Prayer is essential for everyday life. Make prayer your default language. Prayer is the lifeblood of your faith. It creates an awareness of the sacred within you and the presence of God in all you do. Prayer is as essential as breathing. It puts you in contact with the life-giving presence of God.

At that time Jesus went up a hill to pray and spent the whole night there praying to God. Luke 6:12

Consult with your Creator regularly.  At some point in your journey, you might question what you’ve been taught by your parents, friends and others who have had a part in your life. Keep in mind that God remains in control of your life.

I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for. Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will answer you. You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13

Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are doomed! They carry out their schemes in secret and think no one will see them or know what they are doing. They turn everything upside down. Which is more important, the potter or the clay? Can a thing which someone has made say to its maker, “You didn’t make me”? Or “You don’t know what you are doing”? Isaiah 29:15-16

Remember prayer is a conversation with the living God. God listens to your prayer even if you are not sure that he does.

Answer me when I pray, O God, my defender!  hen I was in trouble, you helped me.  Be kind to me now and hear my prayer. Psalms 4:1

Prayer: Lord, thank you for the gift of prayer that enables me to talk to the living God anywhere and at any time. Thank you for your Holy Spirit living in me and helping me to pray in your Name even when I do not know how to pray. Amen