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We practice our faith regularly and seek to equip the community faith for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.  May we all practice growing  in the “unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity to the measure of the full stature of Christ.” (Ephesians 4: 12-13)

You are invited this month to practice this habit by considering two aspects of our prayer life. 

The first is to make a firm habit of intentionally approaching God once a day with gratitude, needs and feelings.  I will give you one way to do so each week.  Try them out and see if one “fits” for you. 

The second is to remember that prayer is an ongoing conversation throughout the day with God. Always feel free to lift up anything – short gasps of delight, deep pleas for help and sending virtual hugs of love to someone in need.

This week (when Advent is calling you to make lists of other’s needs and wants) I want you to try a spiral circle.  With your finger or a pen trace a spiral on paper.  Now go back to its very center – let is represent your heart and soul.

Pray right now:  Here at my center, God of my heart, come and hold me fast.  No matter what has come before or what will happen next – hold me in love and remind me I am always your beloved child – no questions asked.

As John Piper writes, I pray for my own soul first. Not because I am more deserving than others, but because if God doesn’t awaken and strengthen and humble and fill my own soul, then I can’t pray for anybody else’s.