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Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things.
\n\u2013Jeremiah 33:3<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIf God communicates His direction, His peace, and His desires to us through prayer, then why don\u2019t we as Christians spend more time in prayer?<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how pastor and author John Piper answered that question: \u201cOne of the main reasons so many of God\u2019s children don\u2019t have a significant life of prayer is not so much that we don\u2019t want to, but that we don\u2019t plan to. . . . And we all know that the opposite of planning is not a wonderful flow of deep, spontaneous experiences in prayer. The opposite of planning is the rut. If you don\u2019t plan a vacation, you will probably stay home and watch TV. The natural, unplanned flow of spiritual life sinks to the lowest ebb of vitality. . . . If you want renewal in your life of prayer, you must\u00a0plan<\/em>\u00a0to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Let me suggest a plan for prayer so you can really listen to the voice of God in your life. First of all, you need a period of time to listen to God. Now, the Bible says we ought to pray throughout the day. Paul wrote, \u201cPray without ceasing\u201d (1 Thessalonians 5:17). But there also needs to be a designated time every day when you pray. For Jesus, it was the early morning hours. For some people, it might be at night. You need to set aside time each day to listen to the voice of God.<\/p>\n
Second, you need a place to meet with God. In Mark 1, Jesus went to a \u201csecluded place\u201d to pray (v. 35). When I was in high school, there was a park I would go to every morning to read my Bible and pray. There, God spoke to me about some of the most important issues in my life. If you\u2019re serious about listening to God, you need a prearranged place to meet with Him.<\/p>\n
Finally, you need a notepad. I think it\u2019s important to let God know you\u2019re paying attention when He talks to you. That\u2019s why I encourage you to record the lessons God is teaching you. And as you read back over your spiritual journal, you\u2019ll be amazed at what God has done in your life. One day years ago, I was feeling overwhelmed, so I pulled out some of my old spiritual journals. As I recalled God\u2019s faithfulness to me, it was as if He were saying,\u00a0Robert, just as I have taken care of you in the past, I\u2019m going to take care of you now<\/em>. The peace of God flooded over me, and I went home that evening with the assurance that God is in control.<\/p>\n
God is not silent. He\u2019s speaking to you. Are you making time to listen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things. \u2013Jeremiah 33:3 If God communicates His direction, His peace, and His desires to us through prayer, then why don\u2019t we as Christians spend more time in prayer? Here\u2019s how pastor and author John Piper answered that question: … Continue reading “” Make a Plan to Pray” – Pathway to Victory – Devotion”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183557,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183554\/revisions\/183557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}