Change the Way You Talk to God

One of the most important aspects of evangelism is PRAYER! I realize that this is something that I neglected to emphasize in yesterday's installment. So we must pray for God to open our hearts, pray for him to give us the words, pray for him to calm our fears, and most of all, pray for God to show us how to love.

I know that it's easy to get into a rut sometimes, when you feel like your prayers are just words. One thing that I've noticed about my own prayers is that the more that I grow spiritually, the more "formal" that my prayers have become. At times (especially when praying out loud with a group) this can take away from my experience with God, as I get caught up with how my prayer sounds to those around me. That's not what prayer is about, however, it's about talking to God, not people, and as such we should try to keep that in mind all the time. We talk to our closest friends as often as possible, even if we have nothing new to share and that's the sort of relationship we should strive to have with God. One of the nice things about this article is that it reminds us that there's no set "formula" to prayer.......

Anyway, I apologize if I sent this out sometime in the past....I came across this article some months ago and it's quite interesting. It's from the Christianity Today website. I know it's kinda long but hopefully you can at least check it out over break. Enjoy!

-AMR ;-)
1 Thessalonians 5:17