Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Prayer
Prayer is very important to maintain your walk with God. If you do not pray regularly it will not seem the same if you quite and then start up again. it will seem harder. I have learned this by experience,and am still working on it. I don't think prayer has to be a thing where you think you have to get down on your knees and pray in the most eloquent way possible. Prayer is simply just going to God, and talking to Him like your best friend. I think there are other ways to talk to God than praying audibly to Him. One way is to write down a prayer. This will get all your thoughts down on paper so that you can go back to it later and realize what God has done in your life. It is like a personal diary to God. Another way to pray is through song. My friend and I were talking one day about this subject and she mentioned that you can sing your prayer to God. I have not personally done this, but it makes since in a way.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Devotions
Devotions are the most important part of our lives. It is our time to talk to God and really let Him know how we really feel when we can't tell anyone else our problems. It is also a time to allow our Heavenly Father to speak to us and to guide our lives in the direction we need to go.
All this is very true, but why does it seem so hard to do our devotions sometimes? I mean, sometimes I am SO happy to spend time with God, and other times it feels more like a chore than a joy. I know we have all been there, especially me.
I don't know if this helps any but, it does help me some. I have learned some things that may help other people ( and myself especially) to not get so bored.
- Change up the way ou do your devotions. Don't just do the same things and stay in the same routine. This, for me personally ,is where I get bored with m devotions the most. I think you should have structure. I mean don't just open up yoiur Bible to the first thing you see and start reading, but maybe switch thing around like read and then pray or vice versa.
-Also, my friend and I used to call each other every morning for the longest time, and we woiuld have a little devotional and just talk, and then we would pray. It would for only about 15-20 minutes at the most, but it started the day off right, and was just refreshing to hear another person tell about what God was doing in their life.
Maybe that isn't the best way of doing devotions, and maybe ou have other ways of doing our own devotions. Please let me know what you do that helps you the most.
All this is very true, but why does it seem so hard to do our devotions sometimes? I mean, sometimes I am SO happy to spend time with God, and other times it feels more like a chore than a joy. I know we have all been there, especially me.
I don't know if this helps any but, it does help me some. I have learned some things that may help other people ( and myself especially) to not get so bored.
- Change up the way ou do your devotions. Don't just do the same things and stay in the same routine. This, for me personally ,is where I get bored with m devotions the most. I think you should have structure. I mean don't just open up yoiur Bible to the first thing you see and start reading, but maybe switch thing around like read and then pray or vice versa.
-Also, my friend and I used to call each other every morning for the longest time, and we woiuld have a little devotional and just talk, and then we would pray. It would for only about 15-20 minutes at the most, but it started the day off right, and was just refreshing to hear another person tell about what God was doing in their life.
Maybe that isn't the best way of doing devotions, and maybe ou have other ways of doing our own devotions. Please let me know what you do that helps you the most.
Monday, October 6, 2008
The Jail
On Thursday, I got to go to the jail for my Christian Service ministry. I had been there before, but had I had not gotten my clearance to go into the jail until Thursday.
It was a wonderful experience. We got there around 6:00 in the evening, and started preparing the things we needed to for the service like tracts and certificates for different awards the men would get.
Once we had completed everything ,we went into the pods. Paige and I took turns leading the singing. After that was all over, Bro. Hyatt preached from Pslams, and the men had a paper to fill out, so Paige and I helped the guys close to us fill them out.
After we got done with the first pod in 51 south, we repeated to same thing in 52 south right down the hall.
The men of the jail may seem a little scary to people who have never been in the jail, but they are really not. All of them are very nice, even though they might not have done very nice things. That is why they are in jail right? Even though they may have done some horrible things, they are still people and need salvation!
It was a wonderful experience. We got there around 6:00 in the evening, and started preparing the things we needed to for the service like tracts and certificates for different awards the men would get.
Once we had completed everything ,we went into the pods. Paige and I took turns leading the singing. After that was all over, Bro. Hyatt preached from Pslams, and the men had a paper to fill out, so Paige and I helped the guys close to us fill them out.
After we got done with the first pod in 51 south, we repeated to same thing in 52 south right down the hall.
The men of the jail may seem a little scary to people who have never been in the jail, but they are really not. All of them are very nice, even though they might not have done very nice things. That is why they are in jail right? Even though they may have done some horrible things, they are still people and need salvation!
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