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Christian Prayer and Love
When an individual makes a real commitment to follow Christ, it is just as if he or she were setting out on a journey. It is the evangelist's responsibility to tell that person what he or she will need on route. You might call these the necessities of the Christian Life. "Like our physical being, our spiritual nature needs sustenance too."
Daily Food
Peter wrote, "Be like new born babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved. As the Scripture says, `You have found out for yourselves how kind the Lord is.'"1 Go to the Word of God, the Bible, and read it every day. Meditate upon it and ask God to speak to you through it. Beware of haphazardly picking at the Bible. Remember the story of the person who worked this way. The first verse he landed upon said, "Then, Judas went and hanged himself!" "That can't be the guidance I need," he said to himself and flicked the pages to another spot. "Go, and do thou likewise," it said to his horror! You may like to use Bible reading notes, a teaching cassette or a good book. The Word of God will nourish you and refresh you daily as you read it.
Fresh Air
Luke wrote, "Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never be discouraged."2 Our Savior wants us always to be talking to Him and to never get down in the mouth. Prayer should be our habit wherever we are and whatever we're doing. Let it not be just petition, asking for those needful things, but also praise and thankfulness for His gifts. In the office, at home or school, when you're out jogging, wherever you are let prayer and praise spontaneously come to your lips and arise in your heart. "Prayer enlarges the heart," wrote Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She added, "Ask and seek and your heart will grow big enough to receive him and keep him as your own." Shoot arrows of prayer to God and at those around you as you go along. Be outgoing with your prayer!
Exercise
Don't be an onlooker, but be active as a Christian. Jesus said, "And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."3 Care for those around you and show it in your actions. Witness to them about Christ. Tell a member of your family of your new found faith. "Never close your lips to those to whom you have opened your heart."
11 Peter 2:2,3 2Luke 18:1 3John 13:34
"Like our physical being, our spiritual nature needs sustenance too."
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