Taking a little break

So I'm taking a small break from writing about worship leading to share some cool revelation

I'm on a vacation around Texas right now to learn about worship leading and I have been reading in Mathew a lot. In chapter 10 it speaks about offering a greeting or blessings when you enter into someone's house who takes you in.

So I have been puting that into practice, praying and blessing the house and people of whom I have been staying with.

 So I'm leaving one of the houses and I ask the people if I can pray for them and they say yes, so I pray for them and then give hugs and kisses goodbye.

As I am walking down the stairs to go to my car I have a revelation about prayer.

I have been soooo excited to bless people who have been blessing me so much with lodging and food and I have a thought about the prayer I just gave.





Did I really mean that? Why did I just pray? I thought to myself.

I thought why do I pray? I thought a lot about tradition and being a christian. Ive been a follower of Jesus for a very long time and I think the reason why I pray sometimes is only out of tradition, it's what I should just do.

In that there is no power and I am not taking on the authority Jesus has said I have in believing what I am praying for, also I'm just doing things just to do them, not because I believe in them.

So my revelation is to intently pray, with all my heart, not just to fulfill a duty or something that is just expected like a prayer before the evening meal. In the blessing I ask for for someone, I mean it! I really want this family or person or home to be blessed!

I am going to keep praying from the depths of my soul and it's going to be real, not just words that come out of my mouth because I am a christian but because I believe what I pray God hears and responds to every time. I want to have a heart to pray even if I'm tired or annoyed or busy and i'll pray with the authority Jesus has bestowed upon me. Even for every meal, the thanks I give God is real because honestly we have NOTHING at all without Christ. I am actually incredibly thankful, so if I can pray out of thanks and mean it, why cant I speak and pray for healing and mean it or ask for a miracle and expect it or speak a blessing and trust that the Lord will bless whomever I speak the blessing over.