Day 18- Spreading your wings; When we can no longer stand let us kneel in prayer

Day 18-When we can no longer stand let us kneel in prayer

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. (Mark 1:35) Is prayer important to you? In my life it is funny how the basic fundamental act of prayer seems to be the hardest for me to keep up with on a regular basis. Some days I find myself crying out for God with a thirst to hear Him speak to me and other days I fall asleep while I am praying or I let my brain get the best of me and trickle off to non important ideas right in the middle of my prayer. What a bummer it is to wake up the next morning and realize you fell asleep in your prayer AGAIN. I began questioning how important of an activity this really was to me. I have realized that when we pray we are entering God’s element. He intervenes in our lives every second of every day and we have a hard time being vulnerable and quiet with Him one time a day. We need to be designating a time every day to be still and have a conversation with our Lord. If we don’t set aside a specific time we are jeopardizing having a consistent prayer pattern in our lives. Prayer provides a sense of communion with God. We get to fellowship with the master, why are we taking this for granted?  The most valuable benefit from prayer is that we get to know God better and have a better understanding of Him. He teaches us things through prayer that we simply can’t attain through anything else. He created this beautiful act so that He could captivate us, teach us, and most importantly bring us closer to Him. We need to be prayer warriors every day of our life. Fleeting days are ahead of us. May we all be humble enough to still drop to our knees and pray to our Savior continuously.

Pray without ceasing. -1 Thessalonians 5:17

"Satan trembles when he sees the weakest Christian on his knees."  -William Cowper

Lord, Thank You for all that You have done in our lives even without our prayers. Help us to regain that hunger to get to know You and lend us strength and willpower to come to You in prayer every day. We want our relationship with You to strive and flourish so continue to teach us understanding of You and Your word each time we speak. Show us that we can spend time with You each day and that we can build an incredible friendship with our Savior if we try.