A pastor friend of mine in California posted this. I quadruple hearted it, and once again was thankful for our church—a group of people who get and agree with this quote, from Francis Chan ("Letters to the Church," p. 44):
"I can't help but see our own lameness in fail...
Today (good news in part!), "meditating" is in vogue. 25 years back, you would've been considered a nut to do it. Now it's addressed as something of great health, mentally and spiritually, for a person to do. Well, OK! Great!
First, you might want to set a time (you don’t have to; a “prayer time” is not commanded in the Bible, as it is in the Koran, for instance). If you do set a time, you could say “some time in the morning,” “when I first get up before I do any...
My recommendation for you on the “how do I pray?” front is to take the Lord’s prayer—use Matthew 6:9ff (“ff” means whatever verses follow that are on the same subject). Print it out.
When you do this, you can categorize your prayers i...
