Do you take prayer seriously enough? Part 2

Does your life reflect daily that you take prayer seriously enough? If so, how? If not, how can you change your life to take prayer a great deal more seriously?

Prayer journal your thoughts.

~ Stacy Duplease

Remembering Your Present, LLC, Prayer Guard USA, and pj4life (Prayer Journaling for Life)

Author of Biblical Fiction, Bible Studies, and Devotionals

Email: pj4life1@gmail.com

Do you take prayer seriously enough? Part 1

Grab your prayer journal and answer these two questions off and on for the next 24 hours.

Struggle and wrestle with these questions. Be thorough in your response.

~ Do you take prayer seriously enough?

~ How could you take prayer more seriously?

~ Stacy Duplease

Remembering Your Present, LLC, Prayer Guard USA, and pj4life (Prayer Journaling for Life)

Author of Biblical Fiction, Bible Studies, and Devotionals

Email: Pj4life1@gmail.com

Blogs:

http://pj4life1.blogspot.com/

http://alifeofseasons.blogspot.com/

http://prayerguardusa.blogspot.com/

Local, National, and World News and Prayer

Take a look at your city, state, national, and world-wide news every day and pray for the things which are headlines and which grab your eye. Follow the Lord’s lead and pray for whatever weighs on your heart to pray about and make sure to keep track of these prayers in your journal.

~ Stacy Duplease

Remembering Your Present, LLC, Prayer Guard USA, and pj4life (Prayer Journaling for Life)

Author of Biblical Fiction, Bible Studies, and Devotionals

Email: pj4life1@gmail.com 

Not praying for one another is sin

1 Samuel 12:23a (New American Standard Bible)

²³ "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you.

If that verse doesn’t encourage us to pray for each other, what does?

~ Stacy Duplease

Remembering Your Present, LLC, Prayer Guard USA, and pj4life (Prayer Journaling for Life)

Author of Biblical Fiction, Bible Studies, and Devotionals

Email: Pj4life1@gmail.com

Blogs:

http://pj4life1.blogspot.com

http://alifeofseasons.blogspot.com

http://prayerguardusa.blogspot.com

Have the mind of Christ

This is the verse of the day form BibleGateway.com for today:

“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!” - Philippians 2:5-8

Today's passage is from the New International Version, ©2011.

This is a good passage to memorize or keep on hand when dealing with the tough stuff of life. It’s a good passage to have in mind, and in your heart, when you pray.

~ Stacy Duplease

Remembering Your Present, LLC, Prayer Guard USA, and pj4life (Prayer Journaling for Life)

Author of Biblical Fiction, Bible Studies, and Devotionals

Email: Pj4life1@gmail.com

Blogs:

http://pj4life1.blogspot.com

http://alifeofseasons.blogspot.com

http://prayerguardusa.blogspot.com

Times of Trouble

Psalm 46:1 (New International Version, ©2011)

¹ God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in trouble.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

When we are dealing with times of trouble, storm, challenges, and so on, this verse can bring us a great deal of comfort. This is a verse we can offer others going through these difficult times and seasons and help bring them peace.

You may want to memorize it so it comes to the top of your mind when dealing with the storms of life—literal and figurative.

~ Stacy Duplease

Remembering Your Present, LLC, Prayer Guard USA, and pj4life (Prayer Journaling for Life)

Author of Biblical Fiction, Bible Studies, and Devotionals

Email: Pj4life1@gmail.com

Blogs:

http://pj4life1.blogspot.com/

http://alifeofseasons.blogspot.com/

http://prayerguardusa.blogspot.com/

Prayers for the storm

My prayers, mind, and heart are with the victims of the storm system of 300 miles of destruction in which over 130 tornadoes took lives, homes, businesses, and entire towns. This is one of the worst storm systems in the history of the United States of America.

Lord, be the refuge and strength for all the people involved.

My prayers are with a special person I know who reads this blog. Their family was involved in these storms. (I’m not putting names in an effort to uphold confidentiality for them and their family.)

Lord, comfort everyone involved. Wrap them in Your wings, place them in the cleft of the mountain and in a safe place. Hold them near. Guide them as they have to make decisions and be their way.

God bless everyone involved in these storms.

~ Stacy Duplease