In every single moment...

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ive been reading a book called soul revolution by John Burke and its been really challenging me to think more about God in our everyday life. So often i think we pray in times of stress and when we feel we have lost all but during the joyous times we dont pray to God and ask him for more of his presence.

Saturday night i was home alone and i felt reall challenged to sit in Gods presence and read the bible or pray rather then fill my night with dvds and facebook. As i sat reading it became increasingly aware to me that what i was doing in fact was a rarity in my life and that i often fill my life with so much other stuff such as just sitting on facebook rather then spending time sitting with God. i also felt challenged to think more about Gods presence actualyl being there. We hear that God is always with us but how often to we actually stop and think about the fact that God is always with us. as i sat reading and praying i felt myself constantly asking God about in THAT moment what he wanted of me and felt God really challenge me to when i pray not just pray with a purpose but pray for what God wanted me to do in that moment.

i really challenge you to stop right now and ask God what does he want you to do in this moment. What does God want you to do with the knowledge you have gained or the questions you have.

When we just sit in Gods presences and ask him in every moment what he wants us to do we really are challenged and realyl see how much God has is fingerprints all over our life. God wants to be involved in oyur life so let him be

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