Prayer is an important aspect of discipleship and back in February, Travis posted this about prayer.   Dependence is one of the “6 Categories of Discipleship”, and prayer is a great way to stay dependent upon God.

For a while I have been keeping a prayer journal where I write down things to pray for.  Many of these items include people that are sick or people that need encouragement or upcoming events.  Most of these have an “ending”, or I have seen them answered in a certain way.  People have been healed or recovered from an illness.  Others have been helped by God in a trying time.  Events such as a worship service, mission trip, or Bible study have occurred.

However, the following items haven’t been marked off my list as having been answered.  I still need to pray about these and depend on God to develop them in me.  You may want to pray these for yourself as well.

• have a passion, delight, and desire to read the Bible
• seek justice because I have experienced God’s righteousness
• power to share what God is doing in me
• purse Jesus wholeheartedly
• carry a big shield of faith (believe nothing is too hard for God)
• seek to be blameless toward God
• work hard, be diligent, and be intentional
• fix eyes on the unseen and eternal, not the seen and temporary
• help refresh the hearts of the saints
• grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus
• know God’s presence in His promises (promises reveal His person)

May God teach us to pray and depend on Him.