Happy Prayer

A friend of mine recently told me of his favorite 'prayer activity'. Running in a field with his eyes closed telling God whats on his heart with a big smile on his face.
Today I was starting a prayer journal (something that comes highly recommended to me from several people) and decided to read some verses about prayer, one thing I noticed is that being joyful and prayer seem to go hand in hand often times in the Bible.
1 Thesselonians 5:16-18 "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you"
Philippians 4:6 "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God"
In Acts 16 Paul and Silas were praying and singing while in jail.
Derek and I talked about how we're often not joyful enough in our prayers. We find it easy to put out prayer requests up to God, but I know in my life I'm often not thankful as I do it.

One other thing...if you read this, pick someone from the youth group and right now pray for them and thank God for them.

Cheers for now