You are Worthy

Intimate Conversation

Do you pray all the time?  Why not?  I like the saying that we should always pray so we do not have to introduce ourselves to God in an emergency.  Would God know who you are? 

According to Pete Briscoe, there are three levels of the prayer (person).  First level is grade school, second is high school and third is college.  Grade school level is one that wants to learn and has desire to know how.  Prayers seem rehearsed, simple or awkward.  High school level is to want God’s will.  The last level is college is a person with continuous contact through prayer.  This person has intimate conversation with God throughout the day and in various situations.  Which level are you on?  If you are not even at the grade school level, pray every day until you get it.  Just like an artist, you have to practice to be good.  As your prayers increase, your intimacy and faith grows.

Prayer is an art.  There is no correct pattern but the elements must be included and are necessary for answered prayer.  Your prayers should include compliments to God (worship and praise), confession (ask forgiveness for weaknesses) and concerns (others, requests, etc.)  In your confession, admit you struggle about prayer and focus on setting aside time each day to pray.  Remember, God answers all your prayers but sometimes not in your time or the way you want especially if you have the wrong motive.  How do you know the difference?  Only through spiritual study and conversations with God…As you get to know Him more intimately, you will begin to understand God’s will.

Deo volente,

Athena

(deo volente in Latin for “God willing”)