Wow okay, so the last blog was really long as I read it again! Back to small bites. But I hope you caught the way to start a new prayer life in all of that: learn to rest in God, that's how we access hearing from God eventually. To live in Christ means to be where He's at: and presently He is in heaven having done all His work, at rest and interceding for us.
You may be struggling with this rest thing and getting into a head space of meditation/intimacy/peace/chillin'/soaking in His Presence. So I had better mention a very important thing for those starting out or restarting out. You ain't gonna like it. You need the greatest courage for this. But we can't advance without it....... Good hygiene.
WHAAAAT?!
Sorry what I really mean is a decent wash. Okay that sounds worse. Spiritual speak?...you need to humble yourself and ask God to forgive and wash away ANYTHING that might be getting in the way of connecting with Him. Even if you can't think of a darn thing. (How 'bout - coarse language? That'll get most of us. Did I say 'darn'? Dagnabit!). Here's an exercise that might help:
Assignment: Get on your own with some time up your sleeve and kneel (on a cushion) or lie flat on the floor. Speak these words aloud: "Heavenly Father, wash over me now and remove any sin, shame, fear, doubt or grudge that I may have against you. I cancel any debt of unforgiveness hanging over my life. I cancel any permission I may have given to any unclean or ungodly spirit, and revoke any curse spoken over my life either by myself or others. I break the hold of disappointment, discouragement, and unmet dreams. Thank you Lord for washing these things away by the precious blood of Jesus. In the mighty name of Jesus. Amen."
You may find if you spend some time just listening, that specific things come to mind, and if so just speak out your own 'words of washing'. Now, let it all go (no use hanging on to any of that stuff!).
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