Prayer

I pretty much love my church here in Raleigh.

On Sunday, our pastor talked about prayer. He talked out of Psalm 27:4-8 (well, that is where he began, but he also mentioned other great texts in the Bible, too).

"Prayer is the language of desire; it is the offering of our desires to God." Gardiner Spring

The pastor talked about how a lot of our prayer is out of duty. And that isn't good because every single time, something you are passionate about will win out over duty. What would it look like if we were passionate and truly desired to pray?

Well, it would be easy to do everyday. It wouldn't be like the pulling of teeth to get someone to just bless the food at a meal. No one would rush to put their finger on their nose in hopes that they didn't have to pray in front of everyone. In fact, it would be the opposite. People would rush to say "Me! I will talk to the creator of the universe. Me! I will talk to my Saviour!"

Think of that. What a great treat we have to be able to talk to God.

I also thought another interesting thing the pastor mentioned was when he said to look at our prayers. What is dominant in your prayers? That is what has taken ahold of your heart.

whoa.

what is dominant in my prayers? It is something I am looking at and examining. I want to know because I know what they my heart to be fully devoted to God... but I am not sure that my prayer life reflects that.

Well, those are my ramblings in response to an awesome sermon on Sunday. I really am looking forward to Part II this week. Maybe you will get my response to that next week sometime!