April Habits

It’s the beginning of April and time to stretch ourselves a bit and add another new habit.

This month, while you keep up with the habits we've already established, try to add two minutes of Old Testament reading to each day. The easiest way to do this, I think, is to read one psalm a day. You can do this at the same time as you do your New Testament reading if that time is working well for you—or you can pick another time, say immediately after you get up or before you turn out the light at night. It might work to keep a Bible open to the Psalms beside your bed so you can avoid the distraction of hunting for your Bible first thing in the morning! Just two more minutes. Simple, right? You can do it! (As always, if you already have far better habits than the ones we’re talking about in these posts, great. Use the principles we are using—picking small achievable goals and sticking to them to form solid habits—to work on something you think God wants you to do in your life.)

I’m going to use the rest of the posts this month to focus on our prayer times. Remember, we are trying for several minutes three times a day. Do you worry about how to pray during these times? Do you get distracted easily? Wonder if God is really listening to what feels like half-hearted rambling to you? Me too sometimes. Join me as try to get a better handle on prayer.