- There is great joy when you step into your office, your kitchen or your classroom with the sense of the Holy Spirit being with you because you have paused to pray.
- Every great leader takes time out and goes off by themselves to be alone in prayer.
- During prayer, you lose your sense of independence and are caught up by a power outside yourself.
- God can do almost anything with you...if given a chance.
- Jesus spent all night in prayer (Luke 6:12). The next morning, He called the disciples to Him and named them. A lesson to us that we should spend time in prayer before we make decisions.
- On your knees in prayer, before His all seeing eyes, VALUES become clear and decisions are able to be made without hesitation.
- After feeding 5000, Jesus retreated to pray. (Matthew 14:23) - Prayer is always needed after seeing the crowd, the sick, the hungry and the great avalanche of human needs.
- The most common excuse today for the lack of prayer is "I don't have time." When in actuality, we find time for the things we really want to do.
- When life's demands were greatest, Jesus withdrew the most in prayer.
- We can miss mountain-top experiences because we don't take time to pray.
- When we're alone with Jesus, in prayer, our souls can absorb the peace and strength of His presence.
- For me, the early sunrise experiences in prayer trump the physical comfort of sleep.
Today, resolve to move beyond a narrow or confined prayer life. Refuse to allow life to crowd out your time with God.
There may be times, even when you've taken time to pray, that it seems your prayers have hardly left the ground. Keep praying!
Commit to being a learner. Follow Jesus to PRAYERVILLE.
He will take you by the hand and lead the way for He is a loving and patient Teacher.
