Prayer Streaming – #10

Prayerstreaming – The Abiding Heart

Just a couple more quick thoughts from the chapter on the Abiding Heart. (There’s so much good stuff in this chapter.)

“We are a restless people. We want action-packed thrillers, not movies based on conversation. When the pastor goes over thirty minutes, we’re checking our watches. Our restless nature spills over into our relationship with God as well. Abide means to remain stable or fixed in a state or to continue in a place.”

(What? There are pastors who only preach 30 minutes or less?) Abiding means waiting and the Bible tells us that those who wait upon the LORD with gain strength. So the practice of praying without ceasing means that I will be stronger.

Abiding in Christ means to live contentedly and expectantly. Seems like a conflict to me but McHenry shows that we have to be still/contented where we are knowing that God is working out a greater thing for us. Which is where the expectation comes in.

Today I meditate on allowing the LORD to teach me to wait and to expect all at the same time using these verses.
1 Timothy 6:6 godliness with contentment is great gain
Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God
Psalm 25:5 You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day
Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength