Eight Viruses Affecting our Prayer
Prayer is a theological meeting place where our spirituality is nourished and deepened. Yet, prayer, like all the other elements necessary for a healthy living, is affected by various diseases. Eight viruses have proofed to be a threat to prayer. I enlist as follows: 1. The habit of wordy prayers. 2. Fear of silence. 3. Prayer that is void of the encounter with God. 4. Superficial prayer that does not reach to the problems within. 5. Prayer that does not accept decisions. 6. Lack of enough time for prayer. 7. Little or no word of God in our prayer. 8. Praying without prior preparation. To the question, what is wrong with my pra yer? we have to find out which virus is eating into our lives. Love must be put in everything for anything to make sense, even prayer. Do you really pray?