Life may not have a “reset” button, but we can offer a “reset” prayer. Evangelist Nick Hall shares how to refocus our minds on God:
“All of us in our day to day routine need a reset. I need to be going out, to be giving and living the mission but I need to be coming back in [for] community, time on my knees, time in my prayer closet. There is a reset for you and Jesus is the answer.”
Nick points to the pattern of brokenness we see in Scripture:
• Moses wasn’t a great speaker
• Jonah ran from God
• Noah got drunk
• Jeremiah was depressed
• John the Baptist ate bugs
• James and John were prideful
• Sarah was barren
• Timothy was too young
• Lazarus was dead
If God can use each of these people, He can use you.
“All God asks of us is a response. He makes Himself available to each and every one of us.” Nick uses technology and household appliances as an illustration. “Everything around me has a reset button. I love the idea that when something’s broken, they’re something you can hit and it gets things working again! We are created for a new beginning – ultimately, Jesus is the ultimate reset.”
Nick names some barriers that can prevent us from coming to God for a reset.
• Comparison
• Pride
• A thirst for what’s new, current, or trendy instead of solid, timeless truth
Nick points to the grace of God as the movement behind our spiritual resets. “When I look back at the amazing things that have happened, all I really did was surrender to Jesus and respond.”
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