Duplex Godspeak

How often do we actually stop to pray, as compared to directional prayer as we continue on in our regular activities? God does honour all prayer, but even moreso, he blesses us when we can forcefully show that we prioritise time with Him and specifically stop and pray.

He's not looking for an oh-by-the-way form of worship but one that encompasses many different aspects, not the least of which is chosen prayer. What you pray can only come from the Holy Spirit in you. Only God knows what you really want and how you really feel and so only He can actually hear - not just listen to - 100% of what you're saying.

Despite how much we get it straight in our minds just how important it is to pray - and pray regularly - unless it is inculcated in our spirit we are likely to just pray the necessities and not what we really could, given enough determination.

There are certain things that we need to do each day in order to survive - but how far would we actually get as Christians if even one day went by without the spiritual things that we need to do? Of course, being in the flesh we often do forget just what it is to be spiritual beings - and just how necessary our relationship to God is. Live and breath your faith, but above all, communication with the Father should be a daily, if not hourly, activity.

Because our faith-life is active and we are expected to reach new levels of faith and achievement, keeping in tune with the Spirit is an expectation; you should never find yourself stopping to ask: Have I prayed enough today? Did I remember to read those passages? Was ten minutes enough time spent speaking in tongues? God loves us for who we are and for what we give back to Him - our eternal reward is a reflection of our integrity in both carnal and spiritual matters.

The Christian worldview cannot become the lifeblood of all creation until God is given permission to move to such an extent that the forces of darkness - given so much free reign because of humanity's sinful decisions - cannot bear our heavenly witness any longer.

So pray.

The All-Importance of Fervent Prayer
“Many who do come into the secret place, and who are God's children, enter it and leave it just as they entered, without ever so much as realising the presence of God. And there are some believers who, even when they do obtain a blessing, and get a little quickening of soul, leave the secret place without seeking more. They go to their chamber, and there get into the secret place, but then, as soon as they have got near to Him, they think they have been peculiarly blessed, and leave their chamber, and go back into the world… Oh, how is it that the Lord's own people have so little perseverance? How is it that when they do enter into their place of prayer to be alone, they are so easily persuaded to be turned away empty; instead of wrestling with God to pour out His Spirit, they retire from the secret place without the answer, and submit to it as being God's will.” – William C. Burns

We must, therefore, pray; and pray without ceasing.

-Timotheos
Called to succeed