Good day dear friends.
Prayer Update: Madeline West, given a grim prognosis yesterday, today sat in a regular room, in a chair, after having morning therapy. Great things happened between our announcing her need and after church. Moral of the story: Prayer Works!
The Scriptures say that it was Jesus' "custom" to spend time alone with prayer. It was a custom that He learned from his mother and father, so at the age of 12 when he was "lost" after a trip to Jerusalem, he was actually in the Temple spending time in His Father's house, in prayer, learning more about God and God's plan for his life, in prayer. A story says that a group of tourists after touring a picturesque village asked an old man sitting on a fence near a lovely picture site, in a patronizing way, "Were there any great men born in this village?" And the man replied, "No, only babies." Jesus was a baby in his prayer life and matured in it, and so should we.
Prayer has blessed many lives for the time we spend alone with God is a time of blessing that will be unleashed later when we need it the most. As was shared in our study of the passage from Matthew 7, our "foundation" or "rock" as Jesus mentioned comes from our relationship with Jesus, not the religious things that we do. Our prayers are intended to develop the relationship we need with God. It will pay off later in great and unexpected ways!
PRAYER: Help me, dear God to make and spend time with You. Let me listen to what You would share with me, and let my relationship with You grow like never before. In Jesus' Name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
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