Keep Practicing

Scripture
Philippians 4:9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

Observation
Paul writes for the church in Phillipi to keep practicing, not keep learning. Do what he had already instructed them to do, what he modelled for them. In doing so, he says "The God of Peace" would be with them. God Himself, who is the author of peace, will instil that in them.

Application
Put into practice what I have learned and received. Knowing isn't enough; doing is where it's at. And make it a practice, a custom, a habit. "It is my practice to....". So what are the things that I have learned or been given that I need to add. I'm glad there are some that I am already doing, but there are others I am not doing. I am in the practice of working for the Lord very hard, and reading through the Bible each year, and going to church, and both planning and preparing. But I see what I need to make a practice, is a dedicated intentional set aside strategic and ordered prayer life.

Prayer
Lord, as I move towards this kind of a prayer life, may it not only be systematic and intentional, may it be life giving and accomplish much.