A Healthy Prayer Life

How can we have spiritual health in a culture intent on breaking the law of God? We pray. Prayer is the life-breath of our life in Christ. As with breathing, prayer may seem natural. Almost everyone prays, but the Bible gives us instruction on how to pray more deeply. For whom should we pray? What kind of words should we use in prayer? Paul answers those questions.

One of many good ways to pray is to turn our breathing into a prayer. As you inhale deeply, think of the Holy Spirit of God filling you. Then when you exhale, imagine that Spirit going from you to bless others. When Jesus gave the Spirit to the disciples, He breathed on them and said, “‘Receive the Holy Spirit,’” (John 20:22, NASB).

~ Jeff