Monday, June 18, 2012

Watchful Prayer Life

[S]  Colossians 4:2 (NIV) --
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

[O] Prayer is a very familiar concept but being grouped together with watchful and thankful was a fresh concept for me as I read this passage because I have a tendency of just praying with a hoping-for-the-best attitude instead of having a clear trust and vision of expecting God's response to my prayer -- already being grateful for what He is about to do.

[A] As I face my family's crisis and lifting up my prayers to God, I need to change my attitude to be watchful of God's working in my family's life.

[P] Dear God, please reshape my heart so that my prayer life is not an end but a means to experiencing You tangibly in my life.  Grant me a watchful heart looking for Your wondrous works right in my day-to-day living.  I thank yon in advance as I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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