Miking Time to Pray

Since God though the Holy Spirit lives inside of us and is with us constantly we can talk to Him any time and any place. Isn’t it wonderful that we don’t have to make an appointment with Him? We don’t have to wait in line until others are finished talking to Him. We don’t have to wait until He is finished solving a larger problem than ours. He is always available any time and any day to us. We don’t have to wait until our regularly scheduled devotion time or come back tomorrow.

Throughout our busy lives we have scheduled time, flexible time and free time. However we as Christians must know how to manage the limited time we have so that we will always have time to spend with the Lord.

The Bible says clearly that God is always with us.

Joshua 1:9 – “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go”.

Deuteronomy 31:8 – “The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged”.

Matthew 28:20 – Jesus said, “Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age”.

Since God is always with us, He is always able to hear us when we talk to Him. He is always listening. God never tires of helping us and hearing us out. Eph 6:18 says to “pray in the Spirit on all occasions”. So A.S.A.P. Always say a prayer when you are in doubt.

It doesn’t matter what time of the day we pray. The important thing is that we do pray. But, you have to make time to do so.

Psalm 5:3 – “In the morning, O Lord you hear my voice, in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” (King David)

Daniel 6:10 – “Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, jus as he had done before.” (Daniel)

1 Thessalonians 3:10 – “Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.” (The Apostle Paul)

Mark 1:35 – “Very early in the morning, while it was till dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed.” (Jesus)

Luke 6:12 – “One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” (Jesus)

Learning to pray regularly is like starting any good habit. Soon it will be a part of your life that you will miss it if you have to skip it. To be able to spend time with God you need to be able to carve out time just for Him – no matter how busy or exhausted you are.

Pray while you are in the shower. Pray while you are walking the dog. Pray during computer down time. Pray while you are doing house chores.

Prayer times does not have to be long. Small, “bite sized” prayers can be as valuable as scheduled prayers.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 says to pray continually. Always keep in mind that you have God’s Spirit living in you. We can have constant and interrupted communication at all times. We should be ready to pray at anytime. If a problem arises, if you are suddenly joyful about something, or if a friend asks you to pray for them, you can stop what you are doing and pray for them. I call these “popcorn prayers”. This is when I “pop” a prayer to the Lord at any time and He listens. This is one of the greatest joys about walking in the spirit.

Can you think of things to be grateful for?

Prayer

P – Pray everyday
R – Retreat to a quiet place
A – Ask God everything
Y – You’re His child, so He’ll listen to everything you say
E – Erase all unholy thoughts
R – Remember He cares about you

A penny

Some say a penny isn’t worth anything anymore. Well the next time you see a penny on the ground, pick it up and say a prayer to the Lord. He thinks that it worth picking up.