HOW TO KEEP YOUR PRAYER LIFE FRESH PART 5 OF 5

TEXT – EPHESIANS 6:18

INTRODUCTION

TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE US TO CONTINUE WITH OUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDIES ON THE TOPIC OF PRAYER AND TALK ABOUT KEEPING YOUR PRAYER LIFE FRESH.

EACH OF US HAS THE TENDENCY TO GET INTO A "RUT" IN OUR PRAYER LIFE.

YEARS AGO WHEN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WAS BEING SETTLED; ROADS WERE OFTEN JUST WAGON TRACKS. THESE ROUGH TRAILS POSED SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR THOSE WHO JOURNEYED ON THEM.  ON ONE OF THESE WINDING PATHS WAS POSTED A SIGN, WHICH READ: "AVOID THIS RUT OR YOU'LL BE IN IT FOR THE NEXT 25 MILES!"

WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR PRAYER LIFE, SOME CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME "RUT" THEIR ENTIRE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

SOMEONE HAS DESCRIBED A "RUT" AS A GRAVE WITH TWO OPEN ENDS.

IF YOU DON'T GET OUT OF THE "RUT" OF YOUR PRAYER LIFE AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR SLOPPY HABITS IN PRAYING IT WILL AT THE VERY LEAST MAKE YOUR PRAYERS INEFFECTIVE OR AT THE WORST KILL YOUR PRAYER LIFE ALTOGETHER.

SO HOW DO YOU KEEP FROM GETTING INTO A PRAYER RUT?  HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR PRAYER LIFE FRESH?  TONIGHT WE WILL LOOK AT EIGHT WAYS TO REJUVENATE YOUR PRAYER LIFE.