http://www.newlife-glastonbury.org/blog/2009/01/06/go-smaller-go-deeper/ Thoughts on faith and culture from the community of NewLife Christian Fellowship, Glastonbury, CT Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:05:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.newlife-glastonbury.org/blog/2009/01/06/go-smaller-go-deeper/comment-page-1/#comment-13837 Joel Herold Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:17:25 +0000 http://www.newlife-glastonbury.org/blog/2009/01/06/go-smaller-go-deeper/#comment-13837 This is a great and worthy challenge, Eric. It's something that all of us struggle with and on which I can continually work. I know that when I sit down to pray the number of people I need to pray for can be overwhelming. A few weeks ago I read the chapter in Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life about being Transformed by Trouble. The chapter is focused on Romans 8:28-29 and focuses on the understanding that there is a purpose behind every problem. The chapter and this entry work very well together in teaching me to be more focused in my prayers. Warren puts it this way: pray fewer"Comfort me" prayers and more "Conform me" prayer ("Use this to make me more like You"). This is a great and worthy challenge, Eric. It’s something that all of us struggle with and on which I can continually work. I know that when I sit down to pray the number of people I need to pray for can be overwhelming. A few weeks ago I read the chapter in Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life about being Transformed by Trouble. The chapter is focused on Romans 8:28-29 and focuses on the understanding that there is a purpose behind every problem. The chapter and this entry work very well together in teaching me to be more focused in my prayers. Warren puts it this way: pray fewer”Comfort me” prayers and more “Conform me” prayer (“Use this to make me more like You”).

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