Daily Devotional
Do you live a praying life?
September 18, 2019
BIBLE MEDITATION:
Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
We are commanded to pray all the time. We’re supposed to pray when adding up prices in the grocery store line. We’re to pray when changing a tire, when singing a song, when teaching a little one how to read.
But how do we pray all the time? Think of a mother who has a child sick with a fever. Finally, the fever breaks and the mother and child settle down for some much-needed sleep. Not a noise from the television, from the street, or from the phone could awaken that mother. But one whimper from her child and she’s awake, right? That’s because even when she is asleep, she is in tune with that child—just as we are to be with God…constantly communing and attuned to His voice.
ACTION POINT:
Prayer to us should be as natural and continual as breathing. Author Jennifer Kennedy Dean asks an important question: “Do you ‘have a prayer life’—or are you living a praying life?” Think about the difference.
FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY
Front Porch Moments by Gayle Foster
WITH KEY INSIGHTS FROM HER FATHER, ADRIAN ROGERS
I try to unplug each morning with Jesus with just my rocking chair, my Bible, and a pen.
Having a secret place is very important because I know that Jesus is always there waiting for me. I know where I can find Him! His presence is everywhere, but there are places where it is so thick you can cut it with a knife. You may not even have a front porch, but there is a secret place for you as well. God’s invitations are for anyone who will respond. There is no more important request than the one found in Psalm 27:8: “My heart has heard You say, ‘Come and talk with Me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’”
