It's a great day because the Lord
loves us with an everlasting love and His mercies are new every morning! What an
honor to pray for you now.
Jesus' prayer life in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John is
is our roadmap. He lived in a continual prayer relationship with the Father and
also spent much time alone praying. In Mark 1:35 we see His morning habit. "Very
early in the morning, a great while before the dawn, while it was till dark,
Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed."
And in Luke 6:12 we see Him spending much time with the Father. "One of
those days, Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night
praying to God." In Luke 5:16 we see that, "Jesus
often withdrew to lonely places and prayed." Jesus knew
the Father through much private prayer, and received what was needed for the
day. How thrilling that we can follow Him in this. It is the essential. He
will saturate us with His love and the Holy Spirit will teach us.
In Matthew 6:6 Jesus teaches His
disciples, "When you pray, go into your
room, close the door and pray to your Father, Who is in secret. Then your
Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly." What
a precious time. Plan for it intentionally. Guard it Be excited about it
because what could be more awesome than meeting with our Father!!! He is in
secret, and He will reveal Himself to all who will withdraw from the
glamour of this world and meet with Him. Keep your Bible open, for He reveals
Himself through His Word. If we will come, He will meet us, and
teach us, and transform us and fill us and lead us. Prayer is in secret,
but the fruit of our prayer life is seen openly! Lord, teach us to
pray.
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