I Got It Now...

I finally figured out today why my Bible reading/Prayer time has been kinda hum-drum of late....

You see, this past summer was really a spiritual awakening for me; between, Honduras, Fasting, and Fine Arts... my whole life has been reshaped. Last summer was also challenging, inspiring, and motivating for me spiritually so when school kicked back in everything was "back to normal" in more ways than I wanted...

P. Jon talked about prayer today in CG, he used the story of Adam and Eve and the Fall of man. Here's Genesis Chapter 3, we mainly looked at verses 7-11 and 21: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=1&chapter=3&version=31. Just like God wanted to communicate with Adam and Eve He also desperately wants to speak with us. And when we do speak to Him we wants us to do two things: (1) tell Him what we need and (2) talk to Him about 'stuff'.

The first part is pretty simple; present your requests to God. Tell Him what you want, need or what you want for other people. Praying for starving children, for your grandma to be healed, or for an iTouch :-) all fall into this category. And if you ask for things God wants to give you then He'll provide them for you just like in verse 21.
That 'stuff' I'm talking about is really all the things in your life. Whether it be sin or something you want God's opinion on or a place in your life where you just need His direction. This part of prayer should be challenging but if you truly are seeking Him he will answer these prayers; it might be in that still small voice, it might be through people, it might be through His word. Bottom line, He WILL answer in one way or another if you are right with Him and continue to seek even when results are not immediate.

I haven't really been doing that Second part lately... I've just kinda been reading and telling God what I need. This short sermon P. Jon preached has really helped me see the importance of confessing my sin and asking God about everything in my life, not just telling Him what I want and sorta reading His word.