Strategy 1 My prayer life
is active and effective.
In each of these strategies
I put the statement as an affirmative statement of fact. That helps
us focus on what the goal is. It is a true or false statement. Within
our own hearts we know whether the statement is true for us or not.
Is this true: My prayer life is active and effective.
Every Christian man should
have an active and effective prayer life. James 5:16 says: Confess
your
trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be
healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
At
the conclusion on the passage in Ephesians where Paul discusses the
Christian armor, he writes, “praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all
perseverance and supplication for all the saints.” Ephesians 6:18
The
Bible speaks over and over about the importance of prayer and yet
praying is a very difficult thing for us. Our lives are busy and
taking the time to pray does not seem to us to be as important as God
makes it out to be. And yet it is probably the core of our
relationship with Christ along with the reading of His Word.
So
if we are struggling with temptation, let's not look to a lot of
phony remedies and psychological tricks. Let's invest the time it
takes to really get to know God by spending some quality time with
Him in prayer.
You can find the initial article on this topic here: http://rogert.me/15U3CJn
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