If we are to obey the scriptural injunction to pray
continually, we need to develop habits of prayer. I do not mean that our
prayers should be merely habitual. They also need to be passionate and
intentional. But we need to develop the habit of praying wherever we are. I
just walked from a relative’s home where I am visiting to her public library. I
had walked a quarter of the way before the Holy Spirit got my attention to
remind me to pray for the houses I was passing. I would like to have begun in the
first few steps of my walk.
I do not know all the ways of developing this
habit, but I know that the discipline of doing this when I had not been
thinking about it will help me do it naturally. My prayer helped me begin watching
for specific prayer needs. Watching is a crucial part of the habit of prayer.
There have been times in my past that I have developed the habit of walking
around in a spiritual daze. I want to be used to watching for hurts and needs that
God will show me. I need to be alert to see what God is already doing in the
situations He has placed me in so I can pray and work in His will. I
want to form the same habits when I am in the bank or grocery store. I want to
be in prayer as I am stuck in traffic, riding a bus or wherever I find myself
on any given day.
This week I want to make an unusual request to all who are reading this
blog. I want you to pray with me for my next few blog entries. I have a great
burden to call believers across America and around the world into extraordinary
prayer. During the Great Awakening Jonathan Edwards wrote a little booklet that
you can still find on the web. It has a long title for such a small book. And
the title itself expresses what I long for in my next few weeks’ blog posts.
"A Humble Attempt
to Promote the Agreement and Union of God’s People Throughout the World in
Extraordinary Prayer For a Revival Of Religion And The Advancement Of God’s
Kingdom On Earth, According To Scriptural Promises And Prophecies Of The Last
Time."
I am asking you to pray with me not only for Spiritual
Awakening, but for God to use these next few
blogs far beyond my ability to write to far more people than I would ordinarily
reach.
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