Where's Prayer on Your List?

Colossians 4:2
2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

What are you fully committed to in life? Chances are, for most people, it's not God. Yesterday we did a skit at First Priority, the Christian club at my school, and it related to this point in a way. Is Jesus on the stool or are you on the stool? In other words, who's making the decisions in your life? It has to be either all you or all Jesus. Aim for Jesus...he will give you the wisdom you need to get by day after day.

If you're fully committed to something that means 24/7/365, right? There's not too many things that can be on that list given the strict criteria. Nonetheless, Paul is trying to convince us to be committed to having a conversation with God. Be devoted to prayer. Condition yourself so that you pray constantly not just because you should, but out of your own instinct.

In order to be successful with this, you have to be mindful of everything. Ask God for help and tell him thank you too whenever something comes up. For all you on facebook, become a FAN of God. If you use twitter, why not FOLLOW God? What would you write on God's wall if he had a social networking site?

Do what you can to meaningfully increase your prayers and praises to the Lord today (and everyday)! Lord, let us be committed to you.

Listen to the song "Every Time I Pray." It has a bit of a different style. Even if you don't like the style though, listen to the words. They're quite powerful.



P.S. If you have trouble with the video stopping and starting, keep the video paused, and let it "buffer" (load) as it's called for a while. You will see the red bar along the bottom advance (speed depends on your Internet connection). Wait until that bar gets pretty far along (I'd say more than halfway) before you play the video and it shouldn't pause.