A Prayer to Stop Drifting from God by Debbie McDaniel

We see it all around us, in headline news stories or from the lives of those we know and

maybe once trusted, and even so often in our very own lives. Sometimes it happens before

we realize what's occurred, it's unintentional, we don't plan it. Walled by the slow pull away,

swayed by other things we start deeming more important, we wake up one day and realize

things seem different. We find ourselves in a place we never intended to go. Five dangers

of drifting. One, we begin to pull away from godly influences, marriages suffer, trust

gets broken, we lose our heart for others, we fall away from close fellowship with other

believers, we neglect accountability and connection with those who would encourage our walking

Christ. Matthew 22, 37 through 40. Two, we stop praying. We're too busy, we're weary or

simply overwhelmed. We shoot a few prayers up his way like, Lord bless our day, but we're

unaffected by the lack of closeness we have with our Creator. Constantly wired to electronic

devices, we're more in tune to what others are saying and doing, the constant media chatter,

than we are to what is on God's heart for the day. First Thessalonians 517.

Three, we lose focus or desire for his words. We no longer reading or hearing it, we're distracted

by all that calls our name through the day. To do this backens us from the moment we wake up,

crazy schedules leave no room for moments with him, or maybe we find ourselves just disconnected

completely, stone cold distant withdrawn, his words of life and truth fall on deaf ears and heart

and hearts. Matthew 13, 14 through 15. Four, we lose our heart for worship, we stop going to church

and fill our minds with excuses of why we can't or why it's not that important,

or maybe we still go so we can check that church box, we sing words, hear words, then we go home,

yet not really singing and not really hearing, unaffected, distant, all the while our hearts feel

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