I have been consistently practicing some of Dallas's ideas about spending the day with Jesus (especially when I'm home and not traveling) for about 13 months now. Somewhere in the middle I started to pray through these three verses in Matthew 11 regularly (usually about twice a day). I think the prayers (below) are pretty consistent with Dallas's teaching including the little clip DWM has put up on YouTube. I hope these prayers are helpful for you. :-)
Matthew 11 (ESV)
28 'Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.'
To pray early in the morning:
'Lord Jesus, I come to You laboring and heavy laden and I lay down my idols. Thank You that You will give me rest. Please help me to take Your yoke upon me and to learn from You. Thank You that You are gentle and humble of heart and I will find rest for my soul. Thank You that Your yoke is easy and Your burden is light.
To pray later in the day (multiple times if desired):
'Lord Jesus, I have come to You laboring and heavy laden and I have laid down my idols. Thank You that You have given me rest. I have taken Your yoke upon me. Please help me to stay in Your yoke and not to leave it to pick my idols back up. Thank You that I have learned from You and that You are gentle and humble of heart and You are willing to teach me as much as I'm willing to do the work to learn. Please help me to get Your vision to learn from You and that it is the greatest privilege in the world. Please help me to set my mind on You and to seek You. Thank You that I have found rest for my soul and please help me to find more rest because there is more for me to find. Thank You that Your yoke is easy and Your burden is light.
And here's a 'meme' my friend, Hugh, made from this post: :-)
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