TALK LESS , PRAY MORE!

“Let’s pray right now!” Those words for some reason took me by surprise. I called her because I needed to vent about a situation I was facing. I needed her to hear me and of course eventually pray about it, but right at that moment I wanted to talk about it. I soon realized God had different plans. My dear friend did what I know show was led to do and that was pray. For me, I needed that as a reminder that I had been spending too much time talking about situations I was facing and not enough time praying about them.

How many times have you faced a difficult situation or found yourself in a low place and you talked about it MORE than you prayed about it? I know it may take some energy to think about it and probably even more to be honest about it. A lot of women, myself included often find it therapeutic to talk about our problems, our issues with at least one other person we feel comfortable with. Yes, we may pray about them some, but the question is do we really pray as much as we talk about them? I think that is a tactic of the enemy because when we spend a great deal of time talking about the problems or issues they seem to magnify. Not only that, but it keeps us from talking to God about them as well. What if we flipped the script? What if we made it our goal to increase our “pray about it” time and decrease our “talk about it” time? 1 Thessalonians 5:17 reminds us of our commitment to pray. It says we should “Pray without ceasing.” So if we are continually praying about it, there doesn’t leave much time for talking, right? The fact of the matter is that trials, tests and tribulations will continue to come our way, so we must “up our game” by increasing our prayer life. 

When we pray and make our requests known to God, that's when we can expect a change to take place. That change may be in our situation, but it may also be in us, our perspective. Make a decision today that if and when you open your mouth about a situation that you are facing, let it be to talk to God about it. That’s my goal and it should be yours too. Be encouraged today.