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“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.” 1 John 5:14

I didn’t tWhat went through your mind when you first realized the pandemic was a legitimate concern? Was it fear? Anxiety? Courage? Strength? Perhaps you even wanted to help out.hink much about the pandemic until I read the stories of the Italians filling up beds in hospitals, many not recovering. When I heard they were dying alone, I was mortified. Imagine being alone and lost in your final moments on earth. How horrific.

I wanted to do something to help out and felt like my only option was to volunteer. Obviously I couldn’t go overseas to help out. The voice of reason, from a friend, reminded me that there was another and just as equally effective choice. The best way to serve when I can’t physically be there is through prayer.

We tend to want to act first when crises come. We hurriedly run into saving the day with our actions. But that’s not how Christians should react. Our first reaction should be to pray. We often forget just how powerful prayer is.

Prayer can change everything. Our God can move mountains with our prayers, which are just as important as anything we can do. God wants us to take the time to pray for those out there on the frontlines, mostly lost individuals with no hope of eternal life. Would you join me in praying for these people? After all, it’s the best way to serve!

Dear Lord, please help me to recognize the importance of prayer as service to you. Let my prayers be acceptable to you. Amen.

By Ashlea Massie
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Please consider Luke 11:1: “One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

Martin Luther was an important and busy guy. The previous sentence may be a gross understatement, considering that Luther is often credited with starting the Protestant Reformation. Even if he wasn’t the originator, he was certainly the most prolific and fiery of its early supporters. Despite his hectic work schedule, copious writing, preaching, teaching, and other plentiful tasks, he still diligently made time to pray. He is quoted as saying

I have so much to do (today) that I should spend the first three hours in prayer.”

Jesus too was an important and busy guy. (That sentence is clearly an even larger understatement than the one about Martin Luther!) As Savior of the world, Jesus spent His days traveling, teaching, arguing with religious leaders, healing sickness, driving out demons, and proclaiming the salvation available to the world through Himself as God’s one and only Son. (Among other things!) Yet “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed” (Luke 5:16). Mark gives us an example: “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed” (Mark 1:35).

The question for us is: If Martin Luther and Jesus Himself made time to pray, how can we possibly say we’re too busy?

Jesus begins his teaching on prayer during the Sermon on the Mount by saying “WHEN you pray”, not “IF you pray” (Matthew 6:5). It’s tough sometimes, because prayer doesn’t come naturally for everyone. Speak honestly to God: praise, frustrations, triumphs, fears, and deepest longings. After all, God already knows you better than you know yourself… there’s nothing to hide!

Remember that prayer doesn’t have to be long or complicated. It doesn’t need to be “holy sounding” either. You know what I mean, those prayers with all the right-sounding words that somehow end up sounding hollow. Use the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13 or Luke 11:2-6) as a guide, but not as a formula. Don’t just pray it rigidly, try to pray spontaneously, from the heart.

Just never use the excuse that you’re “too busy.” If Martin Luther and Jesus had time for prayer, you do too!

Question: Have you prayed yet today? If not, could you spend some time with God now?

By Darren Hewer
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