Following the Trail of God's Promises: The 40-Day ChallengeSample

11. On a Journey With God

That feeling when you have so many prayer needs that you don't know where to start…

That was the feeling I had one afternoon when I decided to write down all my needs in my prayer notebook. At the same time, it was a feeling of letting go of my worries. That evening I prayed for the same.

After that, there followed a month of living out my obligations and circumstances, but also stagnation in prayer. However, after that same month, I remembered my prayer and realized that my prayers were answered! I was jumping for joy and thanking God, and I thought, what would have happened if I had prayed every day! Abraham is remembered for many things, but mostly for his living relationship with God. On such a long journey, according to the Word, his prayer was like a conversation between a father and son. In addition to speaking, he listened, but also argued with God. Abraham felt God's guidance on his journey, and he often built altars as a sign of gratitude to God in different places. But he certainly had moments of doubt, despair and anger. All this was part of his conversation with God.

I don't have a recipe for an answer to prayer, but I know that God doesn't leave a sincere and thirsty heart, and apparently it doesn't matter to Him how often we pray for something, but rather how deep our relationship with Him is.

PRACTICAL CHALLENGE

Day 11. Think about writing a prayer journal! If writing is not your thing, maybe a prayer app, a prayer walk or a prayer partner is the solution! Whatever it is, may you experience revival in your prayer life.