Communicate

I just had the privilege of speaking to our congregation last Sunday.  It was a lot of fun.  Here are just a few thoughts from Sunday's message on how to communicate with God.

1.  I Peter 3 tells us that in order for our prayers not to be hindered, we have to treat our wives well.

2.  According to Psalm 68:18-19, if we cherish sin then God does not hear our prayers.

3.  God simply wants us to communicate from our heart and to make our prayers simple.  Matthew 6      tells us more about that.  

4.  One effective way to pray is to P.R.A.Y.  Praise, Repent, Ask, & Yield.

This is a prayer model that I practice myself and helps out a lot in my prayer time.  I praise God for a while, then I ask for forgiveness for my sins, I bring my requests to Him and then I surrender my life to His will.  There are many ways to pray, but if you are looking for one that is simple and can help give you stuff to talk to God about then this is pretty effective.

The last part is Listen.  It's important that we don't talk the whole time.  It's important for us to just be quiet and listen so that we can hear the voice of God.  

Again these are just a few thoughts.  You can listen to the whole message at www.lifechurchfishers.com/Podcast then look for my message titled, "Communicate"