Spiritual Practices: Prayer

Prayer! It’s more than speaking to God. Prayer is a profound opportunity to interact with our Creator, to humble ourselves before the King of Kings and seek His will.

So many things get in the way of prayer, but in the end it comes back to a choice. Do you want a prayer life that imitates Christ or a prayer life that imitates the world?

The world prays - Let my will be done. Give me what I want. Listen to me. Fix my temporary struggles now and look at what I am doing so that you see I deserve your favor.

Christ prays - Let not my will but yours be done.

Eight simple words that have life altering effects on our prayers. If we can just realize that praying isn’t about us at all. Prayer is about the One whose throne we are approaching. Our prayer life is a statement of our faith. What does your faith look like? 

Let us not water down what prayer is. It isn’t a vague term that simply means a human talking to a higher power. Prayer is an acceptance that we can do nothing without Christ. An expression of our faith in God’s power and a desire to know Christ more. (John Piper)

All who are reading this, let’s take a prayer challenge. Using the four Ps - presence, posture, purpose and priority let us begin a new way of praying. Let expect to receive from God. Let our hearts be opened with God's will at the center of our desire. 

Let us be challenged to pray at least once a day with the intentionality of the four Ps for the next week (or longer) and see God using our prayers for His glory.
Blessings to you all,
Pastor Kyle
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Let's each take our TURNS praying for the Kenya team:
T- Travels-
U- Use- That God would use the team members for His kingdom
R- Return- That God returns them safely home at the end of August
N- New- That God would do something new in Kenya, the team member's lives, and in NewLife
S- Steven's Sutures- That God protects his surgical sight from infection and the sutures are removed easily next week.

The Kenya team includes NewLifers:
Titus, Kyle, Clayton, Jason, Charlie, and Steven

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