Sample Morning Prayer

And now, a chance to crawl inside my head and listen to me pray during my morning quiet time:

“...and I just pray that today You would show me your ways and give the grace to live them out.  Please guide me in being who you want me to be. 

 Oh no, I better call Alan back.  I told him I was going to call yesterday and I never did.  He always seemed to be wearing a baseball cap every time I saw him in college.  Or maybe, I just happened to see him every time he wore a cap.  People on my tennis team must think that I wear a cap all the time.  Man, that cap is starting to stink. I wonder if the dishwasher will get it clean?

  Oh, sorry.  Lord, I ask you to give me the opportunity to reach those who are disconnected from you.  When those opportunities come up, please give me the boldness and the words to say what you want me to say. 

There is no way that I will be able to price those 4 jobs today AND go to both of the meetings that I have on the calendar.  Meetings are killing me!!!  I’ve heard that sometimes people in the military will have standing meetings where everyone stands up for the enitre meeting.  This way, nobody wants to be there any longer then they have to.  I wonder what life would have been like if I went into the service?  I could not have done it.  I can’t imagine ironing my clothes every day.

Dang it!! Lord, I am so sorry!  Here I am praying to the God of the universe, and I can’t even focus on Him.  Lord, I am so sorry that I have let my mind wander.  Please guide my thoughts during this time.  Lord, I thank you for all that you have done for me.  God you have blessed me with so much: your love, salvation, my wife, the abundance in which we live, my health, my friends.  Lord, you are so good.  Thank you so much.  I do not deserve it, but you richly give anyways. 

Which reminds me me, that would be a great topic to speak about next time I am doing a talk for Rethink Money: God gives so richly to us in spite of the fact that we don’t deserve it.  Giving back to Him is an appropriate response to praise Him for that goodness.  Yeah, that will be good.  I wonder if I will ever speak to alot of people?  Like, thousands.  Like at Catalyst.   I hope I don’t have to speak right after Andy Stanley.  He is always a tough act to follow.  Either way, I guess I will have to take whatever slot Catalyst gives me.

Aaaaghh!!   God, I’m so sorry that…”

This doesn’t happen every morning, but it happens more often than I would like to admit.  Please pray for me that I would stay focused in my prayers.

 

Thanks.