The Time Is Now - Developing A Lifestyle Of Prayer

The intimate conversation of prayer: • strengthens marriages and families, especially if you pray together faithfully. Tty also to think of your marriage and family as a model to impact others for eternity. • increases receptiveness to and understanding of God's voice. Through prayer-a two-way conversation with God-we speak, and we learn to hear Him speak. Participation in prayer naturally enhances the quality of hearing God. It especially enhances our ability to understand God's Word, the Bible. It is always a good practice to keep a Bible open as you pray. • improves vision. All vision is from God. Vision is discernment of His will some distance into the future-the discernment of a plan for life, family, ministty. When I'm convinced that I've received vision from God, then I can move ahead with passion. I sometimes gain vision through prolonged prayer. • builds emotional strength and endurance in the face of trials. The limit of your impact is your ability to manage pressure. And you can only manage pressure with the strength of God. • brings God's provision of wisdom for life decisions. The more we pray, the more the Holy Spirit will minister to us. Acts 13:2-3 demonstrates this fact. The believers at Antioch were simply praying, worshiping, and fasting. There is no indication that they were seeking God for direction, but it clearly came. The Holy Spirit spoke, and the histoty of Christianity was forever changed.