Prayerwerks - Building a Life of Prayer Through Faith

I am currently doing a daily devotional called Daily Office, by Peter Scazzero.  He writes about "David, a man after God's own heart, and how he models the seamless integration of a full emotional life with a profound contemplative life with God.  He trusts in the LORD, pouring out his struggles, fears and anguish..."  Scazzero quotes, The Cry of the Soul, where Dan Allender and Tremper Longman summarize why awareness of our feelings is so important to our relationship with God.

Ignoring our emotions is turning our back on reality.  Listening to our emotions ushers us into reality.  And reality is where we meet God...Emotions are the language of the soul.  They are the cry that gives the heart a voice… However, we often turn a deaf ear – through emotional denial, distortion, or disengagement.  We strain out anything disturbing in order to gain tenuous control of our inner world.  We are frightened and ashamed of what leaks into our consciousness.  In neglecting our intense emotions, we are false to ourselves and lose a wonderful opportunity to know God.  We forget that change comes through brutal honesty and vulnerability before God.

If we are to have a powerful, life-changing prayer life, it requires total honesty with God.  Don’t hold back!  Tell God how you feel.  He can handle it and so can you with His help which is just a prayer away.  ASK!  Receiving is promised and it’s just around the corner of asking.

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:24