As the year begins the staff at CVC (where I work) have been asked to develop a personal spiritual growth plan. It basically consists of what parts of scripture we plan to read, sermons we plan to listen to, and books we plan to read.
I used most of the books that I’ll be reading for school this semseter (which is back in session already!) and as I filled out my list I’ve got 3 books on prayer listed. I must admit that I am not that great at praying. I pray regularly but I hear stories and know others who are sold out prayers. For me it’s harder and I must also tell you that I’ve come to the place where I am ok with that, but it seems like this will be a year of growth for me in the area of prayer.
Here’s a very encouraging quote from the 2nd chapter of Richard Foster’s Prayer: Finding the Hearts True Home.
…prayer is nothing more than an ogoing and growing love relationship with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit…. as we begin, we must never be discouraged by our lack of prayer. Even in our prayerlessness we can hunger for god. If so the hunger is itself prayer… In time the desire will lead to practice, and practice will increase the desire. When we cannot pray, we let God be our prayer. Nor should we be frightened by the hardness of our heart: prayer will soften it. We give even our lack of prayer to God.
