Prayer – Triumph30

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL RECAP

Welcome to the 23rd weekly devotional recap of the year. This week, we learnt about prayer and its place in the life of a believer.

PRAY LIKE THIS

Think back to when a child first learns the alphabet. It’s slow, repetitive, and often messy, but essential. No one wakes up one day able to read books without first learning their ABCs.

The advent of phones brought the convenience of making calls, but a new challenge arose. Phone users became weary of their battery life. They constantly had to worry about being around a power station and sitting around it for hours until the phone batteries were recharged.

PRAYER TIMES

Remember your school days when lecture schedules were set, yet the class representative reminded everyone about upcoming classes. Even today, meetings are planned in your workplace, but reminders still appear in your email.

THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER

Imagine a home where family members only speak during a crisis—no conversations during meals, no presence in ordinary moments. That’s what it’s like when we only pray to God when we need something.

PRAYER IS FELLOWSHIP

Think of prayer as tuning in to a radio frequency. The signal is always there, but you must tune your heart to hear it. That’s what prayer is — a spiritual connection, not limited by posture or place but rooted in fellowship with God.

DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God;…

FAN THE FLAME

Some people have argued that food prepared with firewood tastes better than the fancifully prepared ones. To achieve such great taste, chefs usually assemble materials like wood, lighter and cast iron pots before proceeding to cook.