Sunday 5 January 2014

12 Blogs of Christmas Day 12: Being Better At... Prayer


Well done if you've stuck with me for the last 11 days. This is day 12 - the last day of Christmas (also my birthday!).

Our 2014 church motto texts are both to do with prayer:


Let’s be honest: prayer is hard work.

And let’s also be honest: we don’t always welcome challenges to pray more because it reminds us how little we do and makes us feel guilty!

We know the Bible commands us pray - ‘Pray without ceasing’ (1 Thess. 5:17) – but DUTY isn’t a very good motivator.

DELIGHT would be a much better reason to pray!

So why pray more this year?

In THIS SHORT POST, Jason Helopoulos gives 9 heart-warming reasons why we should pray more in 2014. What I love is his emphasis on delighting in prayer.

Why not have a read... and then plan to pray 5 minutes more each day than you do now.