little post here.
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Recently I was talking to my twin brother on skype and he brought up a good question to diagnose your prayer life:
What are 3 answers to prayer you’ve had this past year?
This is a great question because it makes us think about what we’ve been asking God to do and whether or not we’ve remembered what He has done. No doubt, prayer is more than just getting an “answer” from God, but sometimes we need to remember to ask him things like a little child believing that he will answer. How does a child ask? Here’s what Paul Miller says in his book, A Praying Life:
•What do they ask for? Everything and anything.
•How often do children ask? Repeatedly.
•How do children ask? Without guile. They just say what’s on their minds.
May we pray like a child this year believing that God can do more than we could ask or think!
(HT: Life2gether)
good post...
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