Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Sacrifice

As I was reading Radical by David Platt the Holy Spirit was tugging on my heart about my prayer life. When we live our life solely relying on God and praying when we are struggling, we are living our lives for ourselves and not for Jesus Christ. What are we sacrificing if we just turn to God in our times of need? NOTHING at all. God sacrificed his only Son on the Cross so our slates would be wiped clean and we turn to him only when we struggle? What a slap in the face that is to our beautiful God. I need to pray without ceasing and pray for people in third world countries who haven't even heard the name Jesus, for my unsaved family and friends that they may come to know Jesus and his provisions in their lives, that their hearts may be softened to the Gospel, that they realize that dedicating their lives to Christ and sacrificing for HIS name is better than anything in this world, for my brothers and sisters in Christ who are being persecuted for the sake of sharing God's truth to others. This list could go on forever, but for the sake of time I won't do that. I need spiritual discipline in the area of prayer because I just don't do it, so I made a prayer journal and have been journaling my prayers to God. Hopefully I have enough discipline to continue to do this because it is bringing me closer to the Lord. (pray for spiritual discipline, check) haha, but really if we struggle with prayer we need to pray for God's help in prayer. Just remember that even when everything in our life is hunky dory, doesn't mean that everyone else's is. SO PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!

"Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always." 1 Corinthians 16:11

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