Treasure In Clay Jar

It gives me immense joy when I see my two-year-old praying to God with all his innocence. Being born into a believer's family, I have also learned to pray since childhood. Over the years, praying became a habit and then, sadly, a ritual. As I was meditating about prayer, I examined my prayer life. I asked myself, Am I praying just like a newsreader, stating a few pages of prayer matter before the Almighty as if God doesn't know how to read?  Does my prayer have a life, a heart, and a genuine concern in it, or is it just a chanting of numerous words?  Do I really know the preciousness of prayer? Over the years, have I become negligent in my prayer life? Do I underestimate this greatest privilege that heaven has blessed me with? So I tried to understand what prayer really is. Below are a few points about prayer that changed my perspective and helped improve my prayer life. 1. Prayer: a blessing A famous quote by Spurgeon says, Anything is a blessing that makes us pray. Getting an

Scrolling through the job portals we find many opportunities that match our profile and as we click on it we see the description of the role and the qualifications that the employer is seeking. As you go through those jotted points, you will see if you are qualified for that specific role or not. If you fulfill all those criteria then the next step is to send the job application and so on. Psalms 15 - a psalm of David  is titled in the Amplified version as " Description of the citizen of Zion" or you can say "qualifications needed to be the citizens of Zion".  It was very interesting to see that title and I was curious to see if I fulfilled those criteria. The psalm begins with a question to ponder.  Lord who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? Psalms 15:1 Then the rest of the psalms are the answer to this question. Following are the criteria to be citizen of Zion-  Psalms 15:2-5 While reading these verses one thing that came to my mind -