Friday, January 20, 2012

Friday’s Devotion: Less is More

Matthew 6:7-8  And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.  Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Yesterday, I had to unfollow friend on Twitter.  I had set some of my friend’s tweets to automatically push to my iPhone.  She was tweeting constantly and my phone’s dinging was bugging me. I couldn’t quickly figure out how to turn off the push feature. Generally my tweeting friends do so sparingly and I enjoy what they have to say.  I think Jesus was saying that we can accomplish much with fewer words.  Sometimes we don’t pray because we don’t think we have a big enough block of time to pray effectively but small short prayers during the day can be very effective. Maybe even in conversations and witnessing to others we can be conscious that quality of words are more important than quantity.

Creator God, we ask your blessing on us today. Teach us to pray and witness in ways that are pleasing to you.  In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.   

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