November 18, 2018

November 18, 2018

Judy Hollaway

August 12

Running with Jesus

Acts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

     Today we will examine the last part of this verse remaining steadfast in prayers.   We have heard prayer is like our breathing in the physical life, we inhale and exhale.  Spiritual praying is talking to God, exhaling, and listening to God is inhaling. Just like in the physical life, the moment we cease to pray we die. Prayer is our communicating with God and we do not want this to happen, trust me.

     We are to learn to live in the presence of God and we are to be in constant communication with Him.  All day long I talk to Him about everything.  I ask Him questions during the day I may not know how to do something so I ask for wisdom and guidance throughout the day. I worship Him and tell Him how awesome He is. It is important to keep in constant communication throughout the day.  I may be involved in much activity and work but in my heart it is me and Jesus running together.  He will let me know immediately when I say or do something wrong and I confess it as sin right then.  Prayer keeps my thoughts upon Him.

     It is during prayer we are able to seek His mind and will for our lives. This will help the body to stay in fellowship and promotes harmony.  We are able to function the way Christ did, living and doing His Father’s will not ours. Prayer is the key to living the abundant life Christ taught about.

     There is a little acrostic I was taught to help me know how to pray called the ACTS of prayer.  A is for adoration, we praise God. C is for confession, we examine our hearts for any sin of commission or omission.  T is for thanksgiving, thanking Him for hearing and answering prayers and all the blessings we have in this life. (This will help keep a positive attitude to begin your day.) Last is S it is for supplication, making your request know to God.  Starting with this little outline will prepare you to be in the attitude and in His presence all day long. This is pure spiritual oxygen and friend it will change your life.

Father, help us be steadfast in our praying. Let that one out there today searching for what to do about where they are in life run to pray and find out this is where life begins to be abundant.