Quit Praying?

So it's been awhile since I've posted on here (exactly a month actually) not that anyone has really noticed that (ha-ha) but I still enjoy writing for the 2 people that may occasional read this ;-)

So whats new, well ministry is staying busy but that's usually normal isn't it???? But anyways...


Have we become  bored with this world?  Have we become bored with God?

What does that mean???

Does anything in this world impress us anymore???

Recently I talked with a few people about creation/the galaxy, after watching a short video about it and I asked them the question, "Isn't this just awesome?"   I was dumbfounded with the response I got "We've seen this video before, it's really not that impressive anymore."  Really, something can get to be less impressive if we've seen it before?

So then I wonder what does it take to impress us?

Are you ever impressed with the new iphone/pad/pop?  It's just the same thing with a couple of changes to it isn't it?

Does a sunset impress you?  isn't it just the same thing that happens day after day after day?

Does a new born baby impress you?  I mean, who hasn't seen a new born baby?  Don't they all pretty much look the same?  Two legs, to arms, a head etc.......?

When does something become not impressive?

When did we come to the point in life where anything that happens is just in a normal day?

When was the last time you drove to work or school and when you got there you prayed to God "thank you for looking out for me and for having the hundreds of other people on the roads follow the same rules that I did so as not to get hurt"

Does the fact that nothing really impresses us anymore affect our relationship with God?

When is the last time you looked at the stars and just felt compelled to talk to God?  A Sunset?  A storm?  A butterfly?  Spring?  The fact that gravity exists and you are still standing on this world that is spinning in a circle at several thousand miles an hour?

With all the things that are going on in this world, with the daily miracles that we see (e.g. creation as a whole) why is it that we have quit praying?  Seriously? Do you feel the need to talk to God on a regular basis, or do you pray because it has become a habit?  (Either when you wake up or God to bed, (occasionally both) and a "Lord Bless this food and drink for Jesus sake Amen" at the occasional lunch time)  Do we really feel compelled to talk to God or do we just do it because..... (insert reason here)

Francis Chan in his book "Crazy Love" has the first chapter of his book entitled "Quit Praying"

I think he has a point.  Maybe we should quit praying.  And that's not a good thing.  But Jesus says in scripture that I would rather you be hot or cold rather then lukewarm for then I shall spit you out of my mouth  (that's the Brent Paraphrased version) 

What do you think? Are we at a stage where we should just quit praying?  I hope not, because if we are at that stage, I think we have some real problems.  How can we not just sit back and continue to be amazed at all that is around us?  Yes, we have finite minds and can't comprehend everything that is because of how great it is.  But isn't the fact that we can't comprehend everything, all the more reason to just be amazed?