"What we are asked to do daily in prayer is to yield ourselves to God and no longer try to manipulate life for our own ends; to abide in him that his words shall abide in us--so his will may be done." (Holy Island, page 23)
Silence. When you pray, do you have silent time with God? Do you find time in your preferred prayer posture to be still in the presence of God and listen to what he might be saying to you? Prayer should be at minimum a one way conversation, God talking to you! All to often we think of prayer as a time we beg God to change God's mind so that he might heal someone else. I would argue that prayer is to change our minds and hearts, not God's.
The next time you pray, allow as much time to be still before God and listen as you do with your prayer of intersessions and thanksgivings. But I must warn you, your life will be changed! Another admission...I struggle with this!!
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