Prayer Time

Let Prayer Change Your Life by Becky Tirabassi




This book has been loaned to me by a friend. It has been totally amazing. It is very simply written and yet the effects are profound. I can relate with this author, and see how she is changing lives all around the globe.

Just as Gordom MacDonald talks about in his book, Ordering My Private World... of scheduling your time, Becky talks about the same. She quotes MacDonald several times.

To sum things up in the book~ She is telling us how crucial it is to set aside the time to be with God. It doesn't have to be a certain time everyday, but she suggest the morning, as to start your day off right! One thing that she said that really really hit home for me is that if we had an appointment schdeuled with our pastor, or boss, or whomever~ We would not just ditch them because we were tired, or something else came up. We need to schedule God in for some one on one.
We can talk to Him all day long, but He deserves and desires time alone with us..to converse.
Becky also has a particular notebook she uses for her prayer time. It is in a three ring binder so that she can add to it..and also take out and store as it gets full. She has different tabbed sections, which you will have to read more about in her book. If you wanted to start one prior to reading her book, you could begin with some tabs titled; Praise, Thanks, Admissions, Request.... That would get you started. Also have time to read some scripture during your prayer time. She suggest Proverbs, one each day. Allow God to talk to you as part of this time as well. It may be through His word, it may be a conviction you feel. You may hear him telling you something. Write down what you feel God is speaking to you. You go to each section and write your prayer for that particular title. You can add to it.. you can move things from request to praise.... READ the book, it will tell you how to set it up.

I officially began my notebook Friday. Thursday evening I decided that I would have to schedule it in before work, as I wasn't sure I would promise and hold to my time if I did it in the evening. (So much stuff comes up!) I set the alarm for an hour early, with full belief that I had an appointment with God at 5:30.
I am not a morning person especially THAT early..but I looked at it in a new light, and did not want to miss that appointment!! I got up went to my reading spot, and began. Becky suggest setting aside an hour each day for this. I am working through my prayer journal, and I come to the time to read Proverbs. I am reading and I come to 8:17, "Those who seek me early and diligently shall find me!" The Proverb went on to say that whoever finds me, finds life and obtains favor from the Lord.
I was like a little kid.... I wrote that down as what I felt God was saying to me. Those who seek me early.... I was thinking, 5:30 is early! I feel confirmed in this! I smile and nod my head, yep! He is talking to me here! I am finding favor with God!(I get a little excited sometimes)

Well anyway, my morning goes on and nothing goes right. I end up barely clocking into work on time. As all the things were going wrong, I was thinking to myself, I am going to have to change the prayer time. It makes me too rushed in the morning blah blah blah. So I get to work and within the first hour of being there my director is suggesting to me how either I or my coworker really need to stagger our hours a bit and one of us come in an hour later and stay an hour later. BINGO! Though I believe that Satan was trying to discourage me from this hour of prayer, God just gave me the extra hour I needed! God 1 Satan 0
so yeah, I am going to let prayer change my life!! READ THE BOOK