“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6 (KJV)
After the release of the Affirm Film, War Room, many people showed where they had created War Rooms in their closets or offices. That’s wonderful, but many of us don’t have a house big enough for those sorts of areas. My “War Room” or what I call “War Area” is actually at the kitchen table. I also have a chalkboard in my bedroom where I have the names of people listed who have requested prayer. Your War Room could be in your bathroom, bedroom, garage, a park bench, a back yard, in your car, on the bus, on a train, in a plane, it is anyplace that you can get a moment alone with God. The important thing is that you are taking the names of others to God for their needs.
It doesn’t matter if you are on your knees, on your face, on your feet or sitting in a chair – it isn’t about the position of the body that makes the prayers powerful, it is the humble and contrite heart that makes the difference.
It doesn’t matter if you have an hour to pray, 30 minutes to pray, or 5 minutes to pray. It doesn’t matter if your language is elegant, simple or completely silent for lack of knowing what to say. Some folks just cry before God and He knows what is in the heart and what the prayer is all about.
Prayer isn’t saying things in a special or specific way. Prayer is just talking to God, just having a conversation and listening for Him to answer back. People talk about praying at all times. I am one of those people. Prayer doesn’t need a special place or posture, it is being thankful at all times, talking to God at all times, and being aware of your surroundings and the needs that are there. It’s praying for a car broken down on the side of the road, an ambulance going in the opposite direction, a sad person walking along the road, a happy child dancing in a yard. Prayer is just speaking a word of help, or healing, or peace, or thankfulness.
And the most important point to this is – Prayer Works. The only prayers that are not answered are the prayers that are never spoken. Take a moment, look around, say a prayer. It feels amazing!
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Do you need prayer? Send an email to shiloh.spiritual@aol.com and I will add you to my prayer board. Have a Blessed Day! Mama Linda
Linda J. Humes 