Prayer Reset by Bob SorgeSample

Day 12 “ENDURE”

Reminder: Yesterday was all about love. We return again to our first love. The bottom line on this RESET is the fanning of our affections for the Lord Jesus and people everywhere.

As we reach the culmination of this prayer RESET, I want to highlight the crucial role of endurance in prayer. Endurance is essential if we are to attain what Paul called praying without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). 

It can be tempting to view this RESET as an experi­ment or test run, as though to say, “If I get something meaningful out of these 12 days, then I’ll continue.” But that’s like planting a kernel of corn and saying, “If I get a harvest of corn in the next 12 days, I’ll plant more.” 

It can be days or weeks before we begin to reap benefits from the seeds we sow in prayer. However, the Scriptures assure us that reaping eventually follows sowing: 

“For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” (Galatians 6:8)

If we sow to the Spirit, we’ll reap to the Spirit. As we sow to the secret place we’ll eventually reap to the secret place. It’s impossible to keep sowing to the Spirit without ultimately reaping authentic spiritual vitality. Let me say the same thing a couple different ways:

• Sow time into word meditation and you’ll reap word illumination. 
• •Sow grace-empowered effort into prayer and you’ll reap the satisfaction of a vibrant prayer life. 

Sheer willpower or inspiration might carry our de­votional life for 12 days, but only Spirit-empowered endurance will carry us long-term. 

PRAY. 

• Ask the Lord for enduring grace to sow time, energy, and faith into your secret prayer life. 
• Now that you’ve completed this 12-day RESET, ask the Lord to show you what’s next. 
• Review the foundation stones of your RESET: Desire, Decide, Fight, Repent, Cleanse, Thanks, #PrayRead, Psalms, Listen, Journal, Love, Endure.
• Ask for grace to endure and build upon all these foundations. 
• Express your resolve to live a life of prayer.

This prayer RESET is a condensed excerpt from Bob Sorge’s book, RESET: 20 Ways to a Consistent Prayer Life. For your next step, accept the 20/20 challenge of Bob’s book, RESET. For more information, click here: prayerreset.com .