I Talk, You Listen | Friday – Week 3

Tap to listen instead of reading

Take a Moment

Ask God what He wants to show you before reading today

Read The Daily

One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. (Luke 18:1)

I have a great marriage. I talk all the time and my wife just listens and when she does talk, I just zone out and focus on whatever I’m doing that’s more important. Every married guy or guy with half a brain knows that is the exact recipe for a terrible relationship even though all of us can be guilty of doing it. I think our relationship with God can be the same. We either a) don’t ever slow down to spend any time with God or b) pray and just talk the whole time without ever stopping to listen to what God may be saying.

There is no other way to live a fulfilled life outside of praying, listening and talking to God. That’s why the Pray – Read – Pray strategy is a good starting point for me. By praying first and asking God to show me what He wants to show that day, it slows my brain down and keeps me from making it just a checklist. Secondly, I’ll read a devotional or the Epic Life app. Finally, I like to end in pray and ask God what next steps He may have for me and how I can be a blessing to someone else that day.

A lot of people hope to live a fulfilled life outside of prayer or spending time with God. This is impossible because we will always be faced with situations and challenges that will be bigger than our brains and human wisdom.

Prayer for the Day

God what are you showing me? What am I going to do about it?

God help me to see one person that I can serve through a kind word, random act of kindness, or simple gift today?

Make sure you complete the reading or comment today.

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