Well this is pretty self-explanatory....
Psalm 145:2 Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever.
King David wrote this Psalm. Few men in the Bible were as close to God as David. He was a man after God's own heart in spite of his many mistakes. If you want your walk with God to grow stronger then a good idea would be to follow David's example and praise God EVERY DAY.
JRhea
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Daily walk with God. Part 2-Desperation
Psalm 88:9
9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
So maybe life is going good right now and you are not "dim with grief". But there are plenty of reasons in this fallen world to feel some pain. If you're not going through tough times then you should know someone who is. Take a second and share their pain. Because it's often out of pain that we turn to God and are dependant on Him, and that's what He wants. Whether you are going through trials or not I encourage you to follow this example in Psalms and call out to God with a passionate cry EVERY DAY.
JRhea
9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
So maybe life is going good right now and you are not "dim with grief". But there are plenty of reasons in this fallen world to feel some pain. If you're not going through tough times then you should know someone who is. Take a second and share their pain. Because it's often out of pain that we turn to God and are dependant on Him, and that's what He wants. Whether you are going through trials or not I encourage you to follow this example in Psalms and call out to God with a passionate cry EVERY DAY.
JRhea
Monday, June 28, 2010
Daily walk with God. Part 1
This isn't a command but it is a great example which should be followed.
Daniel 6:10 "Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before."
How many of us pray 3 times a day? I don't. But Daniel did it under a decree that said he couldn't. Again not a command but as Christians we shouldn't limit ourselves to just following commands. Some may say they pray continually (I Thessalonians 5:17) as if to say they say a little prayer to God several times in an hour as they go about their busy life. Nothing wrong with that but what I'm talking about is taking time out of your day on 3 different occasions to have a conversation with our Father in Heaven. It's not an easy habit to achieve but I plan to start by praying in the morning and then having a prayer walk before I go to bed. Hopefully I'll get that praying in the afternoon part down.
One last final aspect is giving thanks when we pray which is what Daniel 6:10 mentions. When I pray I don't say thanks enough but I should. We all should seeing as how He saved us from our sins.
If we want to have an incredibly deep relationship with God one thing we can do is examine the past of those who did, and Daniel is close to the top of the list.
JRhea
Daniel 6:10 "Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before."
How many of us pray 3 times a day? I don't. But Daniel did it under a decree that said he couldn't. Again not a command but as Christians we shouldn't limit ourselves to just following commands. Some may say they pray continually (I Thessalonians 5:17) as if to say they say a little prayer to God several times in an hour as they go about their busy life. Nothing wrong with that but what I'm talking about is taking time out of your day on 3 different occasions to have a conversation with our Father in Heaven. It's not an easy habit to achieve but I plan to start by praying in the morning and then having a prayer walk before I go to bed. Hopefully I'll get that praying in the afternoon part down.
One last final aspect is giving thanks when we pray which is what Daniel 6:10 mentions. When I pray I don't say thanks enough but I should. We all should seeing as how He saved us from our sins.
If we want to have an incredibly deep relationship with God one thing we can do is examine the past of those who did, and Daniel is close to the top of the list.
JRhea
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