PRAYER
Jesus went out on the mountain to pray. This wasn't object-lesson time, or “teaching My disciples to pray, volume 3.” This was an essential—Jesus needed to pray.
This is a bit alien-sounding to my ears—I think of needing to eat...needing to sleep...needing to stay hydrated...sure, these are vital needs, but needing to pray falls into a different category for me. Sadly, I'm thinking that this reveals my dim perception of Jesus' intentions for me. I think He wants me to regard a day without prayer as just as threatening to my health and well-being as would be inadequate food and water and sleep.
Prayer: Open my eyes, Lord, for I am surely blinded by sin—I fail to understand the importance of prayer in my life. Forgive me, and give me a hungering, a thirsting for prayer, prayer that is soul-sustaining and life-enhancing. Amen.
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