Hi Dears,Praise The Lord....... Distractions in Prayer Reading: Ephesians 6:10-20Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind (Col 4:2) Prayer is the underlying power to effectively wield any weapon of the whole armour of God (Eph 6:13-18). Therefore the devil does all thats possible to weaken our knees or divert our mind. Heres how you can defeat his mind-oriented strategy.Apart from maintaining a spirit of prayer always and without ceasing, choose that hour for prayer when you are really fresh. Prayer involves mind, spirit, soul and all. Jesus often chose the early hours of the day for His secret communion with the Father. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), the Founder of China Inland Mission, spent several hours in private devotion each morning before sunrise. He testified that the sun had hardly seen him on knees!Prayer means going to the Throne of Grace. We have access to the same by the blood of Christ. A conscious acknowledgment of the power and the merits of the blood gives us a strong footing against the enemy. Satan trembles when we appropriate the blessings of Christs blood and make positive confessions (Heb 4:14-16; Rev 12:11).Our prayers must be wrapped up in praise and thanksgiving. God inhabits the praises of His people (Psa 22:3). When the presence of God becomes more and more real, we get absorbed in the spirit of prayer and distraction is overcome (Phil 4:6). I have found switching over to praying or praising in tongues quite helpful (1 Cor 14:14).When there is no focus in prayer, your mind will begin to wander. Be definite and specific about your requests. Keeping a prayer list and praying over the items one by one is helpful.There is no command in the Bible to close our eyes in prayer! Dr.Oswald J. Smith (1889-1986), that great Canadian missionary statesman, used to walk up and down in his prayer closet with his eyes open and praying aloud. As far as possible one must choose a place where there is least disturbance and noise from the outside world. Jesus has taught us to shut the door of our room before we begin to pray (Mt 6:6)! Prayer is a conversation. I have found praying with an open Bible extremely helpful (Dan 9:1-3).In spite of following all these principles, you still may have the problem of distraction. The moment you get a distracting thought, arrest it at once. In the Name of Christ is not phrase just to begin or end a prayer but our very authority and foundation for praying. Therefore pray with this consciousness throughout. Author,Pr.R.Stanley(from,stanleyonbible)
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:23:30 +0000
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