Let us take a view of our prayer life and see how we stand before God. Our relationship and fellowship with God determines our relationship to all other persons and things, here and hereafter. As we ask ourselves the following questions, let us be honest with God and own hearts.
1. Do I have a special time and place of prayer, where I meet with God each day. “In the morning rising up a great while before day he went out and departed into a solitary place and there prayed.” (Mark 1:35)
2. How much time do you spend with God in prayer each day? If not enough, why not? What is more important?
3. Do you have a spirit of prayer, a spiritual atmosphere about your life? Do you make it easy for others to pray in your presence?
4. How long since you go blessed in prayer?
5. How long since you had a definite answer to prayer?
6. Do you ever fast and pray? “Such cometh out but by prayer and fasting.”
7. Do you live a life of prayer—“prayer without ceasing”?
8. Does you prayer time seem short, or long and drawn out and burdensome? Do you enjoy you fellowship and courtship with God? If not, why not?
9. Do you have a family altar in your home? If not, why not? If so, will your children remember it in after-years as a place and time of communion with God, or a dry and dreaded time?
10. Would you have confidence in others if you knew that they prayed no more than you do?
11. Would you be willing for your pastor and other Christians friends to know how much or how little you pray?
12. How long since you had a burden for souls in prayer?
13. How long has it been since a soul was saved or filled with the Spirit in answer to your prayer?
14. Are you ever defeated or discouraged because of a lack of prayer—“men, women ought always to pray and not to faint.” We are never defeated or discouraged when we are prayed up. “Temptations lose their power when Thou are nigh.”
15. Do you talk to others more than you talk to God? Do you unload your troubles and problems on others instead of on God? God always understands and stands under us—“underneath are the everlasting arms.”
16. Do you pray more in secret than in public?
17. Do you attend a mid-week prayer meeting and other special season of prayer with others? If not, why not?
18. Have you allowed the cares of this world, or the deceitfulness of riches to crowd out God and your prayer life?
19. Did you ever spend more time with God than you do now?
20. Can you live the Christ life without keeping in touch with Christ?
--Rev A. L. Vess
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