I just came back from an incredibly refreshing prayer retreat. It is so nice to be challenged in the Word and in prayer.

One of the great challenges came from the messages and the Lord speaking to me right off the bat. It was basically this: NO MORE NICE PRAYERS.

The thought for me is here: “Nice prayers don’t reflect passion.”

It’s not a matter of yelling more, walking the floor more, and anything like that necessarily. However, I DID walk the floor more, cry more, pound the air more…

It’s just learning to ask God, walk with God, and hear God for what he really has for me. There is no need to hold back. If it’s worship, why should it be “nice” worship? Why keep my words bland?

If it is intercession, my emotions may be invested.

The example is Elijah. James says he was a man just like us. But when he prayed… he got results I haven’t seen.

No more nice prayers. Prayer is a language of love, and love isn’t always polite. It is passionate.

I pray the Lord stirs my heart with HUGE prayers. Prayers that just don’t ask. I want prayers that dream. Prayers that worship. Prayers that hear his voice and fall in love with him over and over again.