New Year, Same God

Dear readers,

A very happy and blessed new year to you. I am beyond grateful for the love, support, feedback and just taking time to read what I have to share. My blog has been a huge part of my Christian journey and I hope that it has helped you too in some way and that whenever you read, there is a seed planted within you to continue seeking God. I am excited to see what God has in store for us in 2025

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Around this time last year, I was making my new years resolutions and saying that I would take my relationship with God much more serious. Unfortunately, that did not last long but things are different this year. The new year doesn't mean that I have to start afresh with God, I just have to keep walking with Him and choosing Him everyday.

My encouragement unto you for this year is: 

1 Thessalonians 5 vs 17 (NKJV):

"Pray without ceasing"

This verses encourages us to pray continuously for many reasons. There is power in prayer and prayer is where we get to talk to God and to hear from Him. Prayer is having a conversation with God and there is something I need to emphasize. When having a conversation, there is a time to talk and a time to listen right? How come when we pray, we just talk on and on and we barely give Him time to respond? You just say Amen and go on about your day.

It stops being a conversation when you just talk and you don't take time to listen. The emphasis here is that, after talking to Him, give Him a chance to respond and don't just depart from His presence. There is probably a lot that we miss because after prayer, we are quick to go back to our lives. Take some time to bask in His presence after prayer, you never know, He might just answer you in that moment.

We have to change our approach to prayer. Praying isn't all about asking God to do things for you, it is about communicating with Him and building an intimate relationship with Him. God is our Father and as a good Father, He is interested in our lives. Instead of just saying, "Thank you God for this day", go into detail, tell Him what made you happy in the day, what caused you distress and even the highlight of your day.  Just talk to Him. That's it.

It is a new year and new beginning but still the same God. He desires your presence and He is just waiting on you to seek Him. Prayer is the first step, so start the journey. There is no better time than now.

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