Friday 11 May 2007

prayer 1

So much to say on prayer, everyone has a view on prayer, and most people have prayed, even if it is only in those darkest of moments, when all else has failed and God becomes a real option to the doubter.
Prayer is real communication, it is pleading, it is worship, it can be battle, hard, and difficult to physically grasp.
I talk of prayer and battle because I was with some guys from church first thing this morning, praying.
Such a cool way to start the day, that can be sometimes hard for the rest of the day to live up to.
Anyway, we were praying this morning about the local high school, and it suddenly felt like being involved in battle, a real scrap, there is a supernatural that is sometimes easy for even Christians to ignore, and it can be very easy and uncomfortable to talk of the enemy. In fact I even find myself now not wanting to sound like a weirdo, not wanting to sound like one of those guys who blame everything on Satan and everyone who does not fit is the spawn of the devil. We all know the type.

BUT, ( I use that word alot) If you are a christian, if Jesus is your life, then you do have an enemy, and to ignore him , is very dangerous.

The devil is a reality, and we are involved in a battle, prayer is part of that, and can be a battering ram against walls that satan puts up.
Pray, its important.

No comments: