Sunday, February 12, 2012

To become prayer-full, you have to pray

"You are trying to become 'full of prayer,' and to become prayer-full, you have to pray" (Smith and Graybeal, 35).

Yes, well, that does make it rather challenging, doesn't it?  I'd rather be the "armchair quarterback" of some National Prayer League, and never have to risk injury on the spiritual-warfare playing field.  Who wants to get knocked around by supernatural opposition?  Sometimes, I'd rather be selfish, lazy and cowardly!

Nevertheless, to become "full of prayer," I must learn to pray, and so I shall!

(Journal, Dec. 28, 2011)

Smith, James Bryan and Lynda Graybeal.  A Spiritual Formation Wookbook:  Small-Group Resources for Nurturing Christian Growth.  New York:  HarperCollins, 1993.

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