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What’s Up:
You don’t need a chapel or a monastery to meet with God. But you do need to stop long enough to show up in the holy place and listen. You need this kind of prayer practice.
So What:
Spiritual disconnection isn’t caused by lack of belief. It’s caused by hurry, distraction, and neglect. Sacred moments don’t happen by accident. They happen on purpose.
The Point Is:
Casual Prayer Isn’t Enough
Praying on the fly is better than nothing, but it’s not the same as sitting still and entering the presence of God on purpose.
You Need a Place
It might be a chapel. It might be your car. But every disciple needs a space where they can strip off the baggage and enter the holy of holies.
Stillness Trains the Soul
A practice of sacred pause reconnects you with purpose. It aligns your spirit and sets your direction before you charge into the day.
Listen, Don’t Just Talk
Prayer isn’t just about asking. It’s about receiving. Sometimes the deepest clarity comes when you sit in the quiet and wait.
And … ?
A hospital employee friend of mine shared how their prayer life had grown stale until they started setting aside 20 minutes a day to sit in the chapel. Not to escape. Not to hide. But to symbolically enter the temple of God, lay their baggage down, and listen.
They didn’t bring a list. They brought themselves. And on the other side of that silence was the clarity they needed to walk through the chaos of a hospital shift with peace, presence, and purpose.
Not everyone has access to a chapel, but the practice is portable. Some pray in parked cars. Some use noise-canceling headphones in a quiet corner. The location doesn’t matter. But the pause does. If you want a spiritually rich life that isn’t just about reacting to problems or whispering a quick prayer before dinner, you have to make time to enter the holy place … even if it’s just for a few minutes.
Action!
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