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Seven Years In Christ- Prayers

Giving testimony as a finalist (FYB) in my fellowship on campus- 2014

My life as a Christian has been a very exciting one. I started out without much physical guidance, but I somehow found mercy from God to start doing some things that I never knew were the right things to do. My religious mind perhaps, taught me to do some things consistently. After I gave my life to Christ, I made it a consistent thing to pray for 30 minutes everyday.

It was a long hard thing to pray for 30 minutes. I would praise God for 15 minutes and ask for the things I wanted for 15 minutes, but it was always a long time for me. I was always checking the time to see if it was already 30 minutes. Whenever I check the time and discover that it wasn't 30 minutes yet, I would stay where I do pray till it's complete.

If I haven't prayed in a day, I would feel very odd sleeping at night. I didn't know that it was a good thing that the Holy Spirit planted in me. Now, I still carry that odd feeling when I haven't prayed in a day. The essence of prayer cannot be over emphasized in the life of a Christian. It is always a great thing to spend time praying for hours.

I believe that the minimum time a Christian should spend praying daily is 1 hour. Anything short of that cannot be able to measure up to the demands of the present season. My friends here in Ibadan would say that 1 hour prayers per day is for baby Christians. I quite agree with them. Consistent prayer is the key to growing in stature with God.

I have found that the key to consistent prayer is to pray. There is no formula for consistency. Prayer must start as a discipline and end as a delight. The is no right time to pray as we have different schedules however, praying in the morning has a role to play in how your day will look like.

I pray mostly at midnight. My prayer time starts late in the night and ends early in the morning. Praying at that time has it advantage and disadvantage. A major disadvantage is that there are times that I have been very tired that I would be on the bed and pray that God should strengthen me to pray, but I would still sleep off. I have learnt experientially that whenever I am tired, I would start praying before I ask God to strengthen me to pray. The strength to pray comes while praying. There have been times that I felt I wouldn't spend up to 10 minutes, but I ended up spending 2 hours or even more.

God will give you the grace to pray while praying and not while you're still on the bed. If you don't have a consistent time that you pray, you would not pray consistently. If you're not consistent in prayers, you will be weak. A friend once explain Luke 18:1 to me that if I am weak, it means am not praying. One of my pastors on campus would say "whenever you want to pray, tell your body to go back to the hostel, but you will remain on the field to pray".

Also, whenever I want to intercede, I do spend more time that I would when I pray for myself. Intercession will afford you more time with God. A labourer is always stronger than the supervisor. If you're not a labourer, you will not have reasons to pray for long hours. Prayers (in the Spirit) builds up the a man.

See, your spirit is always willing to pray, but your flesh is weak. Treat it roughly like Paul the Apostle did. Don't allow your body to dictate when to sleep or when to wake up. Don't be body ruled. Men ought always to pray!

This is the fifth of the seven things I will be sharing about my 7-years journey in Christ

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