Wednesday, June 19, 2013

40 Days of Prayer - Wednesday, June 19 - Devotion 23 - Prayer Time - John Toler


Prayer Time?

Prayer is our personal time with our Heavenly Father. There are many times we have prayer during the day to help with situations, stand in the gap for friends/family members the Spirit brings to mind, or emergencies within our lives which need attention.  This kind of prayerful attitude is the praying without ceasing the Word teaches us about. However, we should not limit our time before the Throne to these instances alone.  We should always be in an attitude of prayer so we can come to our Heavenly Father in prayer at any time.  Furthermore, there should always be time in our day when we come to God in prayer and long for deeper communication with Him.

  We all live in a busy world, often times overlooking the need for deep, intimate, and personal communication within our relationships.  What do we find happening in our earthly relationships when healthy communication is not fostered?  We find the relationship almost always suffers under these circumstances.   All the sudden we aren’t on the same page anymore, we aren’t hearing things correctly,   and the tide of the relationship is not flowing smoothly.  Probably more important than any other consequence is the loss of intimacy and oneness of that relationship. The same is true, if not more so, in our personal time with God.

So what is prayer time?  It is our personal communication with God and worship of God.   Are we making sure we set time aside to have this deeper communication?  Do we truly value the opportunity we have in communicating with our Heavenly Father? 

Luke5:16   But He (Jesus) would withdraw to desolate places and pray.

Psalm 17:6   I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.

Psalm 88:13 But I, O Lord, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

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