Today I start the One Year Prayer Experiment!
Starting today, I commit to pray:
- Everyday
- For 30 minutes at a time
- For 1 year
Why would I commit to such a thing?
I have gone through quite a process to get to this point. It all started not long ago when I came to the startling realization that I needed to pray. I realized I had a huge gap in my relationship with God, and it became clear that prayer was the solution. Because I did not pray, I was missing out on something.
You can read all about this process in my post titled “The Funk – Conviction – A Challenge.”
I invite you along on this experiment to keep me accountable and to maybe inspire you to begin a prayer experiment of your own.
A Swirl of thoughts and Emotions
As I begin this journey quite a few thoughts and emotions are swirling about.
Fear
One of them is fear. I am not the most disciplined guy in the world. I am afraid that I simply will not keep this commitment – that I will get all excited, get week in, and then flounder. I harbor fears that my experiment will all come to naught because I just won’t follow through.
There is also a little fear that nothing will change. I have experienced periods of greatly satisfying prayer. And I have endured dry times. Admittedly, I am to blame for most of these dry times. It’s my fault my devotional life is lousy when I am the one not showing up. It’s also a built-in excuse. Can’t blame God for not showing up if I don’t. But when I do show up, there is the fear he might not.
But I choose to trust he will.
Excitement
In the swirl is also a lot of excitement. All those periods of satisfying prayer – and great intimacy with God – have all been times when my prayer life was consistent. Others I know have had similar experiences. I hope to get back to that. Or to something different, but better.
Curiosity
And to be honest, there is also quite a bit of good old curiosity in the mix. I just want to see what happens when both God and I show up for our time together.
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