Early morning time with God<
If you are one of the many christians, having a not-so-great prayer life, take this
opportunity to re-examine yourself. Three important spiritual areas in our personal
life are,
- Prayer life
- Bible Reading
- Witnessing/Fellowship
If you think your spiritual life needs improvement in these three area,
start by setting apart a specific time early morning between 4:00am and 6:00am.
Start with prayer
Glorify God for a few minutes. We glorify God by humbling ourselves. We also
glorify Him by praising his attributes. The Bible is our best model for this. Ps
136 is a good place to start.
Confess your sins.
Thank God for his mercy, grace and love. Thank Him for everything he has
done and is doing in your lives.
Pray for your children, missionaries, church, nation, people in authority, etc.
and finally yourself!
(If it helps sing a song of praise, to stay focussed)
Read the bible
Focus more on quality than quantity. Meditating on a verse and appropriating the
truth in our life will be more profitable than scanning through a few chapters.
Witness and fellowship
When fellowshiping with fellow believers use your spiritual gifts for your own edification
and the edification of others, so that God's name is glorified. Live your life "...that
they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
The Challenge
This was the challenge delivered by pastor during the fasting prayer for those you
have difficulty spending time praying and those who hide behind the excuse of Matt
6:7!! (
"But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think
that they shall be heard for their much speaking"). If you do the above
for 3 days (atleast half an hour), you will do it the next day and the next and
so on... till you develop a healthy personal prayer life.
Do it for 3 days and see if it works.