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Many will candidly admit their prayer lives are undisciplined and even minimal. Sometimes I have heard what amounts to an attempt to find dismal comfort in mutual confessions of failure — “You are sort of okay, and I guess I am too.” Why do so many men fail in personal devotions and prayer? Partially for the same reason they attend church less and read less:
1.) they are not as spiritually sensitive and open as women.
2.) Also, more men are dominated by the time crunching production ethic of the marketplace, which makes them feel galaxies away from meditation and prayer.
3.) But most fail because they simply do not know how to go about cultivating the disciplines of the interior spiritual life.
The upcoming series of sermons focus on teaching on the devotional life, and also on prayer. If taken to heart, they will help us develop a fruitful interior life. As we begin, there are some necessary caveats:
1.) First, one’s prayer and devotional life cannot be reduced to a few simple rules. These areas of spiritual experience are far too dynamic and personal for simplistic reduction.
2.) We must also be cautioned against imagining from the outline we are using (meditation, confession, adoration, submission, petition) that there is a prescribed order for devotion, for there is not and never has been. Life’s rhythms sometimes demand that we launch directly, for example, into petition with “Lord, help me!” Other times will be spent almost entirely in confession, or meditation, or adoration.
As we discussed in the earlier sermons( find them on Facebook: EMEA- Eric Musa Evangelistic Association & www.mountkenyatimes.co.ke) , reading God’s Word is essential to developing a Christian mind. All Christians should be systematically reading through the Bible, once a year if possible, so that our minds are being perpetually programmed by the data of Scripture. This understood, there is yet another step: meditation — which involves personalizing and internalizing a segment of the Word.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER& EVER.
References:
The Living Bible
Discipline of a Godly Man( Book by Kent Hughes)
Evangelist Eric Musa:
(My message continuously: If you are not saved: Believe, accept, receive and confess Christ Jesus as your Lord and Saviour and be filled with the Holy Spirit, as it is written; “NOW is the acceptable time, TODAY is the day of SALVATION.- 2 Cor 6:2”. For prayers, devotion, and to support the ministry contact Evangelist on +254722157300 ( Email: EMEA.ericmusa@gmail.com). Remember, God Loves you and I unconditionally, perfectly and always: SHALOM
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