Daniel9:13-14 “As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth. “Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the LORD our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.
Daniel has been confessing all kinds of sins that he and Israel have committed and he comes to the sin of prayerlessness. What we see here is that even when Israel faced great trial and calamity, they did not make prayers before the LORD. When we sense trial or difficulty it should drive us immediately to prayer – when we are not so driven it should be a wake-up call to the coldness of our heart.
Do you tell people you are praying for them and you really are not? Do you know that you should stop and pray but you quench the Holy Spirit prompting you and you do not? Do you have a prayer list and yet you do nothing with it? Do you have a cold heart when it comes to prayer? Is the sin of prayerlessness prevalent in your life and do you need to confess it today?
Prayerlessness is something I struggled with in the past a lot and still have my days where it is a struggle. I have worked hard at praying for people as soon as they ask for prayer. I fight hard to not quench the Spirit and stop and pray with people. I try to pray go through a prayer list but it is a struggle – I more pray through it in burst throughout my day. I do not see a cold heart to prayer in my own life. What about you? How you handle prayer and prayerlessness?
Doggone you Jim! I am going to quit reading your blog if you don’t stop hitting me between the eyes.
This is something I do struggle with from time to time. It is an awful state to be in but fantastic on the other side! Thanks for the wake up call. Blessings today my friend.
It is a tough one to write because it is a struggle for me too but it is fantastic on the other side.
Thanks and blessings to you too my friend!
I echo Bill.
Seriously, what a challenge.
It is a challenge but well worth it as you well know.
I used to be really bad about praying for people when I said I would. I’ve gotten a lot better with that.
I spend time I’m prayer, but I have huge issues with focus. My life feels really completed right now. Too much going on, maybe.
Thanks for the post man!
It has been a process for me to grow in prayer and I have had to throw out a lot of things that I thought about prayer to find something that worked for me.
I have prayer burst and not just bow down and pray through a laundry list – it just works better for me and my A. D. look a squirrel! oh yeah A.D.D.
Thanks!
I’m a prayer person, you call them prayer warrior. I have my list but that’s how I am. But I also just pray through the day or night. But for me praising Him and sing over Him is also praying. Praying is not only aksing things for yourself or someone but also praising Him for who He is and what He has already done in someone’s life. Like you are also on my list and I thank Him first for you and your family and bless you in His name. That alone is enough. That has an enormous power: thanking and blessing. But because I’m a person of prayer it doesn’t mean I don’t have my times of numbness. I had. There is always something to learn, right? It’s been good to be back here. Have a great weekend. Bye bye.
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