Musing – How is your prayer life? Really?

Hebraic Musing – How is your prayer life?  Really?

Let’s start with God’s phone number.  Do you know it?   Do you have it as a favorite on “Speed Dial”?  God’s phone number is “Jeremiah 33:3”  Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.  NIV

BTW – “Prayer” is mentioned 106 times and “Pray” 121 times in the NIV so let’s look at five sequential steps to consider when developing an everyday prayer life habit:

1.   Give Thanks –  Ps. 100:4  “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”  _______

2.   Surrender to Him – Did you give your life to him as your LORD? 
        What does that mean to you today?  ________

3.   Forgiveness – Asking Him for forgiveness for things you (a) did, (b) didn’t do and (c) should have done.  And have you forgiven others!  Matt. 6:12-13  “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”   _________

4.   Talk to Him – Conversationally express your needs, recognize His presence and talk to Him as you would a friend.   Ps. 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”     _______

5.   Worship Him – Not only in formal “Prayer” but also in Praise and Song during your daily walk and encounters, remember –  Ps. 29:2  “Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.”    ________

With a strong and ready prayer in our hearts, we are preparing ourselves for “Divine Encounters” – opportunities to minister the Good News to those in need..

Now that you have thought about these five elements of prayer, are you ready to be challenged?  Go back through and evaluate your prayer life in each of the above steps.  Put a number in the blank at the end of each step ranking your frequency according to the following scale: 
     1 – Never; 2 – Once; 3 – Occasionally; 4 – Frequently; 5 – Used Today.

Points to ponder

Are you satisfied with your score(s)?

What do you need to do about it?

“Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks:
     for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”    1 Thess. 5:17-18  KJV.

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                       January 10, 2017

Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
“Biblical Marriage” “Musings - A Victorious Life”  “Musings - The Torah and New Testament”
Weekly “Hebraic Musings”      www.InsightsByYosef.com

Inspired by –Jerry Falwell’s “Building Dynamic Faith” Chapter 7