09/10/2026
The longer the wood sits in the fire, the hotter the coal burns.
The longer you sit in prayer, the harder your heart is to shake.
Most people treat prayer like a quick errand.
They rush in, ask for what they need, say amen, and rush right back out.
Then they wonder why nothing in them ever changes.
Fire doesn't work that way and neither does prayer.
Wood tossed in for thirty seconds barely gets warm.
It's the wood that stays that turns into coal hot enough to cook on, hot enough to keep a whole room warm through the night.
Your time with God works the exact same way.
A rushed prayer might get you through the day.
A lingering one starts rearranging what's inside you.
It softens the bitterness you didn't know you were carrying.
It burns off the anxiety you've been feeding for months.
It builds a kind of steadiness that a quick request never could.
So if your faith feels lukewarm right now, check how long you're actually sitting in the fire.
Some things in you were never meant to be prayed for in a hurry.
They were meant to be prayed through, slowly, until the heat finally does its work.
