I truly feel like the Holy Spirit is attempting to persuade me to give more time to my faith and less time to the things of this world. I keep feeling Him pull, tug, talk to me, whisper to me, and shake the heck out of me. I am truly trying to give Him all of me that I can, but I am so stretched in every direction. I am not defiantly ignoring Him, or disregarding Him and I want to follow His path and let him give me my path to heaven. The Holy Spirit is teaching me to witness for Christ by giving me more and more strength and confidence in my spirituality and faith. I feel like the more I know and educate myself, the more I can witness for Him.
I also find myself praying more out loud. I know this may sound silly, but all of my prayers used to be silent prayers. I would basically pray in my head, with my head bowed and hands crossed. I now find myself speaking out loud with my head looking straight up toward Him. I have found that with more confidence I feel deserving to speak to Him with more vigor. My prayers have also changed as far as their content. The majority of my prayers used to be for "things" of this world, now my prayers are usually praise for him and prayers for other people. A lot of my prayers are simply talking to Him about how special He is in my life.
I still want to witness for Him more to others. I want Him to give me more power over my faith and the ability to "convince" others of His chosen path. I want Him to lean on me more and use me in this world to communicate on His behalf.
My Prayer: "Lord, please use me in whatever capacity you would like to witness on Your behalf. Use me in this world to make others see the glory and importance of Your world. Give me the words to use and place me wherever I am needed most. I pray this in Your Holy Name....Amen"
What a holy privilege it is to read your blog. thanks for inviting us into your inner world. You are most certainly maturing as a believer. I went through the very *same* prayer transition years ago. I'd be in a group of people and the person leading prayer would say, "let's pray". Each person would lower their heads and I would lift mine. They would fold their hands and I would open mine up. that's not to say that I have given up praying with knee bowed and head down, but just to say that sometimes, we need to pray with head up and arms raised!
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