Prayer. It’s a subject that raises many emotions, beliefs, and practices.

About it, a friend told me this today:

I believe the Father and Son want a conversation. I’ve struggled with prayer having been raised in a church where everything was so formal. When I began talking to our Father like he was riding shotgun in my truck, I began to feel the difference.

Now that’s an image to check out how one’s prayer life is going.

• Is anyone riding shotgun?
• If so, who?
• Is it any person of the Trinity?
• How balanced is the conversation?
• How much listening is happening?
• How long is the trip?
• Does the conversation ever stop?
• If so, what stops it?
• What happens in the conversation lull?

Suggestion: use this imagery the rest of this week. See what changes in your praying. Who knew prayer could be like riding shotgun?

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