Cheryl and I grew up in the rural town of Demopolis Alabama. Most of our time was spent on the two major river arteries that intersected in our town or out in the country side hunting. After I was saved a lot of my time with the Lord were in these settings. Still is today.
I have been fascinated with prayer and the opportunity to talk with God and have Him talk with me my entire Christian life.
When I first began to have dedicated prayer life was in May of 1976 just after I received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and spoke in other tongues. (See Acts 2:4) The baptism in the Holy Spirit caused a hunger for God in my spirit and the desire to hear His voice. That hunger still motivates me to this day.
It was also at this time that an insatiable desire for His word began to fill my heart. I read His word day and night and just could not get enough of His word and His presence.
I paid a lot of attention to what was written in red. I would read the red and do whatever the Red (Jesus) did. I was a young believer in the Lord with a fire that you could not put out.
I read in the scripture where Jesus would spend the night in the wilderness praying and seeking His Father. I thought this must be what Christians do. I grabbed my sleeping bag and along with my dog and cat, stayed hours in the woods talking to my Heavenly Father. My dog would stay but my cat always returned home.
This became a pattern for my life. Spending time on the river, lake or countryside talking with the Lord. I understand when people say they feel close to God when they are out in nature.
Prayer has to be a life style. It’s not something you do just when you come together corporately but it’s as the scripture say, “pray without ceasing.” (1Thessolonians 5:17)
Once you begin to hear God speaking with you and then seeing the harvest of your prayers. It becomes something that is addicting to your spirit.
Ken Malone
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