Prayer - Joy
The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength
Have you ever finally tackled a messy room, opened a closet you avoided for six months, or looked at a stack of bills, and within ten minutes a heavy wave of guilt just washed over you? You look at the clutter, you think about how long you neglected it, and you just want to sit down on the floor, slump your shoulders, and hang your head. Guilt is completely exhausting. And if we aren't careful, we bring that exact same exhausting spirit right into our prayer lives. We treat prayer like an audit where we come to God head hanging,…
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How many of you, when you are carrying groceries in from the car, absolutely refuse to make two trips? It doesn’t matter if you have thirty bags, a case of water, and a gallon of milk—you are grabbing it all at once. You walk into the kitchen with your fingers turning purple, totally out of breath, looking like a pack mule, just because you didn’t want to let anything go. I think a lot of us approach intercession the same way. As prayer warriors, we are the ones who lift up the needs of others. We carry the burdens of…
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