 PETER AND JOHN WENT?TO TAKE PART IN THE THREE O?CLOCK DAILY PRAYERS ACTS 3:1 |
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| How can I make prayer a daily habit like Peter and John did? Before answering, you need to hear 2 warnings: 1) There is no scientific formula! Jesus warned the disciples not to ??think they will be heard because of their many words? (Matthew 6:7). By all means take notes in church, highlight what you read, set your alarm for 6 in the morning; but before you lengthen your list of techniques think ? do you need more habits, or more effective ones? Too often spiritual discipline turns into a straight jacket filled with rules that squeeze the joy out of life. Most of us can?t live that way very long; and some who do manage to keep it up, develop such a self-righteous attitude that the rest of us wish they?d fail. 2) You won?t get by with no structure at all! You can?t grow without structure anymore than you can get fit or get rich by just sitting back and waiting for whatever happens. You don?t wait to exercise until you feel like doing it. Be honest, how many days do you feel like it? ?Not today; it?s a bit chilly outside; it?s going to rain; it?s too sunny; I feel queasy; my knees ache; the sofa is extra comfy today.? The list is endless. It?s the same with prayer. A good prayer habit gets over the excuses and gets down to the action; but you?ll never develop a rich and rewarding prayer life if you try to wing it without discipline. |
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