Message 10-25 (Donald Shott) from Journey Church on Vimeo
This past Sunday, I made my way to church, sat down to listen and was quickly aware of how much my prayer life needed to change.
The Lord convicted me, and my hubby inspired me!
If you’re like me, sometimes your prayers begin and end with yourself. Your needs, your wants, your desires… even good ones. Even the kind where you are praying for a lost loved one whom you have been praying for for years. And the kind of prayers when you are praying for the healing of a friend, the needs of a neighbor, or the opportunity to reach the world for Christ.
But what I don’t do, is spend nearly enough time PRAISING, THANKING, and WORSHIPPING GOD.
How about you?
How would you describe your prayer life?
For me, it’s easy to read and even study God’s Word because I’m a studier.
But being still…praising Him for who He is, singing to Him, declaring His greatness and just praising Him because He is worthy of ALL praise! Yeah… I really lack in that area of my prayer life.
And I don’t do nearly enough of thanking Him for who He is, for what He has done, or for what He is going to do. Thankfulness is not an attitude of heart that I’ve nurtured in my life, but one I know I need to nurture!
And what about worship?
Yeah… I really lack there too! I hate to admit it, but I need to do a lot more focusing on the greatness of God, the goodness of God, the majesty of God, the holiness of God… and well, to be honest, I don’t do nearly enough of that either.
SOOOOOOO… I’ve decided that rather than just hear a message and walk away unchanged, that I will do something about my prayer life and start making some changes.
And what better time to start than on November 1st.
That’s why I’m declaring NOVEMBER to be the NATIONAL PTW MONTH and putting out a 30 Day PTW Challenge!
A challenge in which we do nothing but focus in on the first part of the model prayer for 30 days. PRAISING HIM, THANKING HIM, and WORSHIPPING HIM.
He knows all of our other needs… but what if we just decided to get still before God and really spend serious time praising, thanking and worshipping Him?
WHAT IF YOU JOINED ME?
WHAT IF YOUR FRIENDS JOINED YOU?
WHAT IF WE REALLY BECAME WOMEN OF PRAISE, WOMEN OF THANKSGIVING, and WOMEN OF WORSHIP?
Wouldn’t that change us? Wouldn’t that change our homes?
So, that’s what I’m doing starting today! It’s simple!
30 Days of
- PRAISE
- THANKSGIVING
- WORSHIP
Not sure what to say to the Lord if you aren’t asking Him for anything? Just pray the Psalms back to Him. Praise Him because He is worthy. Thank Him for the countless blessings He has given you over the years. Worship Him in spirit and truth.
So, I’m going to spend November praising, thanking and worshipping the Lord.
How about you? Are you in?
“7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. 9 In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”
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