I was just a young child when my parents told me I ought to begin daily devotions. I began the habit when I was perhaps eight or ten years old and have largely stuck with it for the past four decades. During that time, I have attempted a hundred different approaches, but it seems like I always end up in the same place: Before my day really begins and often before the sun even rises, I go for a walk through my neighborhood, and as I walk, I listen to the Bible and pray.
There is a sweet harmony between Scripture and prayer, which is to say, a sweet harmony between hearing from God and speaking to God. My time of devotion is not first a time of study, but a time of relationship—of hearing God speak to me and then speaking to him in return. I often return home feeling relationally connected and marveling at the privilege that is mine to be able to have a friendship with God—a relationship that, like any other, depends upon two-way communication.
I have often spoken to people who struggle to know how to integrate prayer
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