Longing to Pray – Day 1

During the season of Lent we will be focusing on fostering a life of prayer with the help of Dr. Elsworth Kalas' book, 'Longing to Pray'. Each day we will post a short quote from the book and a prayer prompt to engage us in prayer. Let the journey begin!

"Thinking that our posture wins favor with God or that it ensures an answer to prayer reduces prayer to magic; however, if we refuse to place ourselves under some particular, reasonable physical discipline, our pride can separate us from God." Dr. Ellsworth Kalas, "Longing to Pray"

Prayer prompt (also from Dr. Kalas' text): "See for yourself how the mood changes as the posture changes. Sit and pray, and prayer takes on a conversational quality. Stand, and you feel you are making an appearance before the King. Lift your hands, and a special sense of adoration engulfs your prayer. Put your head down, and you feel awe, humility, perhaps even shame; lift your head, and there is a sense of glad openness."

Today try more than one of these postures in your prayer time that you usually don't use.