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New Scriptures, New Prayers

Unless you're exercising on a treadmill, most people don't like to run in place.  No one desires to exhaust themselves to no end, only to look up and be in the same predicament you were when you started out; to be in the same mess time and time again. Yet there are some people who pray the same prayers and read the same few scriptures all their life.  And their lives show the stagnancy of their prayers.  Now, I have some oldies but goodies myself, but I've come to realize that God has written a whole book to be digested and not just picked through.  He's laid out a buffet and you keep eating that same ol' spaghetti.

Memorize a new verse.  Read a new chapter.  Venture to some part of the bible that you have never read before.  Even if you have read all of the bible, there are some parts that you haven't spent as much time in - meditate on that.

Put a new prayer in your heart.  Ask God for something new.  This is not a materialistic exercise where we're asking God for a new car, new house, new job, etc.  If you need those things, by all means, but if you've been praying that, then try a new prayer.  Trust, He heard you.  Pray for a breakthrough in a strained relationship.  Pray for gratitude in a less than ideal situation.  Pray for a fun, fresh, outlook in your marriage.  Pray for a more playful relationship with your kids.  Pray for a sassy, bold outlook on your life.  We don't have to limit God to just nouns - people, places, and things.

I've picked Colossians 3 - the entire chapter to focus on.  And I'm delighted in my choice. There is so much richness in this chapter.  And I'm writing new prayers for my meal time (I've been saying the same food prayer since I was 15).  For bedtime, for my family, for my ministry, for my business.

Get off the treadmill and move forward with God. He is progressive and he is full of richness if we seek him there.  I'd love to hear about your new prayers.  Comment below and share what new prayers and new scriptures you've chosen.

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