| Daily Thought — January
14, 2008 |
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| LIVING THE
SOLUTION WITH DAILY INSPIRATION |
The first
thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you
know how, for everyone you know. (1 Timothy 2:1 — The Message)
Well, at least we can pray. How many
times have you heard or said that? We spend a lot of
time trying everything in our own power, using our resources,
our time, our money and our energy trying to solve things
that are best dealt with through prayer. We all have
done this, but Paul is making it abundantly clear that
prayer should always be our first option, not the last.
And it is not the only thing we should do. Paul is not
saying that we should not do what we can, using our God
given gifts and talents. We should, but the use of those
gifts and talents needs to be preceded by prayer. I have
prayed for members of my family and have seen God move
in mighty and miraculous ways. I have prayed against
the weather on a number of occasions and have seen storms
move around us, or hold off until our event was complete.
I have seen a hole in the storm form, surround me and
move with me as I drove down the highway.
The problem I think we have with prayer is we think we
are not doing anything. The truth is when we pray we
are doing the greatest thing we possibly can. There is
not any situation you encounter that you will not handle
better if you first cover it with prayer.
Paul is right; we need to pray every way we know how.
Pray by giving thanks, ask forgiveness, and make your
requests known, with fasting, with friends, in song,
and so on.
And remember that prayer is simply talking to God the
way you would talk to anyone else that you love and care
about. That is why we can pray constantly and throughout
the day. Pray when you wake up. Do you say, “good
morning God what do you have for me today?” Or
do you say, “good God it’s morning!” Pray
when you eat, when you are driving, when you face a challenge
at work, and of course, in those times and for those
things that need God’s divine touch,. Anytime is
a good time to pray.
So pray; pray every way you know how and for everyone
you know.
Live intentionally, purposely, free and with passion,
Pete Reinbold
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