Thad’s Take

I just listened to an awesome teaching on prayer this morning by Craig Groeschel. One of the best explanations of how and why we should pray I’ve heard maybe ever! If you have a spare half an hour go here and watch this message. The stand out Principal I got was this:

When you have a issue in life you can PUSH thru it.

Pray

Untill

Something

Happens

The bible says we should pray all the time, always in constant communication with God. The part I struggle with is waiting for the answer. I can do the Pray part, it’s the until something happens part that gets me. For me I found that a ton of short prayers all day long works better than long prayers. There are people who are into hour long prayer sessions and even longer, I think that’s awesome. However, my ADD kicks in somewhere during minuet 3 and by 5 minuets in I’m spent. When I pray through my issues keeping them for-front in my communication with God all day long the PUSH Principal is at work. Then, I find that I don’t feel like I’m not being heard by God as he is top of mind all day and not just during a prayer session. Answers come in the right timing and I see how God works in my daily life.

Prayer is such a big subject, and there are so many kinds of prayer I don’t think there is just one right way to pray. But no matter how you choose to pray commit to it. It’s valueable. It will make a difference in your life.

p.thad