Prayer

Prayer is so very important.  Most people pray, even non-Christians when they are in a bad situation.  Many others give prayers of thanksgiving when good things happen.  However, we are called to pray “unceasingly” (1 Thessalonians 5:17).  Now, obviously we cannot do that literally.  There would be no way to fulfill the call to go out and make disciples or to eat or anything else.  We are instead supposed to be continually in prayer throughout the day.  One of the habits that I got into was thinking about all the times that I could pray while doing other things.  When I am sitting waiting somewhere, when I am driving, when I am walking from one room to another, when I am crocheting or other projects that do not take much concentration, and at specific times that I can set aside a few more minutes for a longer prayer (like when I wake up, go to sleep, or at meal times).  Many of theses prayers are tend to be very quick; a minute here, a few minutes there.

However, I also have set aside a time each day to come to the Lord in a more meaningful and deeper way.  I have carved out a longer time in order to give precedence to talking to God.  I try to pair this with my Bible study and worship time if I can.  And the easiest way that I have found to be able to remember what to pray about is to create an in-depth prayer list.  I have tried having it on the computer but have found this distracting.  I have also tried to keep a prayer journal, but then I am flipping through it more than need be.  Now, I have a prayer list on my computer that I print off and update every so often.  I am able to change and add to it in the mean time and when it starts getting messy then I write up a new one.

Honey Mustard

 

One of the things that I love to make that most people either don’t know how or just don’t care to do is to make mustard.  It’s one of the simplest things that takes all of 10 minutes to create.  And when you eat it, wow!

I make this about once a year, and it lasts us throughout the summer.  The flavor is a kind of spicy brown mustard with a sweet wisp of honey.

Bible Reading vs. Bible Study

 

I would hope that regardless of whether they do it or not that many Christians would agree that knowing the Bible is important to the overall health of the Christian walk.  If not, that is a whole other blog post.

I have seen and heard of a million different ways to read the Bible.  I have also heard it said by many people that the most important thing is just to get into the Bible, if even for a little bit each day.  And while I agree that something is better than nothing, it should only be the very start if you are not reading your Bible at all.

For me, there are essentially two ways to read your Bible regularly: Bible Reading verses Bible Study.  Both I think have a place in a Christian’s life each and every day and the two accomplish unique and essential roles.

Expand Your Daily Bible Study

In the recent years, polls have shown that Biblical knowledge is at an all time low.  Mainstream Christianity is going towards a humanist-centric religion, based on how we feel, what we think, what others tell us outside our religion, what other religions do, and what popular consensus is with the masses.  Quite honestly, I wish these groups would stop calling themselves Christians because they hold true to almost none of the tenants of Christianity and those that they do, they have seriously twisted.

New Posts Starting Monday!!!

 

Join me next Monday for the start of a new blog series that will last for several weeks.  I also have some other posts that will pop up in the next couple of weeks as well.

See you Monday!

through His grace alone!

Sarah