I offered a challenge to our church congregation today.
I suggested that they pray at least 42 times this coming week. Each prayer time would be ten seconds long. Using the following prayer:
God, help me to
- See Thee more clearly
- Love Thee more dearly
- Follow Thee more nearly
Day by Day
I explained that this prayer (which became a song in the 1960’s musical “Godspell”) was a written prayer of Richard of Chichester in 1235 AD, and was based on Colossians 1:10 (check out how John Wycliffe translated that verse!).
Today I encouraged people to pray the prayer 3 times. Tomorrow (Monday) four times (breakfast, lunch, supper, bed time), Tuesday five times, Wednesday six times, Thursday seven times, Friday eight times, and Saturday nine times – for a total of seven minutes of prayer during the week.
But that seven minutes could change your life. See what God may say to you!!!!