In your prayer life do you ever feel like you are talking to a wall? I know I do and I'm a Pastor (as if that makes me special). Seriously though prayer can be very frustrating. You pour out your heart, your problems, desires and more often than not you get back....nothing. Its kind a like when you are on a cell phone call and the other person drops but you don't know and you continue to talk for five minutes to yourself. Sometimes if Im honest I feel like that is my prayer life.
Until something happens like this morning. I was praying during my morning routine, really not expecting a life changing encounter just kinda going through the motions, and BAM! POW! WACK! God showed up. After about 10 seconds of prayer God answered my questions and put words on my lips. I get so used to offereing prayer after prayer and feeling like it is my duty that I get jaded to the fact that God is alive and active and wants to talk to us. I was caught so off guard by the experience that I am embarrassed to admit it. But its the truth! I had to stop myself and actually think in my hazy morning stupor, that's God answering my prayer huh, wait WOW! That's God answering my prayer!!!!
I write this not to brag about my God encounter but to encourage you! God will talk back. Are you ready to hear from Him? Are you so used to going through the motions that you don't recognize His voice anymore?
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
God Talks Back
In your prayer life do you ever feel like you are talking to a wall? I know I do and I'm a Pastor (as if that makes me special). Seriously though prayer can be very frustrating. You pour out your heart, your problems, desires and more often than not you get back....nothing. Its kind a like when you are on a cell phone call and the other person drops but you don't know and you continue to talk for five minutes to yourself. Sometimes if Im honest I feel like that is my prayer life.
Until something happens like this morning. I was praying during my morning routine, really not expecting a life changing encounter just kinda going through the motions, and BAM! POW! WACK! God showed up. After about 10 seconds of prayer God answered my questions and put words on my lips. I get so used to offereing prayer after prayer and feeling like it is my duty that I get jaded to the fact that God is alive and active and wants to talk to us. I was caught so off guard by the experience that I am embarrassed to admit it. But its the truth! I had to stop myself and actually think in my hazy morning stupor, that's God answering my prayer huh, wait WOW! That's God answering my prayer!!!!
I write this not to brag about my God encounter but to encourage you! God will talk back. Are you ready to hear from Him? Are you so used to going through the motions that you don't recognize His voice anymore?
Until something happens like this morning. I was praying during my morning routine, really not expecting a life changing encounter just kinda going through the motions, and BAM! POW! WACK! God showed up. After about 10 seconds of prayer God answered my questions and put words on my lips. I get so used to offereing prayer after prayer and feeling like it is my duty that I get jaded to the fact that God is alive and active and wants to talk to us. I was caught so off guard by the experience that I am embarrassed to admit it. But its the truth! I had to stop myself and actually think in my hazy morning stupor, that's God answering my prayer huh, wait WOW! That's God answering my prayer!!!!
I write this not to brag about my God encounter but to encourage you! God will talk back. Are you ready to hear from Him? Are you so used to going through the motions that you don't recognize His voice anymore?
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