Life...IN...Prayer

Often we hear about people who lead a life OF prayer.  We all know them - saints, pastors, mentors, or simply our "prayer warriors."  Hopefully we all have them in our lives.  

We can easily say - "that's not me.  I can't lead a life of prayer.  It's not my gift or my thing."  Instead we focus on achieving, accomplishing, producing, and doing.  We let other people pray for us.  Until things in life hit the fan and we fall on our knees.  

What if, instead of thinking about living a life OF prayer, we lived a life IN prayer.  That is, each day, we were constantly lifting up prayers:  when we woke up, during meals, driving our car, in between meetings, playing with our children, even in the middle of a conversation (they won't realize you're doing it) and before we end our day.  What if we could focus our life being lived IN prayer.  

Every day.  Every hour.  Lifting up prayers.  To Christ.  In Christ.  For Christ.   

We can do this.  And it will benefit us.  It will draw us closer to God.  We will be in constant communication with Him.  We will hear Him more.  We will, I believe, see results.  Even if it may not always be the result we want.  

"Utter Dependence:  Prayer & Fasting" continues over Lent at Bellwether Church. We hope you are praying more.  We hope you are fasting from something to get closer to God.  Why?  Because life in prayer matters, is real, and what our lives are to be all about.  It is life with God, our Heavenly Father.

Sunday we talk more about what Life IN Prayer looks like.  Our Scripture will be from John 14: 12-20.  We hope you can be with us, invite someone to worship with you, and continue this Lenten season in prayer.  Our prayer is it leads all of us to living our lives IN Prayer.