A Battle

#3 - There is always someone or something that will try to keep me from praying. I have discovered that my flesh, this world and Satanic forces are working to keep me from praying. The activity of prayer has to be one of the greatest battlefields in the mind of the believer.

Prayer is essential to God's work that's why I think it is opposed so greatly.

Regrets

One of the things I have learned about prayer is that I have never regretted the time I have spent praying, but I do regret the times I have not prayed. When I look back over my life I know that I should have prayed more.

I never have prayed and thought well that was a big waste of time. It is just good and right to pray.

May we all pray more...

30 in 30

I have been sharing the 30 things I have learned about pray in 30 years with GracePointe at Wednesday night Bible Study. So, I will share them with all (or both) of my blog followers.

Lesson #1 - Study the prayers of the Bible to learn how to pray.

The best way to learn to pray is to look at how people prayed in the Bible. I have gained a great education in prayer by studying how Nehemiah, Moses, Daniel and Jesus prayed.

Confession of Prayer

3 Things I Confess I Need to Do More

1. Pray more.
2. Pray more for others.
3. Pray more with others.
   

Confession needs to lead to action.

Angry?

This past Sunday I spoke from Proverbs 29:11 which says, "The fool gives fool vent to his anger, but the wise man keeps himself under control." Solomon observes that both the wise man and the fool get angry. But the way the handle their anger is different. The impulsive fool is controlled by his anger. The wise guy controls his anger.

Passion is good. But passion out of control is dangerous. Moses was passionate for justice, but his strength became his weakness. It is recorded in three episodes of his life where his anger got the best of him. He killed an Egyptian taskmaster. He broke the Ten Commandments. He struck the rock twice when he was only to speak to the rock to bring out water for the people. His anger cost him years of service, respect and the opportunity to enter Canaan.

The wise man considers the cost before his temper is lost.

Great Advice

A mentor of mine once told me, "Work on your heart everything else is cosmetic." I found this to be wonderful advice for living.

Follow and Following

I started "tweeting" on twitter last week. It's weird in that you are trying to get people to follow you. You also start following other people. We actually follow and are followed at the same time. That's kinda strange.

Jesus would have called us to follow Him. But He would not be following us.