Time To Re-commit Your Life To God -Danielle Criscuolo
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and Pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sins and will heal their land.”
Platform of Hope submission: Danielle Criscuolo
God is calling us to prayer. He wants a real relationship with his children. We cannot have a lukewarm relationship, it's time to get to know the Lord. It's time to humble ourselves before the Lord and Pray.
I have heard so many people say over the last few weeks while dealing with Covid-19, "I just want things to go back to normal." I started to think about what normal use to look like for my family. For me driving kids to hockey practice and dance lessons. Working full time, active in my home church, singing on the worship team. Life was always so busy that sometimes my prayer time was when I was alone in the car driving. While that time in the car with God was amazing. Now that everything has been canceled and I have been forced to stop and slow down. I realized that I need more time with God. My prayer life needs to be more than just something I do really quick. I had to re-prioritize my life and spending real time in Prayer is number one on my list.
We all need to make prayer a daily part of our lives. Sometimes I think it's easy to pray when things are going great. When the bills are paid, and we have an overflow of blessings. But what happens when life gets hard, when things are not going the way we think they should go. When the pain of our situation is just too much to handle. Are we going to be able to push through the dark hours and spend time in Prayer or sit back and feel sorry for ourselves? When will we humble ourselves and realize that some of what we are going through is because we have stopped Praying? We stopped asking him to help guide our paths. So now we are walking around lost and hurt. We stopped talking to him. That what prayer is a conversation with the Lord.
Prayer does not have to be a complicated thing. You don't need to memorize the whole bible to pray. You just have to open your heart and talk to your Father. The one who made the Heavens and the Earth. He knows every hair on your head, He is waiting on you let him in your heart. He wants to hear from you.
Right now, as we practice social distancing it’s important to remember to not practice spiritual distancing. Take this time while things are slow and get to know God. Come out of Covid-19 with a closer walk with God. Come out a prayer warrior. Don't let what’s going on in this world keep you from God. Take this time and re-commit your life to God. Take this time to pray. So, when life starts to get busy again and it will get busy. You will realize that my prayer time is the most important thing I do. If nothing else gets done today I'm OK with it because I made time for the Lord.
I want to leave you with a Prayer:
Father God
We worship your name. Lord we ask that you forgive us of our sins. Lord forgive us of our selfish ways. Touch the lives of your people. Help us Father to stay focused on you. Guard us Father from the schemes of the devil. Heal your land Father. Lord we pray for a closer walk with you, today we ask for a fresh start. Today Lord we commit our lives to you. Have your way in our lives. We thank you Lord for saving us. We Worship your holy name.
In your Son Jesus name, Amen