DAY 1 | PRAYER AND THE PRESENCE
- Pastor Terry Wright
- Jan 1
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 15
Scripture: Psalm 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God.”
Prayer does not begin with speaking. It begins with being. Before requests, before confession, before intercession, God invites us into stillness. Not silence for its own sake, but awareness. To be still is to stop striving long enough to remember who is actually holding the world together.
He is near before we speak. Prayer becomes powerful not when we talk more, but when we slow down enough to recognize His presence.
Many approach prayer like a task to complete. We rush in with words, lists, and urgency. But Scripture reminds us that God is not impressed by our volume or vocabulary.
Stillness is not inactivity. It is trust practiced quietly. When you pause, you declare that God is God and you are not. That truth alone steadies anxious hearts and reorients busy minds.
APPLICATION: Today, let prayer begin with no agenda. Sit. Breathe. Acknowledge God’s nearness. Let stillness preach to your soul.
Prayer: Lord, help me be still before You today. Quiet my striving and awaken my awareness of Your presence. I trust that You are near.
In Jesus' name~ Amen.
FEATURED WORSHIP Play this in the background while praying, meditating on God's Word, Journaling, etc.
I have to make myself find a place of quiet and shut out all the distractions in the house. The TV being watched by my dad, Trace fixing dinner for him and my dad. My dog Noel on the bed with me...snoring no less. The enemy wants to steal our still time with the Lord, but today and each new day I refuse to let him have that foothold.
It never fails that right when I’m trying to be still one of my kids needs something. I used to hate quiet and silence, but now I crave it. I have been so full of peace today and I attribute it to being still with God this morning.
What tends to keep you from stillness before God, and what might it look like to simply be present with Him today?