{"id":1891,"date":"2010-03-28T00:14:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T06:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2010-03-22T13:23:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T19:23:53","slug":"prayer-slacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=1891","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Slacker"},"content":{"rendered":"

“…Take no rest, all you who pray. \u00a0Give the Lord no rest…”\u00a0 (Isaiah 62:7 NLT).<\/em><\/p>\n

Can I make a confession? \u00a0I’m a prayer slacker.<\/p>\n

Oh, yes, I pray and pray hard when tough times come\u2014when a friend needs a touch from the Lord and when I want to know the direction He needs me to take…but on a good day? \u00a0When the sun’s shining? \u00a0When things are rolling along smoothly and the umbrella’s put away, I slack off.<\/p>\n

I shirk the most awesome privilege I have for a few more minutes of sleep, a few more minutes of television or a few more minutes on the computer finding out more things about others than I really need to know.<\/p>\n

I am a lazybones when it comes to a deep-down, daily commitment to prayer. \u00a0Oh, I pray before meals\u2014you’d choke if you didn’t, wouldn’t you? \u00a0I pray when others pray during worship service\u2014my Mom attends my church, wouldn’t want her seeing me looking around during a prayer time. \u00a0I pray each morning as I pick up the Bible, begging God to again reveal something to me out of His Word.<\/p>\n

I am a dallier and a malingerer when it comes to the practice of prayer. \u00a0I do not grasp the immensity of it’s scope. \u00a0I cannot fathom the power it can reveal in a life. \u00a0I allow life and it’s pressures to keep my focus off the importance of this Christian act.<\/p>\n

And maybe, I’m not the only one.<\/p>\n

“…Take no rest, all you who pray. \u00a0Give the Lord no rest…” \u00a0Isaiah 62:7 NLT
\nJust maybe…
\nI can become a live-wire of prayer, and not annoy the Creator.
\nI can become a powerhouse of petitions, and not use my allotted time in His presence.
\nI can become a doer of the Word and not a hearer only, and I will begin to see some huge things done.
\nI can become a go-getter in supplications. I need it and those I love need it, why have I put it off for so long?
\nI can become a whiz when it comes to the everyday things I must get done, so I can rest in His throne room, asking, listening, begging and praising.<\/p>\n

Maybe…I can give the Lord no rest when it comes to my prayers\u2014and He will be delighted.<\/p>\n

Malinda Edgell
\nIllinois<\/p>\n

PRAY TOGETHER: <\/strong>Pray as you attend services today; consider participating in\u00a0 PreEaster Week of Prayer and giving to the World Missions offering. Until the whole world knows\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“…Take no rest, all you who pray. \u00a0Give the Lord no rest…”\u00a0 (Isaiah 62:7 NLT). Can I make a confession? \u00a0I’m a prayer slacker. Oh, yes, I pray and pray hard when tough times come\u2014when a friend needs a touch … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1892,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions\/1892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}