Iron Sharpens Iron

Chasing 24
Are You Praying More than you mean it...

I want to share a couple quotes from a few pages in this chapter and let the Lord unpack it in our hearts.

“When you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him”
(Matt 6:7-8)

“Too much of our literature regarding prayer is over-focused on how much we pray and too little focused on what happens when we pray. If one danger in regard to prayer is to be prayerless, another is to pray more and remain empty of genuine contact with God.” Chasing Daylight pg. 214-215

“There are some things we just don’t need to pray about. While many things in life remain a mystery, there are some things that God has spoken clearly. Here what we need to do is not pray, but obey.” pg.216

“Our lives are to be a continuous conversation with God, This kind of life of prayer is one where we are sensitive to every prompting and whisper of God. We are not only informing God, but God is informing us.” Pg. 217

“Jesus did not have a value for prayer, for prayer’s sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.” pg.218


QUESTIONS...
When praying for others or to God ourselves are you babbling a little. Do we need a reminder that we are praying out to the God of the Universe?

Are we praying about certain things we should rather simply be obeying, maybe God has already spoken?

Do we really believe the prayers we pray...?


Blessings,
Rob