I just finished reading an excellent book on prayer, "A Praying Life" by Paul Miller. This is a highly practical book looking honestly at the way most Christians pray.
"Jesus want us to be without pretense when we come to him in prayer. Instead, we often try to be something we aren't . We begin by concentrating on God, but almost immediately our minds wander off in a dozen different directions. The problems of the day push our well-intentioned resolve to be spiritual. We give ourselves a spiritual kick in the pants and try again, but life crowds out prayer. We know that prayer isn't supposed to be like this , so we give up in despair. We might as well get something done. What is the problem? We're trying to be spiritual, to get it right. We know we don't need to clean up our act in order to become a Christian but when it comes to praying, we forget that. We, like adults, try to fix ourselves up. In contrast, Jesus wants us to come to him like little children, just as we are."
I will be posting some excerpts from this book along the way but I highly recommend that you buy a copy a read it. I believe your prayer life will change dramatically.
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