This is the third in a series of posts on “Spiritual Spots” the series starts here.  The last post was on Reading God’s Word.  Today’s post will cover prayer and prayer journaling.

Prayer is our way of communicating with God.  If you’re a Christian and have a “relationship” with God it is essential in order to grow that relationship to pray.  Prayer is our life line to God.  As my children learned in Vacation Bible School this summer you can pray anytime, anywhere and about anything.  Prayer is a privilege and something that we should WANT to do.

In our busy lives it is important that we set aside time daily to pray or talk to God.  Prayer doesn’t have to be complicated.  I know as a teenager that I spent the first few moments before school while still sitting in my vehicle to pray.  Usually, I would turn up my favorite praise and worship CD and spend that time in prayer and praise to God.  Prayer after all should involve not just listing our requests to God but also spending time praising him.

Using a prayer journal can also be a great way to spend time in prayer and will help you to “focus” that time that you have no matter how small.  You can list your prayer concerns, the ways that you can praise God and even intercede for others.  Writing in a prayer journal can help you to also look back in the future and see how God has answered your prayers.

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This will be a new series of blog posts on Spiritual Disciplines. These are habits and / or activities that we can incorporate into our lives and encourage our daughters to embrace and incorporate into their lives to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ.

This series will cover the following:

Spiritual Growth

Mentoring

Prayer & Prayer Journaling

Reading God’s Word

There will be some giveaways associated with this series as well.  I’m looking forward to it and I hope you will as well.

Today, I had a very common experience that made me realize God’s presence even in the little things. This may sound trite, but please bear with me.  I just recently purchased with my birthday money a headset for my Blackberry cell phone.  I purchased this to use when driving to keep myself and my little ones safe.  I have not owned this item for even a week and today I lost it.

You see, I was running errands in town, picking up somethings and then grabbing some chicken at lunch at a local gas station.  This is when I “misplaced” this new tiny toy.  I had already made it back to my mother in law’s 4 miles away before I realized it.  Therefore, I had to go all the way back to town to find the headset.  Tiny, small enough to place on your ear I was sure I’d never find it and if I did that it’d be crushed by either someone stepping on it or worse a car running over it.

A Similar Headset to Mine

However, on the way back to town I prayed, Lord help me find this headset I spent good money on it and I hate to have lost it so soon.  Making it to the gas station I pulled up and tried to park a ways from the exact place I had before so that I wouldn’t chance running over it myself.  I jumped out of my van, looked around and in less than 10 seconds spotted the headset.  I think I might have shouted.  I definitely praised God all the way back home.  Ladies, he’s with us even in the little things.

Isn’t it a wonderful feeling when things are going your way in life?  Sometimes, this is true, while other times it is the furthest thing from the truth.  While we may not have control over every thing in our lives, we can know who controls our lives and we can talk to him about our lives daily.

Prayer is “communication with God”.  Through prayer we can receive “power” from the Holy Spirit.  The Bible says in Acts 1:8,

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

These were Jesus’ words to his disciples but they still apply to us today.  We truly have a “lifeline” to power in our lives, to knowledge, to blessings, if we just ask for them.  James 1:5 says,

“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”

It also says, “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21:22.  These are Biblical truths that we should embrace.  Once you learn to embrace them you will know that you can go to God and that He will answer your prayers.  He may not answer right away, he may not answer with a yes, his answer might be wait, not right now or later, but he will answer.

Give it a try!