Moving to Another Level in Him

I actually received the motivation to start a blog from my little brother Bruce just yesterday. I was reading through some of his postings and it made me begin to think. (www.befox17.blogspot.com)

I have not always lived my life right and I still make mistakes. There might be 10 people who read this blog and 9 say that was whack! That is fine with me! That 1 person whose life and thinking was changed by something I said is all I am looking for. My life was changed by the light God placed for me in only 1 person. One is all takes.

Why title my blog "Moving to Another Level in Him?" This is something I am sure many of you have heard before. It is time we stopped settling for less than the best. It is time we begin to improve our lives on a daily basis.

I challenge you all to join me in moving to another level him. For you this might mean putting God first in your life, this could mean stop cursing, this might mean pick up your bible on another day of the week besides Sundays, this might mean starting to pray (outside of church), this could also mean changing your friends. Whatever it is you feel you need to do to move to the next level then just do it.

I am going to start off by moving to another level in my prayer life. 1Thessalonians 5:17 says "Cease without praying" KJV and "Pray Continually" NIV.

Prayer authorizes God to get involved in the mess we go through with life. I think many people don't pray continually because if the prayer isn't answered when they want it, they begin to lose faith or feel they are wasting their time. (I will admit I once felt this way)

I had to learn the hard way that prayer is the most important thing in life. If you are not communicating with your father how do you expect things to be done? How do you expect him to give you the things we want and desire if you dont talk to him about everything? Proverbs 4:6 says "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." KJV. Talking to God should be like talking to your best friend, fun to do and comfortable. The more we talk to our best friends the more comfortable we get, we can then tell them anything and everything. God wants us to do the same thing with him and have that same relationship.

I am challenging myself to enter my prayer closet everyday. (This is not a room in my house for those of you who don't know). Matthew 6:6 says "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." KJV- Go to a place in God with no interuptions, where it is just you and your father talking it out. Yes this means no TV and cell phones. You might even have to turn off your computer to avoid being distracted by facebook. Your prayer closet is a place with no distractions where you can focus only on talking to God. Entering into your prayer closest means you will have to do more than a "Jesus Wept" prayer, but if this is where you have to start then go for it. Prayer has to begin somewhere!

I am so excited for this ride I know I am about to take by moving to another level in Him. I encourage you all to find what is lacking or what is weak in your spiritual life and make an effort to improve it. Together we can move to another level in him!!